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- Teen trio mutilate girl's pet ducks
Three schoolboys beat and stabbed to death three pet ducks and hanged another in a tree. The mallard ducks, together with four others that survived, had been raised from ducklings and fed for more than a year by a 16-year-old girl...
Mon, 14 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +1200 - Special load: handle with care
It's a tall order for even the most diligent of travel agents. A one-way journey from Christchurch to Wellington is not as easy as grabbing the first direct flight when you stand 2.8m tall and weigh 300kg. Seun the giraffe's first...
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +1200 - Man jailed for satanic goat sacrifice
BRISBANE - A man has been jailed for stealing a pet goat and killing it during a satanic ritual on a church altar. Scott Peter Romano, 28, of the Brisbane suburb of Runcorn, will spend the next four months behind bars for what...
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:27:37 +1200 - Loud Aussie migrant goes quiet
Shy, elusive, retiring and quiet. Couldn't possibly be talking about Australians. Especially that most iconic of Australians, the kookaburra. But Unitec researcher and senior lecturer John Perrott is finding the famously loud birds...
Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +1200 - Flocke the charmer to make public debut (+video)
Before a barrage of flashbulbs and live television Germany's latest polar bear cub sensation was to make her debut today. Four-month-old Flocke was expected to be ushered out into the glare of world media attention with Nuremberg...
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:15:00 +1200 - Brave friend fails to save shark victim
A bodyboarder rushed into the water to try to save his friend after a shark attack yesterday. Peter Edmonds, 16, died after being bitten on the leg by a large shark that attacked unseen in murky morning surf darkened by the run-off...
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +1200 - Hens no longer rule roost in Albany
The Albany village may have a rooster on its logo but hopes to re-introduce a free-roaming chicken population to the area have been quashed by the Auckland SPCA. Chickens once ruled the roost in Albany, but after reports of cruelty...
Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +1200 - Dog modelling agency opens (+video)
It's a dog's life as Slovakia opens its first canine model agency attracting ambitious pooches hoping to make it to the big time. The pampered pets are trying to claw their way to the top in the bitchy world of modelling. The...
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:00:00 +1200 - Biggest ever fine for illegal squid offence
The biggest ever fine handed down under the Animal Products Act of almost $226,000 was appropriate for offending on such a scale, the NZ Food Safety Authority said today. In September, Sea Resources Company Ltd and Ian Kenneth...
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:26:43 +1200 - Investigation into equine flu contamination
Biosecurity New Zealand has launched an investigation into how tests on 10 horses were cross-contaminated, resulting in positive identification for equine influenza last week. The horses were imported from the United States...
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:23:00 +1200 - Farmer shoots cow in front of MAF officer
A Manawatu dairy farmer has been fined $1000 for shooting a cow while an animal welfare investigator was checking its condition. In June 2006 a Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) investigator noticed a Friesian cow lying...
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:24:26 +1200 - Load limit for donkeys on UK beaches
Britain's hard-working beach donkeys will now not have to carry anyone weighing over 50kg. Nor will they have to work more than six days a week or have to show off their foals to tourists, under a new national code of practice....
Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:15:00 +1200 - Koalas under threat as excess CO2 makes eucalyptus leaves inedible
The future of the koala, perhaps Australia's best-loved animal, is under threat because greenhouse gas emissions are making eucalyptus leaves - their sole food source - inedible. Scientists warned that increased levels of carbon...
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