A hospitalised woman who needed surgery after a savage attack by two dogs in Christchurch is questioning why authorities haven't impounded the animals.

Up to 900 dolphins have been killed by villagers in the Solomon Islands, who claim it was an act of retaliation for not being paid money they were promised.

A Tokoroa dog on death row for more than two years with a bill nearing $80,000 in upkeep and legal costs has been sentenced to death.

Cat-lovers have reacted with scorn and bewilderment to a campaign to rid the country of their pets - although conservationists say it highlights a serious problem.

In the still of the night, a sudden anguished screech shatters the still air. But there's no point investigating - there's a bird clamped tight in the jaws of a killer.

A Hawkes Bay family got more than they bargained for when they cracked open an unusually large egg laid by their pet chicken recently - another egg.

We love our pets, here in New Zealand, but not half as much as they love them in other countries.

Almost 20 abandoned animals featured in the Herald's summer papers have found homes.

Auckland Zoo's new “Keeper for a Day” experience allows visitors to work alongside keepers and step into areas of the zoo that are usually out of bounds.

The keepers at Auckland Zoo think they have the best job in the world, so we are trading our office shoes for work boots today to give it a go.

Members of the nzherald.co.nz team are trading their office shoes for work boots to give zookeeping a go.

New York's Bronx Zoo has welcomed a baby gibbon, the first born at the zoo for 12 years.

An 12 metre-long adult male sperm whale was discovered by locals this morning near the Kapiti Coast Boat Club on Paraparaumu Beach, north of Wellington.

A second sea lion has died in just over a month at Napier's Marineland when 22-year-old Makea failed to recover from a general anaesthetic on Friday.

A dolphin and its calf which were stranded on a Hawkes Bay reef as they fled from hunting orca have been saved by holidaymakers.

White tail spiders come out in search of food during warm summer weather, and their numbers are up, according to some pest controllers.

Children watched as an out-of-work social worker threw his flatmate's cat under the tyres of passing cars to kill it.