In Switzerland, no more boiling live lobsters and no shipping them in ice January 12, 2018 Animal welfare advocates have been pushing for decades to get the Swiss government to ban the culinary practice of throwing live lobsters into boiling…. Continue Reading
Man arrested over spate of cat killings in Northampton, UK January 10, 2018 Last week, we wrote about the so-called Croydon cat killer, also dubbed the MI-5 killer who is believed to have been responsible for as many… Continue Reading
Do animals commit suicide? Disturbing anecdotes and now empirical evidence support it as real thing January 9, 2018 Psychology Today has just published a piece about evidence which could answer a disturbing question: do animals have the ability to rationalize their situation… Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: Korean dish of squirming octopus raises ire of activists, defended by others January 8, 2018 In February, when PETA sent an observer into Toronto restaurants, it wasn’t to get them to dine out but to investigate how live animal… Continue Reading
A very Canadian rescue: Snowmobile riders dig out moose buried neck-deep in snow January 4, 2018 It’s been a snowy season so far in Deer Lake, Newfoundland and for a group of riders the powdery terrain was the perfect spot… Continue Reading
Zoo closes to allow community of macaques to grieve after youngster dies January 3, 2018 A zoo in Australia has closed down to the public in order to allow its community of macaques to grieve in private after the… Continue Reading
Serial killer of cats, rabbits, foxes and coyotes slaughtered and tortured at least 400 animals January 3, 2018 A rescue organization in London has been claiming for years that there’s a potential animal killer who has tortured and slaughtered hundreds of animals… Continue Reading
Declassified documents show Margaret Thatcher refused to share her plane with a panda January 2, 2018 The Iron Lady of Britain had a thing about pandas, apparently. She didn’t like them. She didn’t trust the ursines either. Newly-released government documents… Continue Reading
Happy New Year and may 2018 bring you many happy dancing penguins January 1, 2018 There’s always one penguin among us who is happier than everyone else. Be that penguin for 2018. Happy New Year from Critter Files! Continue Reading
Bronx Zoo’s only polar bear euthanized after acute kidney failure December 29, 2017 Tundra, the beloved polar bear who lived in the Bronx Zoo was euthanized earlier this week because officials said the 26-year-old male bear was… Continue Reading
