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Good Natured Gardening: Plants your pets should not eat

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Ever wonder why little Fifi…Fofo…Fumfum, or whatever you call your pooch, comes into the house and barfs all over your prized Persian rug? Possible causes: car sickness, an infection, food allergies or poisoning, heatstroke, or plant poisoning. It’s interesting what some animals can eat and not be affected. Camels eat thorny cacti, seabirds eat ocean plastic (source: National Geographic.org), rats eat car electrical wires, and, of course, rhinos eat Volkswagens. “In general, dogs are affected more than cats, in part because they eat pretty much anything, while cats are somewhat protected because they’re pickier eaters”, according to researchers at the…
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Victoria animal rescues are overflowing and asking for help

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Animal rescues around Greater Victoria are rapidly filling up with residents surrendering their pets, prompting organizations to ask for help. Pamela Saddler with Broken Promises Rescue says she has been in animal rescue since 1996 and has never seen this many animals in need. “We just have an overabundance of calls for help we’re getting every day, I’m getting a request for people with stray animals or animals needing help, and I’ve been doing the best I can and taking in who I can, ” Saddler told CHEK News Thursday. She said Broken Promises Rescue is overflowing with 70 animals…
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Pets in peril: Why 2 BC animal welfare groups are sounding the alarm

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Two animal welfare organizations in BC are sounding the alarm over a lack of resources available to care for people’s pets. This week, statements released by both the Paws for Hope Animal Foundation and the BC SPCA highlight the urgent need for more pet fosters and parents who struggle with facing pet food banks. Both organizations point to various crises to explain the growing need—as Paws for Hope looks to support pet owners fleeing violent households while the SPCA focuses on helping those displaced by natural disasters. NO PET LEFT BEHIND Paws for Hope says the demand for its…
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How dog owners cope with behavioral issues with pets: Brock University study

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A study out of Brock University looks at how dog owners cope with behavioral issues with their pets, like barking and aggression, and how those situations affect the relationship. The research showed that human connections with dogs have just as many ups and downs as relationships between people. READ MORE: Ontario to mark King’s coronation with party, tourist attractions Brock University Ph.D. candidate Renata Roma researched how personality affects relationships between dogs and humans. Hundreds of people took part in the study, and Roma focused on young people between 18-25 years old. Roma says, “That attachment is something really crucial…
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12-year-old girl saves little brothers, pets from house fire in southeastern Manitoba

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A Manitoba family is picking up the pieces after losing everything in a house fire, but thanks to the quick thinking of their 12-year-old daughter, all of them are alive. Emily Neufeld was at their home in La Broquerie, about 55 kilometers southeast of Winnipeg, with her two younger brothers on the afternoon of March 2. They were waiting for their parents to get home from work. The Grade 7 student had just gotten off the phone with her mom, who was at work in Winnipeg, and was getting ready to start her chores when she noticed a smell coming…
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