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Both cats were found safe at a Massey address and reunited with their owner.

Footage shows Cari the puppy trying to escape a box that was left on the SPCA's deck in the freezing cold.

NZ Cat Foundation founder Anne Batley Burton believes cats should be allowed to "do their best work". Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY

Rotorua dog attack complaints totalled 1175 in five years, but few led to prosecution.

OPINION: The Government does not earn money. It is not a business.

Pest controllers say rat call-outs in Ponsonby have tripled this season.

OPINION: The people have spoken. It's time for the powers that be to listen.

CCTV footage captured a bear chasing and attacking a worker outside a factory in Fukushima.

The council says some dogs have been eating the rock-like waste deposits.

OPINION: Cats – domestic, stray and feral – kill 100 million birds a year.

A cat rescuer knew buyers who paid $7000 for two 'bengals' which were just tabby cats.

Despite hours of searching, the bird couldn't be found before departure.

OPINION: Beaches are for people, dog parks are for dogs, one reader argues.

"I just wanted to get Levi away from the dogs, I did not think about anything else."

New York Times: How an attempted whale rescue sparked anger, conspiracy and death threats.

Washington Post: Research suggests furry friends improve the health of their humans.

Police are probing the shooting and any link to an earlier poison threat note.

The devices, with glowing red eyes, are designed to scare away wild animals.

Angela Beer's linked with a new dog-friendly celebration business in a pastoral setting.

New York Times: How a beakless kea invented a new way to fight – and became the alpha.

No owner has come forward yet, despite Rempala posting about the missing pet online.

Chimpanzee and gorilla treks offer rare, close encounters with wild primates.

Bashii, aged 18, was euthanised after a rapid decline in his health.

Witness Deborah Kelsall followed the black pig as it dodged cars on its way to the beach.

Whitianga locals saw a pig on the run, and dashing straight to the beach for a morning swim at Brophy's Beach.

A 31-year-old man faces four charges and is due in the Auckland District Court today.

OPINION: Predator numbers may be dwindling, but cats pose the biggest problem.

Four-week-old puppies in one Porirua litter all had to be euthanised.

Torty was carried from Greece in Stewart Little's rucksack in 1916.