Oil sands giant Syncrude fined $2.75-million deaths of great blue herons

January 4, 2019

Syncrude Canada Ltd. will pay $2.75-million in federal and provincial fines for deaths of 31 great blue herons at one of its oil sands…

Man screaming at spider that won’t die alarms passerby who calls police

January 3, 2019

A man inside his house screaming at a spider and questioning why it won’t die so alarmed a passerby that police were called and…

Escaped lion in North Carolina zoo kills 22-year-old intern

December 31, 2018

A lion at a North Carolina Zoo left a locked space during a routine cleaning and entered a space where humans were and quickly…

Pro golfer Jyoti Randhawa arrested in India and charged with poaching

December 26, 2018

Golf pro Jyoti Randhawa has been arrested in India on charges of poaching in a tiger sanctuary. Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich said they…

Louisiana police officer charged with allegedly having sex with animals

December 24, 2018

A police officer in Louisiana has turned himself in on animal sexual abuse charges following an investigation by the the state’s special victim’s unit….

Mounties make Grinch-themed, dog-filled Christmas crime warnings

December 21, 2018

Leave it to the Mounties to revamp an old Christmas tale. Take the RCMP detachment in Cranbrook, B.C., which is making sure the Grinch…

New Jersey makes U.S. history by banning wild animal circus acts

December 18, 2018

New Jersey has become the first state in the U.S. to outlaw circuses featuring exotic animals such as elephants and tigers. Governor Phil Murphy…

Poacher ordered to watch Bambi in prison after being convicted of killing hundreds of deer

December 18, 2018

David Berry Jr., a convicted poacher in Missouri, has been given an unusual sentence after being convicted of one of the state’s largest ever…

U.S. Customs finds 70 live finches smuggled in hair rollers at JFK

December 14, 2018

Someone hatched a bird-brained scheme to smuggle finches into the United States, but was nabbed by a crack team of customs officials. U.S. Customs…

Hundreds of caged cats saved from Chinese slaughterhouse

December 13, 2018

A single tip took animal rights activists to an illegal abattoir in China. That’s where China Animal Protection Power, or CAPP, found 375 cats…