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Author: Dawn Walton

Recovering newspaper reporter.

Penguin deaths at Calgary Zoo

November 12, 2013

The Calgary Zoo’s so-called Penguin Plunge exhibit introduced with great fanfare in February, 212. It features dozens of Humboldt, Gentoo, Rockhopper and King penguins. Visitors could even…

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Video of elusive wolverine (the animal, not the comic book hero)

November 11, 2013

Alberta wildlife videographer Andrew Manske has spent a remarkable amount of time attempting to capture one of North America’s rarely seen critters on film. Manske,…

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Head keeper at Oregon wildlife sanctuary killed

November 10, 2013

UPDATE BELOW* This is horribly sad. The head keeper at an Oregon wildlife sanctuary was killed by one of the animals in her care….

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Rare footage of wolves fishing for salmon

November 6, 2013

This is just incredible. Wolves caught on remote camera fishing for salmon in British Columbia’s Great Bear Rainforest. Pacific Wild, a B.C. non-profit dedicated…

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Air Canada loses dog – and some respect

October 26, 2013

Public relations 101: Don’t diss the media in an email and then accidentally send that email to the media outlet you are dissing. But…

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Toronto Zoo elephants move to California

October 20, 2013

After years of controversy – and planning – the Toronto Zoo’s elephants arrived in a sanctuary in California in October. The fate of Iringa, Toka and…

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Bear plays tetherball

October 14, 2013

Mad tetherball skills caught on video. h/t Deadspin Photo YouTube

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Forget punching a shark in the nose, this guy grabbed a bear by the tongue

October 12, 2013

Gilles Cyr wasn’t about to let a black bear get the better of him. When the Grand Falls, N.B. man was caught by surprise…

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One very unlucky dog

October 9, 2013

Bones lived an unenviable life. In November, 2011, the Dogo Agentino (a hefty breed usually used in big game hunting) was briefly implicated a…

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Tiny, rare rhino spotted in the wild

October 9, 2013

Once thought wiped out, the Sumatran rhino is caught on tape in Borneo. The World Wildlife Fund Indonesia footage, which is the first known…

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