And it smelt delicious, according to his rescuers.

A woman reviewing security camera footage at her home was surprised to notice a little boy sneaking into her garage. The footage revealed a boy riding past Hollie Breaux Mallet's home in Louisiana before jumping off his bike and running into her garage. But rather than being up to no good, he was captured playing with the woman's pet dog, Duchess. The footage then shows him leaving the garage and riding away.

COMMENT: Pigs with human organs may sound "yuck" but is just another case of swapping DNA, writes John Harris.

Bretagne responded to multiple natural disasters across the country, including Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.

The policeman who jumped out of a second-storey window to escape a gunman during the Porirua seige has spoken about how he feared for his life.

Dog registration fees have risen this year but are cheaper if owners re-register their dogs during the "earlybird period".

For the past five years or so, Lesley Lowe and her 10 little ponies have been entertaining children with trail rides and lessons at the Tiny Trotters Animal Park in Redwood Lane, Tauriko, but since her lease ran out at the end of May they are looking for a new home.

Attempts are being made to capture a flock of kea in Haast, after one was found to be suffering from lead poisoning.

New staff appointments at hotels are rarely of any interest to guests, except in the very exceptional case of this very exceptional worker.

Kiwi researchers have used drones to capture stunning footage of Bryde's whales foraging off Auckland's coast.

WATCH: Kiwi researchers have used drones to capture stunning footage of critically threatened Bryde's whales foraging off Auckland's coast.

Source: WOOD TV8 The parents of a 45-year-old who was fatally shot at home in the United State said they think his talking pet continues to relive the slaying.

Source: Youtube.com/indvdos The bizarre moment a monkey robbed a jewellery store for 10,000 rupees.

A false killer whale that had stranded north of New Brighton in Christchurch has now disappeared from sight - giving rescuers high hopes it will survive and rejoin its pod.

Mainland New Zealand's largest yellow-eyed penguin colony is in "dire'' need of protection from crowds of tourists

COMMENT: How do toddlers end up in gorilla cages? Probably the same way they end up behind cars in driveways.

Days after a young boy fell into the gorilla exhibit at the Cincinnati zoo - prompting the zoo's decision to shoot and kill a 17-year-old gorilla -- archived video has emerged showing a similar incident 20 years ago, with a very different outcome. Source: WGN-TV

The parents of a boy who fell into a gorilla enclosure, leading to the endangered animal's death, have opened up about their son's condition.

For the research, the scientists studied sparrows on the island of Lundy in the Bristol Channel for a dozen years.

A one-footed penguin at Christchurch Antarctic Centre named Bagpipes has been fitted with a prototype 3D-printed foot after losing his own to a fishing line.

An eight-week-old puppy dumped on the side of a road has been found screaming for help inside a banana box in Masterton.

Captive gorillas, conservationists say, act like an insurance policy in case we "ruin the planet".

The parents of a Kiwi woman who was killed by a crocodile have arrived in Queensland to help with the search for her body.

Former president of Wanganui Federated Farmers says dairy farming is responsible for 80 per cent of the degradation of New Zealand waterways.

The parents of the boy who fell into a gorilla exhibit have been threatened, as records show the zoo was previously warned over a security breach.

A video shows the 1-year-old Auckland Zoo-born calf Zuri jump out of the custom-made box in which she was transported by road to Wellington yesterday, and do a small skid, before coming to a halt at her new home. Source: Facebook / Auckland Zoo

A woman has described her implants as "airbags" after being attacked by a kangaroo.

Since the beginning of time, dogs - known to some as 'man's best friend' - have accompanied their humans on camping trips.

EXCLUSIVE: The parents of a New Zealander grabbed by a crocodile in Australia have spoken of their pain as authorities continue to search for the missing woman.