Critters
April 27, 2017
Pearland Police Captured Dashcam Footage of a Daring Duckling Rescue
”Sergeant Carroll was alerted by the mother duck” to the situation.
Furry Friday
Critters
September 18, 2015
Furry Friday: Balam The Jaguar Cub Is The Reason You’re Going To Lufkin
Jaguar cub! Jaguar cub! Jaguar cub!
Critters
July 17, 2015
Let Us Remember The Austin Cobra
The cold-blooded killer met its unceremonious end off of I-35 and was found early on Friday morning.
Critters
June 19, 2015
Meet the Official Cat of the Alamo, Miss Isabella Francisca Veramendi de Valero
Long may Bella keep the grounds free of rodents.
Critters
March 27, 2015
It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Dog-Locating Drone Flying Over Houston
The World Animal Awareness Society is using camera-equipped drones to film a pilot episode of a stray-dog-related television show in Houston.
Critters
December 5, 2014
Furry Friday: Humane Society Shows Video of Dog Euthanasia Procedure to Harlingen City Commission to Encourage Spay/Neuter Laws
That is a pretty stark way to get the point across.
Critters
November 21, 2014
Furry Friday: A Mason County Rancher’s Dog Is the Most Loyal Pooch You’ll Read About This Week
Buddy hopped aboard the ambulance his owner was riding in to make sure his human was okay.
The Daily Post
November 14, 2014
A McAllen-Based Pets Website Is Being Sued for Selling People Sick Dogs
People who paid as much as $3,500 for purebred puppies allegedly found themselves receiving dying animals instead.
Critters
November 7, 2014
Somebody Paid $50,000 to Name the New Baby Giraffe at the Dallas Zoo
Our new get-rich-quick scheme involves acquiring a bunch of baby giraffes.
Critters
October 24, 2014
Furry Friday: Dog Costume Contest
Austin Dog Rescue is honest about how voting works. The dog that gets the most money wins.
Critters
September 19, 2014
A Husky from Austin Made It All the Way to Chicago before Being Sent Home
Somebody had an adventure.
The Daily Post
August 29, 2014
Top Houston Doctors Teamed With The Houston Zoo To Save A 42-Year-Old Orangutan
After the great ape fell ill, two doctors from Texas Children's Hospital and Ben Taub Intensive Care Unit donated their services to save her life.
Critters
August 22, 2014
Meet The Houston Zoo’s (Adorable) Clouded Leopard Cubs
Hi, clouded leopard babies! Hi hi hi!
The Daily Post
August 15, 2014
Amazing Pictures of the Houston Zoo’s Big Cats From National Geographic and Photographer Vincent J. Musi
Your move, cat pics people.
Critters
July 18, 2014
Furry Friday: Labrador and Cheetah BFFs, Amazing Chihuahuas Uniforms, and Dog-Obsessed Austin
Some updates on what's up with our furry friends.
Critters
May 16, 2014
A College Station Woman Found a Twelve-Foot Python in Her Freaking Bathtub
AAAAAAAAAAH!
Critters
May 2, 2014
A Fort Worth Veterinarian Has Been Accused Of Keeping A Dog He Was Supposed To Have Euthanized Alive For Blood Transfusions
If it's true, it's a horror story.
Critters
April 25, 2014
San Antonio Police Rescued a Donkey From the Mall and Named It JimmyChanga
No one knows what the donkey was doing at the mall, but it seemed to be having a good time.
Critters
April 18, 2014
San Antonio Is Home to This Very Fat Kitty
This isn't actually funny.
Critters
March 21, 2014
Furry Friday: Wildlife Researchers Found A Wild Ocelot Kitten In Cameron County
The two-month old baby ocelot is big news for a very small population.
Critters
March 7, 2014
These Blind 12-Year-Old Twins Have Some of the Best Show Goats in Texas
The Lubbock pre-teens spend six months a year showing their prize goats at livestock competitions throughout the state.
Critters
February 28, 2014
Police Should Be Educated About Laws Surrounding Service Animals
Disabled veterans are having a rough time bringing their service dogs into businesses, despite laws allowing them to do so.
Critters
February 14, 2014
This Dog Saved an Austin Apartment Complex from a Fire
Who's a good boy? Kaiser's a good boy, that's who.
Critters
February 7, 2014
Meet the New Baby Giraffe and Baby Sloth in Texas Zoos
Look at these lil' guys.
Critters
October 25, 2013
Arkansas Community Hires Pet Detective to Bring Scottish Terrier Home Safe to Texas
A Harlingen couple driving through Eastern Arkansas with their two Scottish terriers crashed their car in late September, leaving one dog dead and the other missing. But with the help of an honest-to-goodness pet detective and the Blytheville, Arkansas community, Doogie the Scottish terrier returned to Texas this week.
The Daily Post
October 11, 2013
Furry Friday: Coo Over the Jaguar Cub at the Fort Worth Zoo
Sasha, born in July, can now be see romping around the Texas Wild! exhibit at the Fort Worth Zoo.
Critters
March 15, 2013
Grumpy Cat Tolerates Texas Monthly Reporter
The living meme, which has a type of dwarfism and is officially named Tardar Sauce, visited Austin last week.
Bum Steers
January 21, 2013
Husband Threatens Cat. Wife Shoots Husband.
Audrey Deen Miller was arrested earlier this week in Spring for shooting her husband, who apparently had bad intentions towards one her felines.
January 21, 2013
Baby Rhinoceros Alert
Visitors to the Fort Worth Zoo are cooing over the new baby one-horned rhinoceros born there on August 16.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Texas A&M’s Bisbee, R.I.P.
The feral cat and unofficial campus mascot was found dead on Thursday, but he's still got eight more lives on Twitter. An interview with @AggieBisbee.
January 21, 2013
Pot-Bellied Pig Granted Pet Status
A Spring family wins a legal battle against their homeowner's association keep their Vietnamese pot-bellied pig in their home.
January 21, 2013
Ecotourism Sanctuary for West’s Wild Horses?
The Bureau of Land Management is conducting an environmental study on Madeleine Pickens's plan to build a Nevada ecotourism sanctuary where thousands of the nation's wild mustangs could roam.
January 21, 2013
Homeless, Unemployed Cats Make Fresh Start at San Antonio Country Club
Feral cats are not typically considered productive members of the economy, but several "feline employment agencies" in Texas are out to change that.
January 21, 2013
Furry Friday: Janis Gets the Kitten Covers Treatment
The always too-cute and too-clever Tumblr gives us Katis Joplin's Purrl.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Dallas Zoo’s Koala Drought is Over
The Dallas Zoo’s new koala exhibit, featuring two koalas on a thirty-month loan from the San Diego Zoo, opens Saturday.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Kangaroo Knocks Out Homeowners Association
Homeowners Associations have long had a bad rap, and that was before one tried to take away a disabled girl's pet kangaroo.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Furry Friday: On February 2, Groundhog-less Houston Zoo Celebrates “Babirusa Day”
The zoo enlisted the endangered Indonesian pig to predict whether the city would have an early spring or six more weeks of winter.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Furry Friday: The Longest Longhorns in the World are in . . . Australia?
JR, a seven-year-old Texas Longhorn with 109-inch horns, calls North Queensland, Australia, home.
Critters
January 21, 2013
Furry Friday: Meet Vespa, the Two-Legged Chihuahua
A video certain to make your heart melt: A dog with no front legs gets a handcrafted set of wheels to help her scoot around.
Critters
January 21, 2013
A Very Kardashian Furry Friday
Khloe and Kim Kardashian dropped by the Dallas World Aquarium this week.
Critters
December 21, 2012
Furry Friday: Our Five Favorite Animal Stories of the Year
Baby rhinos, penguins on airplanes, lions in church, and other animal tales we enjoyed in 2012.
July 13, 2012
Help the Queens Zoo Name Its New Longhorn Calf
The zoo is seeking a name for its longhorn calf, born in late May.
January 20, 2012
Furry Friday: Dogs Riding Zambonis
The San Antonio Rampage, the city's minor league hockey team, will attempt to set the Guinness World Record for most dogs at a sporting event.
Critters
December 16, 2011
Furry Friday: Reindeer Take the Interstate
Two reindeer ran out onto I-45 during rush hour in Webster.
Critters
December 9, 2011
Furry Friday: How to Feed 6,000 Zoo Animals
The Houston Chronicle offers a glimpse into the how the Houston Zoo’s industrial kitchen operates.
The Culture
December 1, 2011
Furry Friday: Red Headed Kittie
Willie Nelson’s classic album Red Headed Stranger gets “The Kitten Covers” treatment, but which other Texas albums deserve to be profiled?