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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

Mouse House: Mass seizure after Calgary home found teeming with critters

May 28, 2015

Animal welfare officials in Alberta call it the “largest animal seizure in Calgary history.” The Calgary Humane Society needed help from the city’s police, bylaw and the…

Animal Rights police squad set up in Norway

May 27, 2015

One of the objectives of Critter Files is to bring you stories around the world of animal abuses and the steps organizations and rescue…

Poachers slaughter half of Mozambique’s elephants in just 5 years

May 27, 2015

“Rampant” poaching is wiping out Mozambique’s elephants and threaten the very existence of the species in the southeast African nation. In just five years,…

Baby bunny killed on live radio to raise awareness about animal welfare

May 26, 2015

A radio station in Denmark killed a rabbit on air to make a point about animal welfare. Yes, you read that correctly. Radio24syv hosts Asger Juhl andKristoffer…

World Turtle Day and two centuries later, scientists now know how the turtle got its shell

May 25, 2015

We missed it but that doesn’t mean we should mark the occasion of World Turtle Day. It happens on May 23rd every year and…

Watch this baby beluga grow up at the Georgia Aquarium

May 25, 2015

Say what you will about marine mammals in captivity, but the Georgia Aquarium is keeping the public up-to-date about the welfare of its new beluga…

Watch an osprey family grow along the Bow River

May 24, 2015

For the past 19 years, osprey have nested on a special platform atop a utility pole not far from the Calgary Zoo. If you’re in…

Colombian police jump into raging river to rescue dog

May 23, 2015

We won’t keep you in suspense. There’s a very happy ending in this video of a dramatic rescue by Colombian police as they jump…

Baby hippo Devi makes outing as protective mom shields her calf from public

May 22, 2015

Hippo mamas are known for being very protective and at the San Diego Zoo, Funani, the mother of 8-week-old Devi is always close by…

Bear Grylls’ reality show The Island has baby turtles and a pig shipped in for slaughter

May 22, 2015

Bear Grylls has a reality show called The Island in the UK in which the reality series features male and female contestants struggling to…