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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

And continuing this morning’s farting post…

January 29, 2014

Awww, ain’t that cute. Cleveland TV reporter Kenny Crumpton was at the zoo doing a local report and reporting live from the scene of…

Governments step up biosecurity efforts as deadly pig virus hits Canadian farms

January 29, 2014

The governments of Canada and Ontario are now pumping millions of dollars into biosecurity programs to halt a deadly pig virus that is threatening to spread…

Farting, burping cows cause fire at German dairy farm (and giggles everywhere)

January 29, 2014

We badly need to see the police report on this one – or meet the officer who took it without bursting into laughter. But…

Endangered eagle killed by branch in conservation cage

January 28, 2014

The Phillippine Eagle is the country’s national bird and there are fewer than 250 of them left. Now there’s one less. One of the…

Meet Lucy: World’s smallest working dog

January 28, 2014

This exists: “Smallest working dog.” And, the honour bestowed by the good folks at Guinness – the World Records people, not the beer purveyor…

Match made in Nyack. Nuns adopt elderly pitbull

January 28, 2014

Remi, the pit bull, has spent months in a shelter in New York but the nine-year-old dog got a holy reprieve when three nuns…

Owl wants to befriend dog

January 27, 2014

Thank you Godvine and Youtube for alerting us to this video of an owl who wants to be friends with a dog. Where does the…

Doves of peace released by Pope Francis are attacked in mid-flight

January 27, 2014

What happened to these doves after they were attacked? No one knows. But the sight of two doves of peace being pecked by two…

Smokey Bear wins big at the Grammys (Thanks, Pharrell)

January 26, 2014

The biggest winner at the Grammys may well be Smokey Bear. Pharrell’s choice of headgear raised some eyebrows among style hawks Sunday night. But…

Seaquarium’s Lolita may be released back into Puget Sound

January 26, 2014

There’s long been a public push to free Miami Seaquarium star Lolita. The killer whale was first captured in the 1970s and is a…