Critters vs Humans vs Critters

In New Zealand, shark fin soup still on menu despite ban

January 10, 2014

In many western countries, shark fin, the essential ingredient in the Chinese banquet mainstay, has become a delicacy that has soured for many Chinese…

Mexican tour boat collides with whale injuring 4 people; no word on the whale

January 7, 2014

A group of tourists got a little too close for comfort with a humpback whale. Mexican officials told the Associated Press Monday that four people…

Orphaned bear cub taken in by…chickens.

January 2, 2014

Usually bears break into the chicken coop and eat the chickens. Not Tinsel, an orphaned bear cub. He was found living in a chicken…

Man saves his dogs … by strangling a lynx

December 30, 2013

A Northern Ontario man said he grabbed a lynx with his bare heads and strangled it after it attacked one of his lap dogs….

Barred owls being killed to protect spotted owls

December 22, 2013

The destruction of natural habitat has always been the biggest threat to endangered species such as the spotted owl. But now there are concerns…

A bull elk got tangled in Christmas decorations

December 19, 2013

It will be a much merrier Christmas for one bull elk in Banff National Park. On Dec. 18, a local resident reported seeing an…

By popular demand: how to gift wrap a dog

December 18, 2013

We give equal gift wrapping time now to dogs. Our last post about how to gift wrap a cat had some of you wondering…

Paintball a bison, get a fine

December 16, 2013

Two Alberta men have been fined $2,500 each after park officials at Elk Island National Park noticed something was colourful about the bisons who…

Bobcat (not Goldthwait) in the house

December 15, 2013

An unexpected houseguest dropped in on a family in Nelson, B.C. on Friday the 13th. They told Global TV a bobcat snuck into their home after…

Two people let Molly almost starve to death

December 13, 2013

The pictures you see are horrific. Us media folks don’t normally get outraged over too much. It’s not that we’re a cynical bunch, but…