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Hamilton Zoo has welcomed a male white rhino calf following his mother's 16-month pregnancy.

A male southern white rhinoceros calf has been born at Hamilton Zoo. Arriving in late June after his mother's 16-month pregnancy, the calf brings the total number of white rhinos at Hamilton Zoo to six. The male calf joins his mother Kito, father Kruger, and females Imani, Moesha and her daughter Jamila.

Source: Facebook/Rojas Montecinos Evy While walking through Naples, Italy, a girl came across a snake that was attacking a mother rat and her baby, but in an act of love, the mother rat vehemently attacked back at the snake until it retreated away.

Rat takes on snake - and wins.

A puppy found abandoned in a rubbish bin in central Auckland has been put down today.

He was missing for 15 days, but he was determined to find his way home.

A pair of proud parents at the Australian Reptile Park, on the NSW central coast, have welcomed the arrival of five fuzzy and very cute dingo pups.

The appeal of small dogs needs little explanation: they make less mess, they're (mostly) easier to clean up after and, of course

A Huntly woman has been banned from owning animals for five years after a small wound on her cat's back grew to the "size of a palm" because she didn't take it to the vet for months.

When a notoriously irritable reptile with a mouthful of jagged teeth and a vicious underbite needs medical care, caution is definitely in order.

A petrified peacock runner has been immortalised in a series of hilarious memes.

Pet owners are being warned to watch out for gin traps in the area after a cat suffered serious injuries when it became trapped in one.

The zoo has had hundreds of emails, tweets and Facebook comments, with a great range of names, resulting in the team having a tough job to pick only two of them.

She's a valued staff member at the funeral home where she works, and Lulu is always on hand to offer a paw to hold.

Not just any turtle could help these scientists determine why loggerhead sea turtles are dying. They recruited a dead one.

A petition to save Chip the puppy from being put down has more than 10,000 signatures, but Council claim the dog is sick.

Auckland Zoo needs your help to name two new arrivals - a pair of male capybara pups.

Apollo Taito is a sergeant in the NZ Army, an ambassador for animal rights organisation Safe and one of an estimated five Samoan vegans in the country.

A petition has been set up in an attempt to find a loving family for this dumped dog.

Chihuahua-Chinese Crested mix takes home world's ugliest dog honours in California competiton

Dog lovers might think cat owners often feel superior to them - and they might be barking up the right tree.

The current diversity of feathers, fur and scales is part of what made their origins so mystifying to scientists.

An Auckland electrician who rescued a young pup out of a rubbish bin is disappointed to his good deed might end with it being put down.

A Texan zoo has found a creative way to keep a llama cool in temperatures of more than 40C.

Feline like a drink? "Pinot meow" for your cat is now a thing.

Dog thefts in the UK have soared by 20 per cent in two years, particularly among breeds popular with celebrities.

A group of tourists had a lucky escape after crashing their car into a cow in Te Kuiti last week. The cow and the car were not so lucky.

Under a full moon and clear skies on an unseasonably warm evening in late June, I am hiking across Otata Island in The Noises.