Animal Stories

With warmer weather comes outdoor fun—but also serious health threats for pets. A veterinarian shares essential advice on keeping dogs safe during the hottest months of the year.

Ill-fitting harness sends young dog to emergency surgery

The offences allegedly took place in Powell River last summer.

VICTORIA — When Bill Edwards feeds his pet servals Luna and Tumas on his rural Vancouver Island property, he cannot just simply reach for cans of cat food. He instead serves them raw chicken and frozen quail.

Local anglers with River Monster Adventures celebrate once-in-a-lifetime catch of 10-foot fish south of Lillooet

The animal’s owners found her lying in a field on their one-acre property on Nitinat Road, with wounds on her back legs and thighs

"When I was able to compose myself, I made sure to thank him for all of you."

Satellite monitoring identified 5,713 hectares of forest proposed and approved for logging across the ranges of three of B.C.'s most at-risk caribou herds

"These weren't mistakes," says researcher Jared Towers. "They weren't like the killer whales accidentally dropped the food. They wanted to see how people responded."

The BC Conservation Officer Service responded to the injured animal sitting on its hind legs on the highway near Squamish.