Animal Stories

The BC SPCA is investigating the incident.

New research estimates that approximately 60 tonnes of plastic debris discarded in the ocean reside within female green turtles at any given time.

The BC Conservation Officer Service is reminding the public that seeing a solitary fawn is normal during this time of year and does not mean the animal has been abandoned.

A family visiting the shores of West Vancouver was left speechless after witnessing a killer whale swim backwards.

A group of concerned residents on Texada Island is attempting to privately relocate a grizzly bear. The plan is not sanctioned by the Conservation Officer Service or the province.

EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — The operators of a British Columbia ostrich flock that's facing a cull order after an avian flu outbreak are calling for independent testing of the birds to prevent their "unnecessary destruction.

Protesters have been gathered for weeks at an ostrich farm in Edgewood, B.C., where an outbreak of avian flu killed 69 of the birds in December and January. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency wants the remaining 400 or so birds killed.

A veterinary technician posted online that she found a hummingbird whose tongue was unable to retract, likely because of fungal spores attached to its mouth or esophagus

The 7.5-kilometre ramble through the neighbourhood involves stopping by 21 homes of cat owners who have agreed to put their animals on display.

Vancouver has long had a love-hate relationship with its crows, whose dive-bombing attacks on pedestrians are a sure sign of springtime in the city.