Sochi Olympic’s forgotten mascot: Zoich, the blue frog February 11, 2014 Meet Zoich, a symbol of Russian malcontent and here’s why he’s not a mascot in the Sochi Games. For the record, the Russian blue… Continue Reading
Giant panda puts on an Olympic-style show at the Toronto Zoo February 9, 2014 Toronto has been twice-denied the chance to host an Olympics, but that hasn’t stopped one the city’s biggest stars from putting on a gold… Continue Reading
From our Sochi correspondent: healthy puppy in rubble February 8, 2014 Our man on the ground reports: Healthy puppy sleeping on the warm rubble of a brand new subdivision in Sochi. Continue Reading
Stray dog crashes Sochi’s coming out party February 7, 2014 The stray dogs of Sochi really are stealing the Olympic spotlight. When they aren’t being rounded up to be either killed – or saved… Continue Reading
Our Sochi Critter Files correspondent is reporting from Russia February 7, 2014 We have our very own Sochi Olympics critters correspondent giving us updates from Russia. He’s actually covering the Olympics for a major broadcaster but… Continue Reading
Stray dogs rounded up, killed ahead of Sochi Olympics January 31, 2014 Stray dogs have never had it easy in Russia or former Soviet Union. Poor little Laika (pictured below) was one of strays scooped up… Continue Reading