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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

Cannibal rats on a ghost ship from Canada. Fact or fiction?

January 25, 2014

This story kind of freaks us out. Is there really a ghost ship full of cannibalistic rats about to crash on the shores of…

Jerky treats to return to stores; FDA no closer to finding cause of pet deaths, illness

January 25, 2014

Some brands of jerky treats for pets will soon return to store shelves in the United States a year after they were pulled amid…

Elephant seal vs hagfish: trust us, this is unusual

January 24, 2014

The elephant seal is not the most attractive creature out there. It’s large proboscis resembles an elephant’s trunk, hence its name. Perhaps even more…

Single male fruit fly in NZ creating anxious horticulturalists

January 23, 2014

It’s an anxious time for horticulturalists in New Zealand after a single male fruit fly was found in a surveillance trap in Whangarei earlier…

Deer shot with bow in Metro Vancouver

January 23, 2014

This is terrible and whoever did this with their bow and arrow deserves to be shot by Katniss Everdeen. A Maple Ridge woman name…

School kids stand up for Taiji’s dolphins

January 22, 2014

Finally, here’s something to smile about on the Taiji dolphin slaughter. A photo of kids showing their love of dolphins is making the rounds…

Falcons kill their prey using motion camouflage

January 22, 2014

Falcons are known to be good hunters and now after studying footage of the way they stalk their prey, scientists have figured out the…

The way to a chimps’ heart is through their stomachs

January 21, 2014

Why do we as critters of the human kind like companionship with other human critters? Human critters have had biological success because we have…

Japan’s annual dolphin slaughter draws international criticism – again

January 21, 2014

The killing may now be over, but outrage continues around Japan’s annual herding – and culling – of dolphins in an infamous cove near…

What’s a real Seahawk?

January 20, 2014

So the Seattle Seahawks are going to the Superbowl. This is pretty big news, according to my inebriated neighbour Dave yesterday afternoon. Our immediate…