Petition to name statue in Toronto after Smiley the blind therapy dog

October 24, 2017

A petition to commemorate the life of Smiley the blind therapy dog is gaining traction. Smiley, who was celebrated across North American as a…

Meatless Monday: Man almost dies after swallowing fish he was kissing, not eating

October 23, 2017

Sam Quilliam caught a fish, but the fish fought back and almost led to the fisherman’s death. It all started when the British man…

Motherly Love: Watch a momma bear piggyback her cubs across a lake

October 22, 2017

David Roseman took an incredible video of a mother bear carrying her cubs across the water. It caught the attention of the David Suzuki…

Wednesday Zen Moment: Art critic dog Ella Fitzgerald contemplates watercolours

October 19, 2017

Artist Julia Powell has a tough critic: her golden retriever name Ella Fitzgerald. Earlier this year, Powell walked into her studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts…

RIP Smiley. You were a very good dog, indeed

October 16, 2017

Smiley may well have been the world’s most famous therapy dog. Born without eyes, Smiley spent the first two years of his life in…

Deaths of two Canadian police dogs mourned in Edmonton

October 15, 2017

Once a canine cop, always a canine cop. And in this particularly rough autumn, the Edmonton Police Service in Alberta announced the deaths of two…

California prisoners hold fundraiser and donate money to Sacramento animal shelter

October 14, 2017

Kindness comes from unexpected places. In this case, the California State Prison in Sacramento where inmates donated close to $1,700 to a local animal…

900 animals in private safari park in Santa Rosa, California under threat of multiple fires in area

October 10, 2017

Wildfires are burning in the area of Safari West, a private park that’s home to 900 animals in California. The park has rhinos, cheetahs,…

Hilarious new video of giant pandas falling all over themselves at Toronto Zoo

October 7, 2017

You think your toddler has trouble getting around? Get a load of these terrible twos. Terribly cute 2-year-old pandas at the Toronto Zoo. “This…

Sweet opportunity: U.S. schools eligible for grants to start beekeeping

October 5, 2017

Have you heard the buzz? Don’t be afraid of bees. Keep them. And now, kids and their teachers can “bee the change” with honey…