Meet Dudley, thief (of waterhose) and murderer (of prized tulips)

October 28, 2015

Sure, he looks innocent and cute. But don’t let those sad eyes fool you. Dudley here is the prime suspect in the death of…

Small fines for bighorn sheep poachers in Alberta

October 25, 2015

Five men have been fined a total of $24,500 for killing and abandoning four bighorn sheep in northern Alberta, the province has announced. The…

Meatless Monday: Animal cruelty bust for illegal horse meat selling in Florida near world famous equestrian site

October 19, 2015

One of the largest animal cruelty bust in U.S. history forced the closure in Florida of a slaughterhouse and unlawfall selling of horse meat…

Conservationists outraged after big tusker elephant shot in Zimbabwe by German hunter

October 18, 2015

Apparently the worldwide outrage over the death of Cecil the lion has had no impact on the sport hunting community. A German hunter has…

“My mommy’s boyfriend is mean to me…” note from child over kitten left in box

October 16, 2015

MEOW Cat Rescue in Kirkland, Washington posted a heartwarming, but ultimately sad, yet still in the end, heartwarming rescue story A kitten was found…

Pregnant and poached: Illegal wildlife trade claims another rhinoceros despite heroic efforts to save her

October 15, 2015

iThemba was pregnant when poachers shot her in the head and hacked away her horn in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa over the summer. They…

Florida black bears go from verge of extinction to getting okayed to be hunted

October 13, 2015

Forty years ago, there were several hundred bears in Florida. Today there are more than 3,000 of them as the state’s largest land mammal…

Zimbabwe will not charge Walter Palmer for killing Cecil the lion

October 12, 2015

Despite worldwide outrage after an American dentist killed a well-known lion just outside at national park in Zimbabwe, African officials will not prosecute the…

Suspected cat napper caught after video captures images of cat being stolen

October 9, 2015

San Jose police have arrested a 24-year-old man sleeping in his vehicle by a dead cat. Police began investigating after the theft of a…

Is this the face of an Ivory Smuggling Queen?

October 9, 2015

Anti-poaching investigators have caught what activists are calling the most important ivory traffickers ever arrested, a Chinese national who may have been responsible for…