Critters vs Humans vs Critters

Cows escape slaughterhouse in St. Louis, leading police on wild chase and now, a plea for mercy

March 30, 2017

Cows on the lam from an abattoir had police in hot pursuit in St. Louis today. The great escape was documented live by media…

Missing man’s friends find engorged python and sliced it open to discover the body

March 30, 2017

An Indonesian man who went missing in his village has been found after his friends discovered he had been swallowed whole by a python…

Car crashes through North Carolina vet office, almost hits dog recovering from a car accident

March 28, 2017

Watch this video of the amazing staff at a North Carolina vet office who jumped into action after a car smashed through a wall…

Meatless Monday: Animal activist allegedly assaulted after confronting snake-charmer

March 27, 2017

An animal rights activist was attacked outside the court after she stopped to question a snake-charmer mistreating a snake. The activist had stepped out…

Meatless Monday: Highest per capita number of vegans live in this country

March 27, 2017

And the answer is Israel! Huh, who would have guessed? We didn’t learn about that fact until we read this article in Israel21c in which we…

What is Canada’s Greatest Animal? Calgary Zoo contest wants your vote

March 26, 2017

Is Canada about to say bye-bye to the beaver? The buck-toothed, industrious little critter has long been the country’s national symbol. But the Calgary…

It’s springtime in the mountains: Grizzly bears are waking up

March 23, 2017

Okay, now it’s officially spring in the Canadian Rockies. At least according to bear-o’clock. Banff National Park in Alberta had its first confirmed sighting…

Calgary wins Safe Cats Safe Birds Award for protective pet ownership program

March 22, 2017

It was an innovative approach to animal control: Calgary banned pets from roaming at large. The move was designed to keep cats and dogs…

Australian police minister breaks law after posting Twitter photo of sheep while driving

March 22, 2017

This tweet got Australia’s Police Minister Troy Grant into the doghouse. The National Party MP, who is the country’s police minister, had to admit…

UPDATE: Turtle name Bank who had 915 coins removed from belly dies

March 22, 2017

A sad update to report: the coin eating sea turtle from Thailand has died after failing to recover from surgery to remove all the…