Celebrity Critters

Elephant snatches tourist’s camera, takes epic “elphie”

May 20, 2015

Christian LeBlanc has uploaded what is probably the world’s first “elphie.” While travelling in Thailand, the British Columbia man posted this photo to Instagram. An…

Afternoon cute alert! One-week-old clouded leopard quadruplets make adorable debut

May 20, 2015

The clouded leopard quadruplets born at the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium near Tacoma, Washington last week had their first outing yesterday. The cubs…

Games of Thrones casts Jon Snow’s direwolf Ghost, the big wolf in Westeros

May 15, 2015

There’s a Calgary, Canada connection to the latest cast member of Games of Thrones. A major character in the critter-filled world of GofT is…

UPDATE: Johnny Depp’s dogs Pistol and Boo leave Australia before deadline of death

May 15, 2015

UPDATE: Boo and Pistol are flying their way back to freedom. Johnny Depp’s terriers were put on death watch after it was discovered that…

Hero pets defy the odds to save lives

May 11, 2015

We never tire of heroic animal stories. And, the four outstanding dogs recently inducted as the newest members of the Purina Animal Hall of Fame are nothing short…

The election is over, but we’ll always have #DogsAtPollingStations

May 11, 2015

Democracy has gone to the dogs – in the cutest possible way. Voters in the United Kingdom headed to the polls last week, some…

Princess Charlotte’s birth gives boost to possums

May 6, 2015

Still in the land of Oz. What to give the new British royal princess? Well the Australian people debate about tea towels emblazoned with…

Peregrine egg watch on the Prairies

May 5, 2015

The Alberta Conservation Association has once again set up four separate live cams for viewers around the world to keep tabs on three peregrine…

Piano Man Billy Joel takes stand against elephant poaching

April 30, 2015

One of the arguments in favour of poaching elephants have come from people who say the ivory from the elephants’ tusks are needed to…

Mila Kunis accused of stealing a chicken name Doggie

April 23, 2015

Mila Kunis, once named Sexiest Woman Alive in Esquire Magazine, is being sued by an aspiring singer who claims the former That 70s Show…