Animal Stories

The little owl known as Yota was rescued from Squamish Toyota on Dec. 31 after he flew into their window giving himself serious brain trauma.

If the animal shows up on the highway again, it could be darted or coaxed into a transport trailer and taken back to the ocean.

BC SPCA-Powell River has a few dogs up for adoption, plus a few new cats

It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island.

A mother killer whale who famously pushed the body of her dead newborn for 17 days in 2018 has lost another calf, and researchers say she is again carrying the body in an apparent act of grief.

The designation makes the Danish-Swedish farmdog eligible to compete for many best in show trophies, and it likely augurs more widespread interest in the small, sprightly dogs.

FREDERICTON — North Atlantic right whales should live well past 100 years, but threats to the endangered species, including from commercial crab and lobster fishing, have cut their lifespan to a fraction of that, a recent study suggests.

A sea otter has been seen clambering onto a surfboard and following surfers off Vancouver Island, prompting reminders from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to avoid close interactions with the mammals.

While he’s friendly with other cats and tolerates children well, his true joy comes from being the centre of attention

No further sightings have been reported.