Samantha Kudeweh was an experienced senior keeper and a mother to two children and was killed by Oz, the male Sumatran tiger at the Hamilton zoo.

A cat has been shot with an arrow, dozens of cats have gone missing, and dogs have been poisoned in what police fear could be a co-ordinated attack on Wanganui pets.

Kiwi could be sent to China if it helped a New Zealand zoo secure giant pandas, Prime Minister John Key says.

Peta says death of Hamilton keeper should send a message to zoos around the world to "reconsider their continued confinement of big cats".

Group of swimmers shocked to discover they had a close encounter with a shark while swimming at Bondi Beach - after they uploaded their underwater photos.

An experienced big cat keeper who had worked with the woman killed in a tiger attack at Hamilton Zoo thinks the animal should be moved overseas.

Hamilton Zoo's male Sumatran tiger Oz will not be euthanised following the death of Zoo Curator Samantha Kudeweh.

A fox terrier came off second best in Blaketown yesterday when it took on a much larger dog.

The fate of the tiger that killed Hamilton Zoo keeper Sam Kudeweh was unknown, but animal activists are fighting to keep the animal alive.

A dispute over ownership of a cat seen the claws come out, with lawyers and police getting involved and a request being made for a cat DNA test.

Sausage dogs across Melbourne today competed in the 'Running of the Wieners'.

Animal rights activists are up in arms after learning live pigs were shot in the head at the University of Otago as part of scientific research.

Seal jumped on board kayak and just sat there sunning itself before hopping off.

A hunter who endured a night trapped down a ravine near Tongariro National Park has spent his 43rd birthday today searching for his dogs that are still missing.

Pet food companies enlist veterinarians to actually sell, and thereby endorse commercially produced pet food, but is this best?

A critically endangered turtle found in a bad way in the Bay of Islands is now recovering at Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium in Auckland.

Spot the pigeon - that's the aim of a survey that will harness "citizen science" to grasp whether our colourful kereru is becoming rarer or more common.

Colorado's Waterton Canyon park has bears, and those bears have a problem: hikers wielding selfie sticks.

McCaw is a rowi chick and was hatched at the West Coast Wildlife Centre in Franz Josef early this morning.

The 2015/16 kiwi hatching season is officially underway at Rainbow Springs' Kiwi Encounter, with the team welcoming a fluffy new arrival. The chick hatched at 11.20am on Saturday weighing in at 346g. Supplied: Rainbow Springs

His species are the ultimate survivors, the solitary legacy of an order of reptiles that thrived in the age of the dinosaur. But one tuatara needed a little extra help.

A farmer says he was powerless to stop a man who cut the teats off of around 20 of his milking cows.

They call him Braveheart - and it's a name he wears every bit of.

An animal rights advocate wants to live in a Miami bathtub for four weeks to protest an orca's captivity.

An elderly endangered bird from Zealandia is receiving treatment at Wellington Zoo after being found lame in the left leg.

A young goat rescued from his muddy grave by a kind-hearted kayak guide is almost ready to join his rescuer on the water.

Eight new detector dog teams are beginning their jobs in Auckland this week as the international travel season kicks off.

A woman who appealed her conviction over a horse's death had her conviction thrown out but an alternative one was imposed.