Through the highs and lows of the year, animals have been there to offer comedic relief and heartwarming respites. Here are some of our favourite animal stories from 2022:
Lonely Nicomen Island duck follows humans around after coyotes kill her friends
A lonely duck raised on a Nicomen Island farm, just east of Mission, has recently found a new home with other birds after losing her two best friends to coyotes.
Ever since, the little black duck has become attached to humans.
鈥淪he is lost without her friends. She can鈥檛 stand to be away from you.鈥�
46-day blender box standoff with 3 stubborn B.C. cats ends with margaritas
After a more than six week stand-off between three particularly power-hungry cats battling to claim the one true Vitamix-box throne, Greater Victoria鈥檚 best known 鈥渕iddle-aged lesbians鈥� have finally obtained their blender.
Jessica Gerson-Neeves and her wife Nikii rose to international cat-owner stardom after their three cats 鈥� Max (sentient soccer ball), George Destroyer of Worlds (sentient potato), and Lando Calrissian (questionably sentient dust bunny) 鈥� refused to allow them access to their Black Friday purchased Vitamix.
Gang of turkeys attacks B.C. man, breaking both his hips and a finger
A Shuswap man was seriously injured after being attacked by a rooster and turkeys over the summer. The pack of birds left him with two broken hips, a broken finger and multiple lacerations.
Life carries on at Abbotsford dairy farm where 200 cows died
Phillip Graham recalls wanting to 鈥渟ave everything鈥� on his Sumas Prairie dairy farm in the days before it flooded.
But when the main dike breached within a stone鈥檚 throw of his land, he saw a wave of water coming toward him. He had already moved 240 cows from his 500-plus herd at that point and, in that moment, he knew choices needed to be made quickly.
Olive the pig is learning to love the snowy Okanagan
Olive is a seven-month-old potbelly pig living a life of luxury at her family鈥檚 home in Summerland. She experienced snow for the first time this winter and is slowly learning to love the chilly white stuff.
One of Olive鈥檚 favourite activities is finding treats that her 鈥榩arents鈥� throw into the snow.
In too deep: Rescuers suck distressed B.C. kitten out of abandoned well
A Cranbrook couple and their young daughter were disapointed after they showed up to pick up their new kitten from a local property and realized it was nowhere to be found. It wasn鈥檛 until they heard a faint meow coming from underneath an old outbuilding that they realized their new pet had gotten stuck. The family spent hours trying to rescue the young cat, but eventually had to call in a local plumbing company to save the day.
Canada goose from Vancouver Island makes it all the way to the Great Lakes
Mountain ranges tend to be barriers for most migrating fowl, but one Canada goose, tagged as part of a research project in Nanaimo, managed to make its way to a park in Chicago.
Why the bird ended up 3,000 kilometres from its home turf is a mystery.
Osoyoos rattlesnake hitches ride in Ferrari to Vancouver
Meet Enzo Ferrari, a Northern Pacific rattlesnake with a need for speed.
In June, the rattlesnake hitched a ride from Spirit Ridge Lodge in Nk鈥橫ip, Osoyoos to the Ferrari dealership in Vancouver.
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