Tag: pets & animals

Animal shelter staff resorts to drawing pictures of pets after camera ‘breaks’: ‘Third dimension is overrated’

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An animal shelter has been sharing drawings instead of photographs of the pets they care for in hopes of getting them adopted. On May 9, the Ottawa Humane Society appeared to have warmed hearts on Facebook after posting some of the original artwork created by staff, after they thought their camera had stopped working. “Our camera broke so we’ve resorted to drawing our adoptable animals,” the Ottawa Humane Society in Canada, shared in a public Facebook post. SENIOR DOG IN CALIFORNIA ON THE VERGE OF BEING EUTHANIZED IS ADOPTED, BEATS CANCER The organization shared four renderings of different animals up…
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HGTV’s Christina Hall’s husband Josh’s reaction to her joyful news isn’t what you’d expect

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Christina Hall had some exciting news to celebrate when the announcement was made on Tuesday that one of her shows would be returning to the air. The 39-year-old shared that the fourth season of her hit HGTV docu-series, Christina on the Coastwill be back to conclude its season run with 11 new episodes starting June 29. VIDEO: Christina Hall takes fans inside lengthy renovation at $12 million family home The show will feature new projects being taken on by the TV real estate icon while also taking a look at more personal developments at her home shared with husband Josh…
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Poland’s EU office wins praise as the only Polish embassy in the world to welcome pets

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Poland’s permanent representation to the European Union has won praise for being the only Polish embassy in the world to allow staff to bring their pets to the office. Ambassador Andrzej Sadoś, who introduced the policy, said the animals help reduce workplace stress. While pets are not permitted in European Union institutions such as the commission, council and parliament, Poland’s permanent representation to the EU encourages its staff to bring their canine companies to work, especially if the animals would otherwise be left home alone. “Here you sometimes work several hours a day, seven days a week,” Sadoś told news…
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‘Intense training’: Search and rescue dogs on track for takeoff

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Barrie-based Georgian Bay Volunteer Search and Rescue partnering with Canadian Wings and Rescue on Tuesday to get dogs acclimatized to air travel As a dog handler with the Barrie-based Georgian Bay Volunteer Search and Rescue (GBVSAR) organization, Bruno Baker is part of a team that has a canine unit with two certified dogs and three more in training. Their role is to locate people or the clues they may have left behind. Baker explained the three main tracking disciplines that were involved. “(There’s) tracking a path, where a dog is asked to follow the footsteps of a person where they…
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‘Lot of anxiety’ as Yellowknife animal shelter has no more room

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The animal shelter in Yellowknife is facing a crisis as southern shelters continue to be over-capacity and overwhelmed. The situation down south directly affects the NWT SPCA as it means more animals north of 60 are staying in the Yellowknife shelter longer, making it impossible to take in more unwanted animals. The northern shelter used to be able to send out 10 to 12 dogs a month to shelters in Alberta and British Columbia, executive director Nicole Spencer said. That, along with regular adoptions, meant there was a “steady flow” of animals, but now there’s a “bottleneck” situation with fewer…
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Meet the Canadians helping stray dogs and cats displaced by war in Ukraine

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Open this photo in gallery: Duane Taylor and Deebo visit the Bruce Pit dog park in Ottawa. Mr. Taylor is the founder of Impact Express, an animal rescue organization in Eastern Europe.Blair Gable/The Globe and Mail When Canadian Duane Taylor first reached out to Elena Nicolescu last year to offer to drive dog food into Ukraine from the shelter where she volunteers in Romania, she thought he was joking. A couple of hours later, when the Ottawa resident messaged her that he had bought his plane ticket to Romania, Ms. Nicolescu and her co-workers at the Red Panda shelter in…
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