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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

Puppy found abandoned in a crate on roadside finds new life as a police sniffer dog

November 15, 2022

It’s a true rags to riches story of the furry kind. A puppy dumped on the roadside in a cage has been trained as…

PSA: U.S. National Park Service warns visitors not to lick psychedelic toads to get high

November 9, 2022

It may sound absurd, but the U.S. National Park Service is reminding people not to lick — yes, lick — the Sonoran desert toad….

“Late bloomer” bison calf born in Iowa’s Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge

November 7, 2022

It’s not often bison baby announcements are made in the fall at Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, but the park in Iowa unexpectently has…

Living Planet Index finds biodiversity has declined alarmingly in last 50 years.

October 13, 2022

Global wildlife populations have plummeted by 69% on average since 1970 according to a report looking at trends in global biodiversity and the health…

New York man charged with smuggling pythons in his pants across Canada-U.S. border

October 10, 2022

A 36-year-old New York man is accused of stuffing three Burmese pythons down is pants in an attempt to smuggle the reptiles into the…

Mother raccoon rescues baby raccoon on SeaBus platform in North Vancouver

October 5, 2022

People talk about momma bears and tiger moms, but you haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen a mother raccoon swoop into action. One such…

First human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox reported

August 18, 2022

The World Health Organization called Wednesday for people infected with monkeypox to avoid exposing animals to the virus following a first reported case of…

“Malicious intent” suspected after wolves escape from Greater Vancouver Zoo

August 16, 2022

A pack of captive wolves was briefly roaming around Aldergrove, B.C. Tuesday morning after officials say they were illegally set free from the Greater…

Freya, the walrus who became an attraction, then a disruption, killed by officials

August 14, 2022

A 1,300-pound walrus who had become a threat to human safety after squatting for weeks off the coast of Oslo hanging around piers and…

Rare orange lobsters saved from becoming dinner at two Red Lobster restaurants

August 11, 2022

It seems lightning — or at least orange lobsters — can strike twice at Red Lobster restaurants. This summer, the restaurant giant saved not…