Critter Crimes

Dik-dik tangled in snare saved by anti-poaching squad on patrol in Kenya

August 27, 2023

When most people think of the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, they imagine baby elephants being rescued and rehabilitated. But the Kenyan-based animal welfare organization also…

Ban on kite-flying metal threads from China not stopping bird injuries

August 14, 2023

Three people have been accused of selling banned kite string after 201 rolls were seized of the nylon and metal-based material in Delhi. During…

Impaired driver with baby raccoon riding shotgun nabbed by OPP

July 12, 2023

Some eagle eyes helped get an impaired driver off the road in cottage country and a baby raccoon to safety. The Ontario Provincial Police…

Teeny, tiny dog named Little Bit stolen during home invasion in Surrey, B.C.

July 11, 2023

It’s been more than two weeks and there’s still no trace of Little Bit. RCMP in British Columbia have now put out an APB…

Still no sign of baby donkey stolen from UK farm leaving mother braying in desperation

May 21, 2023

A week after baby Moon was stolen from Miller’s Ark farm in Hampshire, UK, there is still no sign of the donkey foal. The…

Captive wild alligator abandoned in Brooklyn lake dies despite efforts of Bronx Zoo to save it

April 30, 2023

An American alligator dumped in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park in near freezing temperatures has died from a myriad of serious health problems, including a bathtub…

Four chimpanzees confined indoors at roadside zoo in Ohio now safe at Florida sanctuary

April 22, 2023

April, Anna, Lucy and Cash knew nothing but being trapped indoors at a roadside zoo run by a convicted fraudster in Ohio, but now…

Baby fox wearing dog harness found wandering around Toronto suburb

April 16, 2023

A fox kit fitted with a dog harness and discovered walking through a residential neighbourhood in a Toronto suburb is now in the care…

Australian man charged after kidnapping platypus and wrapping it in a paper towel

April 7, 2023

An Australian man has been charged after allegedly stealing a platypus from the wild, taking it on a train and then showing it off…

“Cocaine Cat” on mend and now on way to becoming Cincinnati Zoo “cat ambassador”

March 13, 2023

Like a sad sequel to Cocaine Bar, a drug-fuelled serval is making headlines for its wild, albeit brief, escape from police in Ohio. Amiry,…