Celebrity Critters

Inuka, first polar bear born in tropics, gets ice cake for birthday

December 27, 2014

Good news for Inuka, bad news for salmon, the polar bear’s favourite food. To celebrate Inuka’s 24th birthday on Dec 25th, staff at the…

December 24, 2014

An Argentine court has ruled that Sandra, an orangutan in the Buenos Aires Zoo, is entitled to the right of habeas corpus. The decision…

December 22, 2014

Remember Miley the husky dog who was found in a junkyard? Her fur was all matted, she was ill from malnourishment and her paws were…

December 22, 2014

This widely-viewed Freshpet commercial has been viewed more than 3 million times and gives a happy view of what will happen when animals take…

December 21, 2014

Chinese film icon Li Bingbing stars in a powerful 60-second film designed to get consumers in her country to think about the impact of…

December 15, 2014

Journey, a white standard poodle, was an unusual winner at the so-called Oscars of the equestrian world over the weekend. The service dog and…

December 13, 2014

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December 10, 2014

You shear a sheep to make a sweater but it’s not every day you see a sheep wearing an ugly Christmas sweater. But that’s what…

December 9, 2014

Grumpy Cat, we now learn, is a big business. Like huge. She has her own lawyers, her own representative (who calls himself a meme manager)…

December 9, 2014

British royalty with a passion for animals used a high-profile U.S. visit to urge for a crackdown on the illegal wildlife trade. While on…