Wednesday Zen Moment: Spot Otto the potto, Cincinatti Zoo’s newest baby critter

February 24, 2016

What’s a potto, you wonder? We admit, here at Critter Files, we think we’re kinda the experts on all things critters but until now,…

Meatless Monday: Shark fin soup ban under consideration in Canadian Parliament

February 22, 2016

A nation-wide boycott of shark-fin soup, long favoured among some high-spending Chinese diners, is being proposed in the Canadian Parliament this week, according to…

Baby elephant who lost his foot from poacher’s snare gets new prosthetics

February 19, 2016

Orphaned baby elephant Chhouk was found wandering alone in the forests of Mondulkiri Province in Cambodia, badly emaciated and with his left front foot…

Missing cat found living (it up) in pet food warehouse and feasting

February 12, 2016

When Clive the cat disappeared from his home in October 2014, his owners Tanya and Jonathan Irons put up posters and appealed on social…

Only in FLA: Man accused of throwing gator through Wendy’s drive-thru

February 9, 2016

Certain alleged crimes only happen in certain places and this one is straight out of a Carl Hiassen book. A man has now been…

Not-so-clever raccoon rescued; will live another day to topple garbage bins

February 9, 2016

Raccoons aren’t exactly the most loved – or cuddly – animals on the planet. But when this little guy recently found itself wedged in a…

Tuesday Critter Lesson: Ostriches aren’t penguins and don’t do well on ice

February 2, 2016

Pittsburgh Zoo workers were baffled as to how to rescue a stuck ostrich who had fallen through an icy stream when one of the…

What does the fox say? Bugger off little brats or quite probably something like it

January 31, 2016

Some whippersnappers were up to no good recently harassing a quite terrified little red fox. That’s when the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty…

Spray painted dogs in Istanbul painted themselves after rollicking in abandoned factory

January 28, 2016

Outraged animal rights activists can stand down. Drunken boat owners aren’t to blame for spray painting dogs in Istanbul. It turns out the dogs…

Smiling sloth tries to cross busy highway in Ecuador and fails adorably

January 27, 2016

A wayward sloth trying to cross a highway in Ecuador recently received a helping hand from the government’s transit commission. The frightened, but seemingly smiling,…