Baby squirrel survival story signals warning about sticky, glue traps

August 9, 2021

The folks at Newhouse Wildlife Rescue almost couldn’t believe this day would come. But more than two months after a baby red squirrel was…

Attention hikers: Watch out for marmot hitchhikers

August 7, 2021

This is a sad, but instructive story for anyone who ventures into the mountains: Beware of hitchhiking marmots. The Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society recently…

Animals shed DNA and it’s now been traced in the atmosphere

July 26, 2021

If you sneeze from allergies, you know: animal dander is in the air. Two research groups have now been able to detect DNA from…

RCMP police dog helps find missing child in northern Alberta

July 25, 2021

Sometimes they track bad guys or sniff out drugs, but canine cops are also very good at reuniting people. RCMP Police Service Dog Hasko…

Lizard name Markhor escapes from private zoo, settling in somewhere, but needs to be found before he freezes to death in winter

July 13, 2021

Markhor made a run for freedom last month from the Little Ray’s Reptile Zoo in Hamilton, Ontario but if he’s not found soon, the…

Binx the cat survived Surfside condo collapse now reunited with family

July 11, 2021

Amid all the devastation of the Florida condo collapse, there’s at least one spot of good news. Binx, a black cat living on the…

Missing dog returns home, rings doorbell at 3 a.m.

July 6, 2021

Fireworks on July 4th spooked Rajah the dog who took off after hearing the sounds from her backyard in her South Carolina home. But…

BC SPCA seized dog spotted in a crate behind RV during heat wave

July 3, 2021

The German shepherd that was strapped in a crate to the back of an RV during a blistering British Columbia heat wave is now…

Tips on cooling down pets during heatwave

June 30, 2021

Here in the Pacific Northwest and Alberta, a heatwave has led to huge surges in electricity and even sudden deaths of dozens of people….

Woman crawled through collapsed Florida condo with dog

June 30, 2021

A woman who survived the collapse of a condo building in Florida said she escaped by climbing through the rubble in the dark with…