Giant rabbit, destined to be biggest in the world and owned by celebrity, dies mysteriously on United Airlines flight

April 26, 2017

In a new PR issue for embattled United Airlines, the carrier has apologized and promised a full investigation after an 3 foot tall enormous…

Meatless Monday: Activists in India allegedly beat up three cattle traders

April 24, 2017

Three men who were transporting buffaloes from Gurgaon to Ghazipur mandi for slaughter were allegedly beaten up in southeast Delhi’s Kalkaji area by activists…

Thursday Throw Down: Cheery view of polar bears according to SeaWorld or grim bleak life according to PETA

April 20, 2017

Perhaps the truth lies somewhere in between. PETA calls the polar bear in the Grandview Aquarium, a shopping mall, one of the saddest zoos…

SeaWorld’s polar bear Szenja dies unexpectedly at age 21, PETA believes she died of a broken heart

April 20, 2017

Troubled SeaWorld, which has been criticized by animal rights activists for years, has announced that it’s 21-year-old female polar bear has died unexpectedly from…

Thief steals sick kitten from Alberta pet store. (But don’t worry, the cat came back.)

April 13, 2017

Update: April 13 The catnapped kitten has been returned and is now in care of a veterinarian. An unidentified person brought the cat, named…

How to tell if an animal is being an abused? Some tips from a Cat Crime Scene Investigation

April 12, 2017

There’s forensic science behind investigations of animal abuse April is Animal Cruelty Awareness Month and to kick off the campaign, the Edmonton Humane Society…

Memorial grows for Iggy, the Stockholm rescue dog killed in terrorist attack

April 11, 2017

Among the victims in the Stockholm attack last Friday was a dog name Iggy. Iggy, a rescue dog from Dublin, was with his owners…

Detroit Red Wings fans fling octopus at Joe Louis Arena one last time

April 9, 2017

As the Detroit Red Wings played their final game in Joe Louis Arena, hockey fans defied a call to end the age-old tradition of tossing octopus…

Amorous wild giant turkeys getting run over on busy New Jersey highways

April 6, 2017

Wild turkeys in New Jersey are feeling frisky at this time of year and that’s causing them to get killed. Over the last few…

Fences better at saving animals from being roadkill than road structures

April 5, 2017

It’s a sad statistic that each year hundreds of millions of animals are killed by road traffic Associate geography professor Jochen Jaeger, at Concordia’s Faculty…