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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

An injured Christy Turlington and a drooling George Clooney

January 7, 2014

When it comes to getting dogs adopted, it helps to have a celebrity name. Badass Brooklyn Animal Rescue has come up with a novel…

Mexican tour boat collides with whale injuring 4 people; no word on the whale

January 7, 2014

A group of tourists got a little too close for comfort with a humpback whale. Mexican officials told the Associated Press Monday that four people…

Used Christmas trees helping animals in need

January 6, 2014

Many send old Christmas trees to the chipper but a Wildlife Rescue Association in Burnaby, British Columbia has asked for donations and received a…

An invasion of snowy owls

January 6, 2014

Arctic Snow Owls are staging an incredible invasion southwards with sightings coming in from Atlantic Canada, the northeastern U.S. and Great Lakes, several as…

Hippo delivers stillborn twins at the Calgary Zoo

January 4, 2014

Calling it “almost a miracle,” the Calgary Zoo said in a statement today that its 26-year-old river hippopotamus, Sparky, delivered stillborn twins on Jan. 3. It’s both…

Famous movie love scenes with Mrs Wrigley the dog.

January 4, 2014

This is hilarious. Chris Naka, a member of Chicago’s Blue Man Group decided to recreate love scenes from cinema with his dog Wrigley. The Daily…

Alicia Silverstone’s day at the farm

January 3, 2014

Alicia Silverstone, perhaps known as much for her acting career as her vegan lifestyle, recently gushed about her visit with son, Bear, to Farm Sanctuary in…

“Tracking a ghost” or how to observe the elusive wolverine

January 2, 2014

Known better from comic books than real-life research, wolverines are among the world’s most mysterious creatures. But scientists in Alberta are managing the heroic feat…

Orphaned bear cub taken in by…chickens.

January 2, 2014

Usually bears break into the chicken coop and eat the chickens. Not Tinsel, an orphaned bear cub. He was found living in a chicken…

What’s this? It’s a new species.

December 31, 2013

This marine worm, temporarily named Antonbrunnia, was found during a survey by Marine Scotland around the north Atlantic near the Hebrides. Three other species, a…