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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

Peregrine egg watch on the Prairies

May 5, 2015

The Alberta Conservation Association has once again set up four separate live cams for viewers around the world to keep tabs on three peregrine…

Police service dog struck and killed by car

May 5, 2015

Sad news from Saskatchewan. The Saskatoon Police Service is mourning the loss of Matrix, a talented young police service dog killed after being hit…

Australia report into puppy factories reveal horrific details

May 4, 2015

It’s a terrible read. A report detailing the conditions in puppy factories in Australia as part of a government attempt to legislate and shut…

Spring brings jackrabbit baby boom of “kidnapped” bunnies

May 3, 2015

While walking through a popular shopping district in downtown Calgary yesterday afternoon, I spotted this little guy. Hidden behind some utility pipes right along the…

After a rat chews off Mrs. T’s legs, the 90-year-old tortoise gets new set of wheels

May 2, 2015

Mrs. T was hibernating when a mean rat started gnawing and eventually chewed off the poor tortoise’s two front legs. The nonagenarian tortoise was…

Got Goat? You can rent one from Amazon to graze your lawn

May 1, 2015

Goats are a combination of a lawnmower and a weed whacker. They’re curious critters that like to at least taste almost anything resembling a…

Piano Man Billy Joel takes stand against elephant poaching

April 30, 2015

One of the arguments in favour of poaching elephants have come from people who say the ivory from the elephants’ tusks are needed to…

More elephants poached. More ivory burned, crushed

April 30, 2015

It’s a scene that is becoming all too familiar across Africa – and around the world. Tonnes of confiscated ivory piled high and then…

Animal welfare groups helping in Nepal’s earthquake zones

April 29, 2015

Animal welfare groups from around the world are on their way to Nepal to aid critters after last weekend’s deadly earthquake. More than 4,000 people…

Chinese Giant Salanders in decline as they become part of conspicuous consumption

April 29, 2015

Time is running out for the Chinese Giant Salamander, also known as the Andrias davidanus. The world’s largest living amphibian can grow up to…