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Do you know about the DMV Foundation?   It’s a non-profit organization which provides financial assistance to pet owners whose animals are treated at the DMV Centre.  And you can help!  Snap up your own professional pet photo shoot – and raise money for an excellent cause. Click the poster below to enlarge:

..and food and prizes and rockin’ out, too!  You recently read about Rose Gergely in Terry’s blog, now you can help support her cause!  This weekend, there’s a fundraiser for Refuge RR in Ottawa.  Click the poster below to enlarge the details:

Here’s a delicious event happening later this month, to benefit the dogs of Animatch!  It includes a silent and live auction and of course – pasta, pasta, pasta! Click the poster to enlarge and book your seat ASAP!

Like every single day I tweet about animal cruelty…like every day I get more furious and frustrated at the society that we live in. But why is it that we are not seeing anything done? Could it be because people don’t give a damn about it? I just finished reading the link for the article done by Canoe.ca and guess …

  If there is one thing that really bothers me, it is when I see cyclists biking with their dogs attached.  It really scares me!  I love the whole idea of exercising together but there are 2 things I worry about: exhaustion and injury.  I am positive that there are cyclists out there that take the necessary precautions, but I …

Here are some recent rescue items from around the globe Parvo Virus Forces Quarantine of Some Dogs at Shelter – BC Canadian Guide Dogs seeking Puppy Walkers – Ontario Dog’s dental woes net animal cruelty charges -Vancouver Disappearing dogs in Rosedale – BC Animal rights groups back in court for Lucy – Edmonton Ottawa couple charged with permitting distress to pet …

BILL C-229 Information provided by Pets Speak Out   Provisions of the Criminal Code dealing with animal cruelty have changed very little since 1892. These laws were written so long ago (when animals were protected by virtue of being property) that it makes it virtually impossible to obtain convictions against animal abusers. Eleven times over the last ten years Parliamentarians have seen …

URGENT! 9 yearl old Basset Hound Needs a Home by Tomorrow

The financial situation of the Animal Rescue Network has reached a critical point. Following last December’s sale of the building that houses the shelter’s 300 cats, the rent has been raised by 33%! The ARN has long faced financial challenges and has been repeatedly hit by bad news recently. With this increase, the ARN has no other option but to …

My Dad had a rain barrel ( many of them);  not the pretty ones but the blue hand-made ones.  My Dad always had a garden, my Dad always bought in bulk and my Dad always owned pets.  No, he didn’t do anything weird – he just always saved dogs that no one wanted and treated them like they were part …