Mother Goose: Burned bird loses nest, but adopts orphaned goslings

June 9, 2015

A Canada goose that was deliberately set on fire as she nested, losing all of her eggs last month has now become a mother…

Tourist killed at Lion’s Park identified as Vancouver editor for Games of Thrones

June 4, 2015

UPDATE: The American tourist who was killed by a lion at a South African wildlife reserve was identified as Vancouver-based Game of Thrones special effects…

Army paratrooper who snapped selfie with pet fish after jumping out of plane gets into trouble

June 4, 2015

Paratrooper Matthew Tattersall wanted to celebrate his departure from the Army so he went and did his last jump out of a plane with…

Poachers creating elephant catastrophe in Tanzania, census reveals

June 3, 2015

An “elephant disaster” is unfolding in Tanzania, where poachers on the hunt for ivory have nearly eradicated the species. The government counted just 43,330…

Plea for more sniffer dogs in India to catch poachers

June 2, 2015

Here’s something we didn’t know before. Since 2008, India has been using sniffer dogs to sniff out poachers and aid officers in finding those…

Rich Chinese guy buys not one but two gold Apple Watch for his dog

May 31, 2015

How rich do you gotta be to buy a Gold Apple Watch Edition? The answer is you have to have $13,000 to $15,000 US…

Elephants on the rebound in Uganda

May 29, 2015

While elephant populations being cut down across most of Africa, there’s finally a speck of good news. Uganda is bucking the trend. A new…

Mouse House: Mass seizure after Calgary home found teeming with critters

May 28, 2015

Animal welfare officials in Alberta call it the “largest animal seizure in Calgary history.” The Calgary Humane Society needed help from the city’s police, bylaw and the…

Animal Rights police squad set up in Norway

May 27, 2015

One of the objectives of Critter Files is to bring you stories around the world of animal abuses and the steps organizations and rescue…

Poachers slaughter half of Mozambique’s elephants in just 5 years

May 27, 2015

“Rampant” poaching is wiping out Mozambique’s elephants and threaten the very existence of the species in the southeast African nation. In just five years,…