'Queen's' corgis up for award
Queen Elizabeth's corgis have seen their outstanding performance in
The Queen acknowledged.
Claws out for cat competition
The claws are out in New York City as hundreds of pedigree cats
compete to win the Cat Championships.
Tearaway dogs wanted
Got a badly-behaved dog that rips up the house? Good, border
security wants it.
Britney should lose pets custody: PETA
An animal rights group has written to Kevin Federline urging him to
seek custody of the couple's pets.
Ruff love in Peru
Video: Dog wedding takes place in Peru to mark World Animal
Day and promote animal care.
Fowl of the law
One woman has dedicated her life to saving abused animals but not
everyone agrees with her tactics.
Tails of the city
The road out for a family pet should not be dark and lonely, writes
Sonya Hartnett.
Experts call for return of the natives
Pet lovers should consider keeping native animals instead of a cat
or dog, the NSW Government says.
Seattle to allow pygmy goats as pets
They aren't known for fetching sticks or chasing mice but pygmy
goats can now be kept as pets in Seattle.
Fattened songbirds a French delicacy
Ortolan - a bite-size songbird roasted and gulped down whole - is
an illegal treat for French gourmands.
Gerbils in space
Ten gerbils have taken off from the Baikonur space centre in
Kazakhstan for a 12-day voyage.
Germans lose taste for sausage dogs
Dachshunds, the short-legged, long-bodied "sausage dogs", are
falling from favour in their homeland.
It's a dog's life - without one
Australia's pet population is rapidly shrinking, especially dogs,
and we're all worse off for it.
Lunacy is only a phase
When it's a full moon, odd things happen to owners and their furry
friends alike.
Japanese childless turn to canines
Young Japanese professionals are increasingly choosing pooches over
offspring.
Pampered pets are going senile
Dementia is on the increase in Australia's cats and dogs as
pampered pets are living longer.
All chooked up
What other pet will keep you company and feed you at the same time?
Justine Costigan gets clucky.
The cat's pyjamas - fashion for pets
Everything a pampered pooch could ever want, from jewel-encrusted
leashes to doggy perfume.
It's a dog's world
All the world over, different breeds of dogs mark their territory.
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In pursuit of purr-fection
Pedigree cats showed off for the cameras at the media preview for the Cat Fanciers' Association show in New York.
Pet parade
With Japanese career women increasingly choosing pets over offspring a generation of pampered pooches is emerging.
Pooch parade in pictures
A parade of pampered pooches in designer duds kicks of Pets Fashion Week in New York.
Tyson the skating dog
Little Tyson seems very at home speeding along on a skateboard.
Chatty dogs
A woman encourages her dogs to speak English with great sucess.
Dog day afternoon
The 28th annual Drake Most Beautiful Bulldog Contest in Des Moines, Iowa, kicks off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University, where a bulldog is its mascot.
Will over-indulged fur-kids take over the world?
With the rise and rise of single-person households, have pets become the flatmate you have when you're too lonely/bored/rich to find a real flatmate?
