A herd of 33 starving horses have been rescued from an acreage near Bonnyville, and charges are pending against the owner, the Alberta SPCA says.
Four horses were also found dead on the property, which was searched Friday by the agency after it received a complaint.
The surviving animals, several of which are pregnant, were taken to [...]

CALGARY – Two snakes are missing at the Calgary Zoo after slithering down a drain in their enclosure.
But zoo officials say there's no way the creatures have made their way into the city's sewer system.
They say it's likely the Malagasy Giant Hognose snakes, which are not venomous, are hiding in the building's plumbing system.
Zookeepers are [...]

A sled dog belonging to an Alaskan musher has died — likely of a heart condition — while competing in this year's Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race, the race's first dog death in three years.
Bags, an eight-year-old male dog belonging to Terry Williams of Fairbanks, Alaska, collapsed and died on the trail between the [...]

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Pets travelling by air belong in the cargo hold, not the cabin, where their dander could irritate passengers' allergies, states an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) released Tuesday.
Three top doctors — deputy editor Matthew B. Stanbrook, editor-in-chief Paul C. Hébert, and Thomas Kovesi, a pediatrician at the University of Ottawa — put [...]

A Siberian tiger that killed its owner near London, Ont., last month has been transported unharmed to an undisclosed location, provincial police say.
The 300-kilogram tiger fatally mauled 66-year-old Norman Buwalda on Jan. 13 at his exotic animal sanctuary in Southwold Township, about 30 kilometres southwest of London.
The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to [...]

(CNN) — Tigers could become extinct in the wild in less than a generation, the World Wildlife Fund warned Wednesday as it launched a campaign to save them.
The number of tigers in the wild has dwindled to 3,200 — less than the number held in captivity in the United States alone, the campaigners said.
"There is [...]

BEIJING – Ni hao — hello — Mei Lan! Chinese zookeepers are advertising for a tutor to teach Chinese to an American-born giant panda arriving this week in her parents' homeland.
The language lessons, a special diet and even blind dates are also part of the red-carpet welcome being rolled out for 3-year-old Mei Lan, or [...]

Animals rights groups are taking the City of Edmonton to court over Lucy, the Asian elephant at the city-run Valley Zoo.
The two-page originating notice was filed in Edmonton on Monday by high-profile lawyer Clayton Ruby on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Zoocheck Canada and Tove Reece, an Edmonton animal rights [...]

Two men have been charged after 45 rabbits were found living in "deplorable" conditions in an old transit bus in the city's south end, the Edmonton Humane Society announced Monday.
The animals were found by peace officers in the bus at 27th Avenue and 96th Street on Nov. 10, after someone contacted the humane society.
"It's alleged [...]