Animal Stories

Luffy is now named Baxter and is living with a new family in Vancouver

MONTREAL — A wide-ranging update to Quebec's pet welfare rules took effect across the province on Saturday, banning four cosmetic surgeries and setting new standards for the care of several mammal species.

Investigation used DNA samples and shell casings to link illegal kills in Alberta to hosts of the Alpine Carnivore hunting show, says BC Conservation Officer Service.

Cheque from grant program will go toward feeding fish in hatchery

Conservation officers located and seized brass knuckles, a freezer filled with parts of wildlife, a bull moose head and meat, and a mountain goat head

VANCOUVER — When the sun goes down, the rats of Vancouver's Burrard Skytrain Station emerge, in a scurrying blur of fur and whipping tails.

As veterinary medicine has succeeded in extending the lifespan of many pets, a different challenge has increased — dementia.

The BC Community Bat Program is working with the province to detect and prevent the spread of white-nose syndrome, a fungal-based infection which has killed millions of bats in North America.

Ocean Wise's Gary Sutton said researchers are improving DNA collection methods

The turtle, typically found much farther south, was rushed to the Vancouver Aquarium suffering from hypothermia