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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…