SPCA

Staff from construction company Calder Stewart were in the dog house on Saturday but it was all for a good cause.

The torture of two kittens has angered Waikouaiti police, who are determined to track down those responsible.

An investigation into the possible poisoning of pigeons and other birds in the Exchange area of Dunedin has failed to find the source of the reported deaths.

Dunedin resident Kim Spooner (20) gets to know her new kitten, Nahla, at Dunedin SPCA premises yesterday.

Hopeful for the adoption of a kitten from the Otago SPCA are (from left) Emily (7), Aidan (2), Craig, and Caitlin (10) Ealson, of Mosgiel, in Dunedin yesterday.

Department of Conservation community relations ranger Liz Sherwood releases a mollymawk from the wharf at the Portobello aquarium this week, watched by communications ranger Claudia Barbirat and visitors to the aquarium.

SPCA animal attendant Donna Hurring, fusses over some of the 15 adult male cats at the Dunedin SPCA needing homes.

He may have suffered a stroke, but John Griffiths, better known as Dunedin's "pen man", has vowed to continue his fundraising.

Public outrage has led to a $1000 reward being offered for the conviction prosecution of the sadist who cut off the ears of an eight-week-old puppy.

Animal protection inspectors are closing in on offenders responsible for cutting off the ears of an eight-week-old pitbull puppy.