Tag: pets in the news today

Pets & Animals: Get fit and save animals this summer

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Get fit and help save animals this summer by participating in the Ontario SPCA Sudbury & District’s Sweat for Pets fundraiser. The event challenges participants to set personal fitness goals and raise funds to change the lives of animals in the community. “In celebration of the Ontario SPCA’s 150th anniversary, participants are encouraged to set a personal goal that incorporates 150,” the group said in a news release. “You could ride 150 kilometers on your bike over two weeks, run 150 kilometers in a month, create a team and do a combined 150 workouts – whatever inspires you.” Once you’ve…
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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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Orillia Animal Center looking to find homes for northern felines

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The Orillia shelter worked with others in the area to find homes for 32 cats that were rescued from northern communities NEWS RELEASESONTARIO SPCA AND HUMANE SOCIETY*************************Marking its first Northern animal transfer of the year, the Ontario SPCA and Humane Society has returned from Northern Ontario with 32 cats that will have the opportunity to find loving homes thanks to a unique partnership. Ontario SPCA animal centers in Sudbury, Muskoka, Midland, Barrie, Orillia and Orangeville will find homes for 32 of the cats through their adoption programs. The special feline passengers arrived yesterday and were transported by the Ontario SPCA…
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