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Critter Love

Edmonton fire department rescues dog floating on ice in frigid North Saskatchewan River

Critter Crimes

Why are dolphins trying to kill baby manatees? Scientists don’t have the answer

Critters vs Humans vs Critters

Alberta Mounties always get their … beaver

Critter Crimes

California man convicted of animal cruelty after capturing hawk and feeding it alcohol

Critter Love

Confused and disoriented raccoon covered in ice found wandering in field

In Switzerland, no more boiling live lobsters and no shipping them in ice

January 12, 2018

Animal welfare advocates have been pushing for decades to get the Swiss government to ban the culinary practice of throwing live lobsters into boiling….

Genius (and caring) kid films sad javelinas mourning the loss of a loved one

January 11, 2018

Science fairs have come a long way. Dante de Kort is just in Grade 4, but he took on the most amazing nature study…

Super smart alligator “survival machines” brave brutal cold snap in North Carolina

January 10, 2018

Alligators really are the coolest creatures on the planet. In fact, the Shallotte River Swamp Park calls them “survival machines.” When the U.S. south…

Man arrested over spate of cat killings in Northampton, UK

January 10, 2018

Last week, we wrote about the so-called Croydon cat killer, also dubbed the MI-5 killer who is believed to have been responsible for as many…

Derby, the famous Bat Dog for the Trenton Thunder, dies after battle with cancer

January 9, 2018

Derby hailed from a storied baseball bat-fetching family. Born, Home Run Derby, on Jan. 26, 2008 from the Trenton Thunder’s legendary Bat Dog, Chase…

Do animals commit suicide? Disturbing anecdotes and now empirical evidence support it as real thing

January 9, 2018

Psychology Today has just published a piece about evidence which could answer a disturbing question: do animals have the ability to rationalize their situation…

Calls to protect forest in Ghana after endangered primate species caught on camera

January 9, 2018

The white-naped Mangabey was believed to live in only a few pockets on Earth. Listed as an endangered on the World Conservation Union’s (IUCN)…

Meatless Monday: Korean dish of squirming octopus raises ire of activists, defended by others

January 8, 2018

In February, when PETA sent an observer into Toronto restaurants, it wasn’t to get them to dine out but to investigate how live animal…

Snowy owl goes for unscheduled ride in front grill of SUV

January 6, 2018

Tahoe is one lucky Snowy Owl. The wide-eyed bird was so-named after finding itself lodged in the front grill of a Chevrolet Tahoe on…

Wicked winter storm freezing iguanas, sea turtles in the U.S. South

January 5, 2018

It looks rather apocalyptic in the southern United States. Iguana are literally falling out of trees in South Florida where its 40F (or 4C)…