Saturday 5 September is the monthly Adoption Day at the NRAS Rescue Shelter, at 61 Piper Drive, Ballina from 10am to 1pm.

Homelessness Week starts today and runs until 9 August. Tweed charity Head Over Hooves is focusing on those experiencing homelessness and hardship, together with their pets, via their Lend A Paw program and the forthcoming canine social event of the year, the Lend a Paw Doggy Fun Day, which will raise much needed funds to help people and pets in need.

Northern Rivers Animal Services Inc are hoping the sun will be out for their monthly adoption day on Saturday 4 July at the NRAS Rescue Shelter in Ballina.

This year's Love Lennox Festival went off with a bang and a bark as the much anticipated Dogly Fun Show took over the main stage area for plenty of K9 fun.

Nearly $38,000 in state funds is announced for Friends of the Pound in the Tweed Shire and another $27,000 for the North Coast’s Animal Welfare League branch.

The New South Wales government says it will introduce changes in the first half of this year to the state’s Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1979 in parliament.

NSW Farmers has welcomed news that six new detector dog handlers have joined Australia’s border security team to protect the nation from biosecurity threats.

Northern Rivers Animal Services is kick-starting its monthly adoption days for 2025 this Saturday, 1 February, from 10am–1pm at 61 Piper Drive, Ballina.

Byron Shire Council is reminding residents and visitors to the area with accompanying pets this summer to make sure they understand the rules to avoid hefty on-the-spot fines.

The NSW government is urging families planning to welcome a new cat or dog into their household this festive season to adopt.