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Birds distressed or dying after being decorated with tinsel
About 30 dead or distressed birds decorated with tinsel and other items have been found in Wellington since 2015 - and it got worse during Christmas.
SPCA investigating man who allegedly got cat stoned
An animal rights group is calling for a man to be charged after he was filmed seemingly forcibly blowing cannabis smoke into a kitten's face and joking about it. Warning, you may find some of the… Video, Audio
Neighbours fight over sickly goat
Two Auckland women have locked horns over the fate of a sickly goat, who was picked up from a roadside paddock amid concerns he was on death's door. Video, Audio
Outrage over possum abuse
Animal welfare groups are outraged after footage released on social media shows a possum being struck so hard in the face it flies through the air. SPCA and Paw Justice say while possums are pests… Video, Audio
Car clinging cat still a mystery to SPCA
The North Taranaki SPCA says it's no closer to identifying the owners of a moggie who spent four and a half hours clinging to the grill of a car from Orewa to New Plymouth. Video, Audio
Cat survives 4.5 hour drive in car's grill
A cat has made a miraculous recovery after it survived a four and a half hour drive from Auckland to New Plymouth trapped in the grill of a car, but its owners still haven't been found. Video, Audio
Chch council muzzle rule breaches animal welfare code - SPCA
Christchurch City Council has told 159 people they will have to keep their dogs, classified as menacing, muzzled at all times, but SPCA says that would breach the Animal Welfare Code. Audio
Bereaved bulldog owner urges regulation of dog daycare
An Auckland woman who says her bulldog died of heatstroke within hours of being put in doggy daycare is railing against the lack of regulation of the sector. The SPCA is about to trial a new… Audio
Stricter dog daycare rules urged after dog's death
An Auckland woman is calling for strict rules for doggy daycare centres after the death of her family's pet. Natalie Newton of Milford says her two-year-old bulldog Tank died of a heart attack… Audio
SPCA wants information after savage attack on cat
The Wellington SPCA is asking for help in finding two people who sicced their dog on to a cat at a Porirua holiday park.
Greyhound trainer accused of using live bait
A top trainer could be kicked out of the greyhound racing industry if it's proved he used live animals as bait to train his dogs. The SPCA is investigating Brendon Cole after receiving photos in July… Audio
Dateline Pacific evening edition for 28 November 2017
A Fiji opposition party says the government has produced statistics on the sugar industry that bear no relationship to reality; women in Fiji are waiting nearly two and a half years before reporting… Audio
SPCA in Cooks aims to control wandering dogs
The SPCA in the Cook Islands wants help to do something about wandering dogs which bother livestock on Rarotonga. Audio
Theresa Gattung - Creating SheEOs
Visiting San Franscisco in 2015, ex-Telecom CEO and entreprenuer Theresa Gattung was intrigued about an idea promoted by fellow entrepreneur and mentorship expert, Canadian Vicki Saunders, who had… Audio
SPCA donations increase six-fold after First Cat Paddles' death
The Prime Minister's cat Paddles became a social media star world-wide, but died last night after being hit by a car. The First couple suggested anyone upset by her death to donate to the SPCA. Turns… Video, Audio
SPCA calls for lengthier sentences for animal abusers
SPCA CEO Andrea Midgen says nine months imprisonment for a man who hit a dog three times on the head with a hammer is not long enough. Video, Audio
'The List of Shame will shock people' - SPCA reveals shameful animal cruelty
A Labrador-cross who ended up with a chain embedded in her neck after she was tied up for weeks has topped the SPCA's annual List of Shame.
Top job for top dogs
Two dogs have gone from a life at the shelter, to helping protect our country's airports and skies.
Why drowning is not the best way to kill a baby possum
Drury School has come under fire from the SPCA after it drowned possum joeys in a bucket during a fundraising possum hunt. Eva Corlett talks to a professor about the most humane way to kill the… Audio
SPCA investigating death at doggy daycare
The SPCA is investigating after a dog was found dead in a pond at a doggy daycare centre in Auckland this week. It is also calling for such facilities to be regulated. Video, Audio