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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

#NationalPuppyDay: Sports and U.S. Army edition with tweets from NHL, NFL, NBA, MLB

March 23, 2017

From: #ArmyTeam 🇺🇸To: You Happy #NationalPuppyDay 🐶https://t.co/claZd5hiSz pic.twitter.com/LvDBcBMqbz — GoArmy (@GoArmy) March 23, 2017 #NationalPuppyDay with Jack 🐶 pic.twitter.com/QhXymut8hE — Ryan Sproul (@Sproully93) March…

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…

Chinook salmon rescued during Oroville Dam failure finally released on their spring run

March 21, 2017

They are the 1 million lucky ones. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released 1 million state- and federally-listed threatened spring-run Chinook salmon into the…

Beauty and the Beast a reminder of why so many fairy tales are about humans and animals

March 21, 2017

Jane Henderson, the books editor at the St. Louis Dispatch, had a literary critter-y take on the lasting success of why so many fairy…

Hot Dog: Siberian Husky has figured out how to operate refrigerator ice machine

March 21, 2017

Now this is one cool Husky. The clever canine has figured out how to get an icy treat. “This 5-month-old husky casually helps himself…

Meatless Monday: Giant billboard promoting Be Fair Be Vegan moves to Tasmania

March 20, 2017

A worldwide campaign to promote veganism with the argument that humans are extremely prejudiced against all non-human animals has moved from Times Square in…

Live Feed: April the giraffe’s calf is poking out

March 20, 2017

UPDATE April 15: April has her baby! See it all here. *** UPDATE: April 9 “Our big girl seems to be moving around quite…