Critters vs Humans vs Critters

Canada Goose will stop buying fur this year and will go fur-free by 2022

June 24, 2021

After years of pressure from animal lovers, luxury parka maker Canada Goose announced Thursday it will completely quit using coyote fur in its garments…

RIP Jago: RCMP police dog killed in the line of duty

June 20, 2021

UPDATE: June 21 Alberta’s police oversight body said Jago was hit by a bullet and killed after the suspect and police exchanged gunfire. The…

Lobster diver claims he was swallowed by humpback whale and then spit back out

June 18, 2021

A veteran Cape Cod, Massachusetts lobster diver suffered just minor injuries after he was swallowed by a whale while near the bottom of the…

80 bear paws found dumped in gruesome discovery in British Columbia

May 25, 2021

A North Okanagan hunter was horrified to find nearly 100 bear paws left behind on a road over the weekend. Those bear paws would…

Urban Wile E. Coyote on the prowl in Winnipeg wilderness — sort of

May 10, 2021

Somebody in Winnipeg has some high-quality Acme Corporation humour. Robin Summerfield was out for a walk recently in the Assinboine Forest when she spotted…

New China craze of mailing pets as mysterious parcels prompts outrage

May 7, 2021

A craze in which pets are sold in mystery parcels has caused outrage in China after a number of animals were found dead in…

Chained monkeys used by Thailand farms to pick coconuts

May 3, 2021

Safeway, Target and Costco and Albertsons are joining a boycott of a brand of coconut milk after a PETA investigation found the use of…

Volunteer hunters needed to kill bison at Grand Canyon National Park

April 29, 2021

It sounds like a bizarre request, but the U.S. National Park Service is looking for a dozen volunteers to kill bison as part of…

Video of grossly incompetent elephant hunt by NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre draws outrage

April 28, 2021

The National Rifle Association’s chief executive fired repeatedly at close range at a wounded elephant but was unable to shoot his rifle properly, a…