Snow day in Vancouver and otters demonstrate how to make snowballs February 13, 2019 Okay Dawn Walton, you may have snow wrestling pandas at the Calgary Zoo, but here on the west coast, our otters are making snowballs…. Continue Reading
Rudy the bulldog crushes the Westminster Dog Show agility competition February 12, 2019 Rudy the bulldog didn’t win the agility competition at Westminster this weekend but he sure won the Internet after the stout dog showed fierce… Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: UK groups call for end to pre-slaughter stunning for religious reasons February 11, 2019 The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) have jointly called for an end to… Continue Reading
Four breeds of dogs that commonly serve in America’s armed forces honored with stamps February 8, 2019 The United States Postal Service is honoring brave and loyal military working dogs with a set of new stamps. The booklet of 20 stamps… Continue Reading
Straight out of Better Call Saul: Bedbugs pouring out of lawyer forces courthouse evacuation February 7, 2019 In a scene straight out of the television show Better Call Saul, an Oklahoma lawyer forced the evacuation of an entire courthouse after bed… Continue Reading
Who needs groundhogs to tell us about spring? Meet a desert tortoise February 5, 2019 Mojave Max has gone to ground for the winter. The real live tortoise who lives at Springs Preserve in Nevada has become the subject… Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: Hong Kong customs seize pangolin scales, elephant tusks from container labelled frozen meat February 4, 2019 Customs officers in Hong Kong seized a record amount of pangolin scales and elephant tusks after receiving a tip that a container labeled frozen… Continue Reading
It’s so cold in Chicago that zoos are closing but the polar bears are happy January 31, 2019 Lincoln Park Zoo and Brookfield Zoo in the Chicago have announced they are closing temporarily during the cold snap that has hit the midwest…. Continue Reading
Casey Hathaway, boy who was lost for three days in forest, says friendly bear kept him alive January 29, 2019 A 3-year-old boy who went missing for three days has told authorities that a friendly bear kept him company when he was lost and… Continue Reading
Work on wall begins! Denmark begins erecting wild boar fence along border with Germany January 29, 2019 Denmark began construction on an almost 70-kilometre fence this week to stave off sick boars wandering over its border from Germany. \Work will begin… Continue Reading
