It was the death and unceremonious disposal of a guinea pig that sparked a business plan for Jane Bogust.

Auckland Airport biosecurity staff have avoided a nasty nipping after finding five live crabs in a Vietnamese passenger's luggage.

Dunedin Department of Conservation staff helped a wayward windfarer back on its flight path yesterday.

After having had each front toe amputated, could a 12-year-old takahe called Maroro resume a normal lifestyle? The answer is a resounding yes.

Screams coming from Wairarapa home as fire tore through it turned out to be two dogs trapped in the blaze.

A North Canterbury forest lifestyle block owner facing animal welfare charges has now been charged with breaching a protection order and bashing 13 chickens to death.

Tallies from the annual Great Easter Bunny Hunt in Central Otago must have embarrassed the Otago Regional Council, as they revealed the ineffectiveness of its pest management, submitters said this week.

Plans to completely eradicate Stewart Island of pests have been unveiled by anti-cat crusader Gareth Morgan.

Bird catchers will be out in the Auckland suburb of Glendowie today after the runaway kokako was discovered a fortnight ago.

The owner of a dog that ripped a large chunk of flesh from an elderly man's arm is to be prosecuted if the animal is not released to dog control officers.

Two Hector's dolphins have been captured by set nets during an electronic monitoring programme of the set net industry in Timaru.

Residents of a leafy street in suburban Auckland are keeping their cats in at night and are helping Department of Conservation staff catch an adventurous and rare kokako.

Once the kids see Reptile Park's residents, they'll want to stay and stare, writes Dionne Christian.

The progress of a pair of rare New Zealand kokako will be tracked via radio transmitters when they are released into the wild this weekend.

The Otago SPCA says the dumping of nine kittens and two cats near a swede stand between Milton and Waihola yesterday was "disgraceful".

A Taupo dairy company's guilty plea of failing to provide sufficient food for hundreds of cows sends a "strong deterrent message'', Federated Farmers says.

There is nowhere for golf balls to hide at a Dunedin golf course. A seeing eye dog called Bossdin has taken on a search and rescue role at Chisholm Park Golf Links for scratch golfers and handicapped hackers alike.

More than 1000 cows on a large Taupo dairy farm were left dangerously thin, sick and "sad" after months of being underfed, a court has been told.