Animal Stories

Tires are complex chemical products. When they wear away, they release additives into the environment that can poison wildlife.

WHITE ROCK — A gull that was skewered with a discarded wooden barbecue stick that generated a flurry of phone calls to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC has been released after rehabilitation.

Serial poacher who used aliases and sham companies leads to major sentence

The surrenders took place between July 17 and 21 at a property in Nanaimo that the B.C. SPCA said was “unsanitary with feces and urine throughout.”

BERLIN (AP) — A zoo in the German city of Nurember g said it killed 12 baboons on Tuesday despite protests, capping a saga rooted in concerns that the zoo had too little space to house a growing group of the animals.

British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says a grizzly attack on a couple in the province's Interior over the weekend was likely "defensive in nature," and it's unlikely the bears were stalking people.

Whether it's the wag of a tail or the purr of contentment, pets have an uncanny ability to lift our spirits.

SMITHERS — A British Columbia man suffered minor injuries after fending off a cougar attack by punching the animal in the face in the province's northern Interior.

SMITHERS — A British Columbia man suffered minor injuries after fending off a cougar attack by punching the animal in the face in the province's northern Interior.

CRANBROOK — A man has suffered "significant" injuries after a grizzly bear attack in the British Columbia Interior. The province's Conservation Officer Service says in a post on Facebook that the attack happened at about 4:30 p.m.