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Author: Dawn Walton

Recovering newspaper reporter.

“Vapor Wake” dogs will be on patrol to protect the Super Bowl

February 3, 2019

They are the secret weapons of the bomb-sniffing world. Specially-trained “Vapor Wake” dogs are no ordinary canine cops. These dogs have been bred with…

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Very adorable, but very sick baby fur seal rescued off coast of British Columbia

January 30, 2019

By any measure, Mo is pretty lucky to be alive. The 7-month-old fur seal pup was found earlier this week off Hardwicke Island, between…

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Red panda becomes buzz of Belfast as it goes briefly on the lam

January 29, 2019

Daring zoo escape or crime of opportunity? It seems Amber the red panda took some time away from the Belfast Zoo this week and…

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Lion gets to lick his wounds after a little help from some friends

January 28, 2019

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is perhaps best known for hand-raising orphaned baby elephants and rhinos in Kenya. The DSWT also wrangles anti-poaching crews,…

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Jail, fines & bans for Alaska poachers who killed denning bear, cubs

January 26, 2019

Alaska researchers were tracking a mother bear and her cubs, but never expected to capture this. They had collared the sow and set up…

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Happy Birthday, Fiona: Beloved hippo turns two

January 24, 2019

She entered the world premature and tiny, but Fiona quickly captured hearts. Today, as the most famous hippo on the planet turns 2-years-old, everyone…

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Office workers conjure creative way to contact high-rise cat

January 24, 2019

They say in big cities like Toronto you never get to know your neighbours. But Erika Strong really went out on a ledge to…

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Refuge For Wildlife rescues, protects Costa Rica’s howler monkeys from electrocution

January 23, 2019

The Refuge For Wildlife has become an experts in tending to the wildlife victims of electrocution. The sanctuary was founded in Costa Rica in…

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$10,000 fine for B.C. man who shot a moose and left it to suffer

January 22, 2019

A British Columbia man has been fined $10,000 and banned from hunting for three years for illegally shooting a moose. The incident occurred in…

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Firefighters in Ohio rescue dog from ice-covered creek

January 21, 2019

It was a textbook icy-water rescue caught on video. As a woman yelled, “Thank you! Thank you!” firefighters in Blue Ash, Ohio pulled a…

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