Critter Crimes

“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,…

“Finch-smuggling kingpin” sentenced to year in jail for trafficking songbirds into United States

February 12, 2023

A man considered by prosecutors one of “New York’s finch-smuggling kingpins” has been sentenced to prison for repeatedly, illegally bringing in songbirds from Guyana….

Domestic pigeon dyed pink, possibly for elaborate gender reveal party, has died

February 8, 2023

The very-ill and very-pink pigeon rescued in a New York City park last week has died, according to the non-profit group that tried to…

Domestic pigeon dyed pink and released into the wild rescued in New York City

February 2, 2023

Someone completely submerged a domestic king pigeon in pink dye and released it in New York City where it surely would have died if…

FOUND! Stolen tamarin monkeys from Dallas Zoo have been recovered alive in abandoned home

January 31, 2023

More than day after the Dallas Zoo said its two emperor tamarin monkeys had vanished under suspicious circumstances, the tiny primates have been located…

Pair of tamarin monkeys believed stolen after their Dallas Zoo enclosure “intentionally compromised”

January 30, 2023

Police are investigating the possible theft of two Emperor tamarin monkeys after a break-in at the Dallas Zoo in the latest in a string…

Scotland passes bill banning fox hunting with packs of hounds

January 26, 2023

A new law to prevent trail hunting with packs of dogs has been passed by Scottish Parliament in a n historic step animal welfare…

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…