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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

Celebrity Critters

Stanley the cat makes appearance in official portrait of former prime minister Stephen Harper

Critters vs Humans vs Critters

Speeder blames zippy elk for going 160 km/h on B.C. highway

Uncategorized

Sheep on the lam in supermarket break-in

Woman arrested for feeding dog food to bears

February 3, 2014

Retired schoolteacher Mary Musselman loves critters. A little too much for authorities in Florida. They handcuffed and arrested Ms. Musselman for continuing to feed…

Superbowl ads. Budweiser has horse, puppy but no beer

February 2, 2014

Take a cute labrador puppy, pair the dog up with a Clydesdale horse, add in a Budweiser hat-wearing farmer and a critter-loving neighbour and…

Superbowl Sunday: Broncos (untamed horses) vs Seahawks (birds of prey)

February 2, 2014

It’s a Critterful weekend at the Superbowl. We did an earlier post about Seahawks and here’s our post about broncos. If you buck and you’re…

Super Bowl predictions. In Critters we Trust

February 2, 2014

A Utah ape is predicting a Seahawks win, as does the psychic bunny of L.A. and the psychic porcupine of Dallas. But Broncos fans,…

Mystery of the transporting cat

February 1, 2014

How does a cat travel by itself 2,000 miles from the Canary Islands to a fishing village in Scotland? They must have really good…

Hunters slaughter fox in front of children

January 31, 2014

Here at Critter Files, we never like seeing animals slaughtered for human entertainment. It’s sickening and inhumane. So this pictures from the League Against…

Stray dogs rounded up, killed ahead of Sochi Olympics

January 31, 2014

Stray dogs have never had it easy in Russia or former Soviet Union. Poor little Laika (pictured below) was one of strays scooped up…

Big Pharma shunning chimpanzee-based research; Merck the latest

January 31, 2014

About two dozen pharmaceutical companies and labs have now pledged to stop doing tests and research on chimpanzees. Merck & Co, Inc. becomes the latest company…

Scottish couple has close encounter with bear at their front door

January 30, 2014

A bear! It’s a bear Irene! Bob McKeown, from Scotland, didn’t anticipate seeing a bear in front of his California vacation home in Pasadena….

Feral pigs go wild … in Tasmania

January 30, 2014

The headline alone is an attention grabber: “Flinders Island farmers face feral pig peril,” ABC, Australia’s public broadcaster reported Wednesday highlighting a resurgence of an…