UPDATE: Turtle name Bank who had 915 coins removed from belly dies March 22, 2017 A sad update to report: the coin eating sea turtle from Thailand has died after failing to recover from surgery to remove all the… Continue Reading
Chinook salmon rescued during Oroville Dam failure finally released on their spring run March 21, 2017 They are the 1 million lucky ones. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released 1 million state- and federally-listed threatened spring-run Chinook salmon into the… Continue Reading
Beauty and the Beast a reminder of why so many fairy tales are about humans and animals March 21, 2017 Jane Henderson, the books editor at the St. Louis Dispatch, had a literary critter-y take on the lasting success of why so many fairy… Continue Reading
Hot Dog: Siberian Husky has figured out how to operate refrigerator ice machine March 21, 2017 Now this is one cool Husky. The clever canine has figured out how to get an icy treat. “This 5-month-old husky casually helps himself… Continue Reading
Meatless Monday: Giant billboard promoting Be Fair Be Vegan moves to Tasmania March 20, 2017 A worldwide campaign to promote veganism with the argument that humans are extremely prejudiced against all non-human animals has moved from Times Square in… Continue Reading
Live Feed: April the giraffe’s calf is poking out March 20, 2017 UPDATE April 15: April has her baby! See it all here. *** UPDATE: April 9 “Our big girl seems to be moving around quite… Continue Reading
RCMP ask for public’s help naming future police dogs March 19, 2017 Hey kids, you can help name these future canine cops. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is putting out the call to children to choose the… Continue Reading
Men who fed live cat to starved dogs ordered to clean Dubai zoo by Sheikh ruler March 18, 2017 We here at Critterfiles have seen some pretty gruesome things humans do to critters. There was the recent story of the dog who had… Continue Reading
Happy St. Paddy’s Day with first fluorescent (REALLY GREEN) frog found March 17, 2017 Scientists have accidentally discovered glowing amphibians in South America, just in time for everyone to get a dose of green this St. Patrick’s Day…. Continue Reading
Security dog Grizz shot to death at Auckland Airport after running loose for hours March 17, 2017 Police in New Zealand shot and killed a security dog at the Auckland Airport, where the animal had been running loose for hours and… Continue Reading
