One of Wanaka's canine superstars, Macca John Robert Gibson
(8), sparked a fire service callout yesterday morning after
he got stuck in a Lindsay St culvert while chasing a rabbit.
Animals make us "more fully human" and should be celebrated
for it, the Rev Helene Mann told the 12th annual pet service
at St Paul's Cathedral yesterday afternoon.
Following a spinal injury, Xena the 40kg Newfoundland
Labrador-cross loves getting a ride behind her owner's bike,
but has sparked negative comments from passers-by.
About 15 registered canines, plus another dozen spectating
with their owners, were judged by veterinary nurse Clare
Temperton and Dr Lucy Gladwin, of Pets'n'Vets Queenstown, and
Otago SPCA inspector Helen Saunders, of Alexandra.
Disturbing numbers of endangered Hector's and Maui dolphin
deaths have been reported in the last year, showing new
protection measures are not as effective as had been hoped,
University of Otago Associate Professor Liz Slooten says.
It will be a proud moment for Jan Tairua when she lines up at
the New Zealand sheep dog trial championships in Gore next
month, alongside her younger son, Carl.
An Arrowtown veterinarian has cured an Arthur's Point dog of
her chronic joint injury by conducting the first animal
stem-cell procedure in the South Island.
Some chimpanzees seem to grieve similarly to humans in the
face of a fellow chimp's death, two new studies have found,
appearing to comfort the dying, experience trauma after death
and have trouble letting go.
