South Auckland man Paea Taufa was found roasting his pitbull terrier-cross in an umu pit at his home in Mangere, south Auckland, New Zealand. The New Zealand Society for the Prevention of Crueltyn to Animals (SPCA) is calling for a review of the Animal

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Lee County sheriff's deputies are searching for the leader of the organization known as My Best Friends, Inc. The woman, who has not been identified, traveled to animal shelters across Florida adopting pets. She sold those she could for a profit, deputies

Record numbers of dogs are being poisoned after being fed chocolate, grapes and raisins by their owners as treats, say vets.Vets have seen a surge of almost 50 per cent in the number of dogs falling ill after eating chocolate. Toxins in grapes, raisins or

A water buffalo that's been targeted by thugs has had his own security cameras set up to try to protect him.Oink has had bricks thrown at him, his hay had been set on fire and someone put washing-up liquid in his water. The rescued 15-year-old animal, who

Together they make a purrfect couple. But very soon Zara the lion cub will have to say goodbye to her male companion Arnie the ginger tom cat.After six weeks together, Zara is set to leave the confines of her comfy home to start a new life in Africa. But

Heavily armed militias shatter the stillness in this central African park. Desperate refugees crowd park boundaries. Charcoal producers strip forests. Then, last summer, someone killed seven of these magnificent creatures in cold blood.The killers waited

In an unprecedented attempt to revive the tiger population in western India, authorities airlifted a female tiger to a national reserve Friday where it will join a male tiger delivered there last week.The tigers were carried by Indian Air Force helicopter

A plan to kill badgers in England has been scrapped after the government decided it's not the best way to control a disease that's killing cows.A report by scientists recommended that a badger cull would help control bovine tuberculosis, or TB, in cattle.

Afghanistan's snow leopards have barely survived three decades of war. But now the few remaining mountain leopards left in Afghanistan face another threat -- foreigners involved in rebuilding the war-torn country.Despite a complete hunting ban across Afgh