K9 comfort dogs travel to Orlando to help survivors, first responders

June 15, 2016

12 comfort dogs and their handlers are in Orlando to provide comfort after Saturday night’s horrific shooting which left 49 people dead. Gracie is…

Acts of Kindness: Free veterinary care, pet supplies for homeless dog, cat owners

June 10, 2016

Veterinarian Wendy McClelland has no doubt. Homeless people truly love their pets, but they can’t always get their dogs or cats much-needed medical care while…

Meet the dogs that protect elephants, rhinos from poachers in Kenya

June 9, 2016

Zack is not just man’s best friend, but a BFF to Africa’s most endangered species. The Belgian Malinois is now settling into his new gig…

Orphaned baby rhino Thor has giddy fun with GoPro strapped to his head

June 7, 2016

Critterfiles readers know that when you strap a GoPro on any animal, some magical mishaps will happen. Over the years, we’ve seen: A dog…

You’ll never walk alone if you’re walking on a farm

June 3, 2016

Scofflaw Farms in Cedar Falls, Tennessee north of Nashville is a place where you’ll never walk alone. Here’s a short video of who joins…

Jane Goodall and Harambe’s first caretaker respond to Cincinatti Zoo shooting after child fell into enclosure

June 2, 2016

Jane Goodall and the zookeeper who was there at Harambe’s birth 17 years ago have talked about their reaction to the gorilla’s death after…

Wednesday Zen Moment: Kittens love buskers, but their tipping could use some work

June 1, 2016

Nobody can accuse these cool cats of having the attention spans of goldfish. This Malaysian busker has the undivided attention of four kittens while he…

Little girl meets little gorilla melting hearts everywhere

May 31, 2016

Here’s looking at you, kid. The Fort Worth Zoo has posted the cutest baby gorilla meets toddler through the looking glass photo you’ve ever seen. Barely…

Squee! Adorable baby gorilla at Calgary Zoo now has a name

May 27, 2016

It has been a bittersweet spring at the Calgary Zoo. The facility hadn’t welcomed a baby gorilla to its troop of western lowland gorillas…

Wednesday Zen Moment: It’s National Otter Day so watch these cute otters being all otter-like

May 25, 2016

So of course we knew about dog blogs and kitten blogs, but until today, National Otter Day, we didn’t realize how many daily otter…