Critter Crimes

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…

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…

Animal activists who removed sick piglets from farm in Utah found not guilty after jury trial

October 9, 2022

A jury returned a not-guilty verdict on all counts Saturday for two men accused of taking sick piglets from a farm in Beaver County…

Cougar granted “complete freedom” by court after being held captive at home in Argentina

October 3, 2022

Animal rights organizations around the world are celebrating a court ruling in Argentina that has granted a formerly captive cougar rights as a “sentient…

New Zealand banning live animal exports after storms sank a livestock ship

September 29, 2022

New Zealand will ban live animal exports from next April, two years after storms sank a livestock ship, killing 41 crew members and 6,000…

RCMP announce one of the largest deployments of new K9 cops in the Lower Mainland

September 27, 2022

Seven new Police Service Dogs are now on duty in B.C.’s Lower Mainland in what the RCMP calls one of the biggest deployments ever…

Another abandoned captive bear rescued in war-torn Ukraine

September 11, 2022

Russia invaded Ukraine almost seven months ago and evacuations of captive, wild animals are still taking place — including, most recently, one very ill…

Dozens of parrots saved from illegal wildlife trade returned to wild in Democratic Republic of Congo

September 5, 2022

It took months of rehab and weeks of adapting to their new home, but 68 African Grey Parrots rescued from the illegal wildlife trade…

30 pounds of cocaine hidden in a motorized wheelchair sniffed out by drug-detecting dog

September 5, 2022

ROME — A drug-sniffing dog led frontier police Friday at a Milan airport to some 30 pounds of cocaine stuffed into the leather upholstery of…

One wolf hit by car, another still on the loose after “senseless act” of vandalism at Greater Vancouver Zoo

August 19, 2022

Tempest, a small, shy wolf, remains on the loose from the Greater Vancouver Zoo, while her older packmate, Chia, has been found dead roadside…