Copenhagen Zoo defends decision: Why we killed Marius, the giraffe February 10, 2014 The Copenhagen Zoo’s decision to euthanize–aka put a bullet in the head of Marius, one of its giraffe–has caused outrage. The killing was done… Continue Reading
Zoo kills giraffe, dissects it on live TV, feeds body to lions February 9, 2014 Despite a massive worldwide plea to save the life of a young giraffe, the keepers at Copenhagen Zoo shot Marius earlier today and fed… Continue Reading
From our Sochi correspondent: healthy puppy in rubble February 8, 2014 Our man on the ground reports: Healthy puppy sleeping on the warm rubble of a brand new subdivision in Sochi. Continue Reading
Our Sochi Critter Files correspondent is reporting from Russia February 7, 2014 We have our very own Sochi Olympics critters correspondent giving us updates from Russia. He’s actually covering the Olympics for a major broadcaster but… Continue Reading
Could someone be poisoning balls to make dogs sick? February 7, 2014 Dog owner Tamaki Kano knew something was wrong after taking her dog to the park and letting them play with a tennis ball they… Continue Reading
Gruesome elephant poacher tells his story February 5, 2014 This man deserves to be in jail for the rest of his life. The ruthless poacher who kills elephants for the high price of… Continue Reading
Cat shot 17 times in the head with pellet gun – and survives February 4, 2014 It’s almost unbelievable that someone would shoot a cat in the head 17 times with a pellet gun. More unbelievable: that any cat would… Continue Reading
Hunters slaughter fox in front of children January 31, 2014 Here at Critter Files, we never like seeing animals slaughtered for human entertainment. It’s sickening and inhumane. So this pictures from the League Against… Continue Reading
Stray dogs rounded up, killed ahead of Sochi Olympics January 31, 2014 Stray dogs have never had it easy in Russia or former Soviet Union. Poor little Laika (pictured below) was one of strays scooped up… Continue Reading
Cannibal rats on a ghost ship from Canada. Fact or fiction? January 25, 2014 This story kind of freaks us out. Is there really a ghost ship full of cannibalistic rats about to crash on the shores of… Continue Reading