‘Home-fluid’ house- and pet-sitters get their animal fix, and some adventure too

As Patricia Doiron talks on the phone, there’s a persistent squeaking noise in the background. She explains that it’s Luma, a 3-year-old fox terrier, playing with a toy. Doiron is from Prince Edward Island but is currently living with Luma and 12-year-old mini pinscher Pennylane in Truro, NS She started house- and pet-sitting after she retired. “I wanted to exercise my courage so that I could do more different, bigger things — adventures and what not. And I also wanted to do some writing as well,” she said. Doiron loves animals, but says she can’t have a pet right now.…

PET formulates strategy to become “world class green terminal”

Tanjung Uban PLB in the future can be utilized for the ‘Supplier Held Stock’ (SHS) program which so far has mostly been carried out in Singapore. Jakarta (ANTARA) – PT Pertamina Energy Terminal (PET) is devising a strategy to realize its aspirations to become a “world class green terminal”, including the operation of the Tanjung Uban Bonded Logistics Center (PLB) which has been running since July 2022 and has received its first cargo as of August 2022. “In the future, the Tanjung Uban PLB can be used for the ‘Supplier Held Stock’ (SHS) program, which so far has mostly been…

Valley News – Drive Free or Die? NH considers restricting pets in cars

Published: 1/25/2023 10:05:18 AM Modified: 1/25/2023 10:04:52 AM New Hampshire is the only state that allows adults to drive without wearing seatbelts. Want to use your dog instead? Go for it, for now. While the state currently has no lapdog-related laws, the Legislature is considering a bill that would make it illegal for someone to drive with “an animal of any size on their person.” The proposal is likely a longshot in the “Live Free or Die” state, but it’s generating plenty of debate. “I never in my wildest dreams thought that this would become one of the more controversial…

Pet cat crushed by train at Montparnasse station, leading to a legal challenge for SNCF

An animal rights group is suing French national rail operator SNCF for allowing a train to leave when staff knew a pet paint was on the tracks. The cat was afterward run over and died. The incident, which occurred at Montparnasse station in Paris earlier this month, left the animal’s owners in shock. “It’s hard to get over it,” the cat’s owner, Georgia, told 30 Millions d’Amis (30 Million Friends) – the foundation suing the train operator. How did a pet cat get run over by a Paris train? Georgia was traveling with her 15-year-old daughter Melaïna when their cat…

Christina Hall Takes Her French Bulldog to an Animal Empath

Christina Hall’s beloved French bulldog, Cash, hasn’t seemed like herself lately. To figure out what’s going on, the HGTV star took him to see an animal empath—and ended up getting a heartbreaking assessment that her family is determined to remedy. During a new episode of Christina on the Coast, Christina and her husband, Josh Hall, discuss the behaviors of Cash—whom Christina welcomed into her life as a puppy in 2017—and their other dog, Stella, a cancer survivor who has been in Josh’s life for around nine years. Since blending their dog family, the couple has noticed that Cash barks a…

Pets available at reduced rates during the two day adoption pop-up

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Roughly 80 pets will be available for adoption — many at reduced rates — during the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth’s pop-up adoption event at both of its shelters on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Published June 20, 2023 • 2 minute read Juno the five-month-old puppy is one of 80 dogs, cats, kittens, puppies and other pets currently available for adoption between the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth’s two shelters. (Submitted photo) Article content A sudden influx of animals in need of care has prompted the Humane…

Dog Owner Credits Hero Pet with Detecting Her Breast Cancer Early: ‘My Little Lifesaver’

“She’s a very affectionate dog, but she’s never behaved like that before — she wouldn’t leave me alone,” the woman said of her pup A mother of two says she has her dog to thank for her health. Trisha Allison, 50, told SWNS that she had been on her couch watching TV on a Saturday morning when her 2-year-old dog named Luna jumped on her chest, hitting her right breast, per the New York Post. The pup then started sniffing and nudging at Allison’s chest before lying beside her. “She’s a very affectionate dog, but she’s never behaved like that…

Sask. Indigenous woman creates Pet Treaty Cards

It was on a drive with her sister that Joaney Starblanket got the idea that changed her life for the better, a little over a month ago. Starblanket said her sister thought it would be funny if pets had their own treaty cards. “I thought to myself, why not,” she told CTV News. That “why not” then became a few quick edits on Canva, then a template, then one for her own cat, ‘Goober,’ and Starblanket said it blew her sister away during their next visit. She shared it with her coworkers in Yorkton, who told her that she had…