Animals
Custom Carts Give Dogs, Cats, Chickens New Life
Custom Carts Give Dogs, Cats, Chickens New Life Barbara Parkes is the kind of person you pray is your seat-mate on a long-haul flight. Engaging, accessible and armed with heart-warming true stories about animals given a second chance, Parkes is a walking example of the chestnut ‘choose a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.’ Parkes is…
Angel The Injured Kitten Now Wheeling Around On Mobility Cart
Angel The Injured Kitten Now Wheeling Around On Mobility Cart Angel was brutally injured last November, but is now on the road to recovery.Endings don’t come much happier than the one currently being scripted for Angel the kitten, who was discovered abandoned last November at a downtown Toronto McDonald’s with a broken spine and broken ribs. Because of…
Brutally Injured Kitten In Dire Need Of Help
Brutally Injured Kitten In Dire Need Of Help Angels' injuries are so severe, she has to drag her hind legs.All animal suffering stories are heartbreaking but even in that dark realm, the story of little Angel the cat is especially poignant. On Nov. 17, a woman spotted a cat carrier in the parking lot of a 24-hour McDonald’s location at Dundas and…
Rising Pop Star Wanting Fans To Get Pets From Shelters
Rising Pop Star Wanting Fans To Get Pets From Shelters “This is not real leather,” Wanting Qu tells Samaritanmag of the black jacket she has on. While not a vegetarian, she says, “I don’t want to be associated with furs and leather, any animal skin.” The Chinese-born, Vancouver-based pop singer-songwriter, who simply goes by her first name professionally…
Rob Zombie: Animals Always Need To Be Protected
Rob Zombie: Animals Always Need To Be Protected Sheri Moon with her co-star in The Lords of SalemRob Zombie directs people burning at the stake, bashing in heads and just does nasty things in general to the Homo sapiens in his new horror film, The Lords of Salem, but the gorgeous Golden Retriever remains safe and sound. Zombie, who also fronts his…
The Musical Ladies of Ladybird Animal Sanctuary
The Musical Ladies of Ladybird Animal Sanctuary (L to R) Janine Stoll, Lisa Winn, Melissa McClelland, co-founders of Ladybird Animal SanctuaryIt is relatively commonplace for people to donate money and their time to a wide range of charities and good causes. It takes a different level of commitment to go out and create your own charitable organization.…
One Pet Food Company's Controversial Campaign
One Pet Food Company's Controversial Campaign It’s hard to imagine a gutsier or more provocative campaign than the one currently being executed by pet food manufacturer Nutrience, via ads posted on Toronto transit shelters and TTC vehicles citywide. You’ll know the poster if you’ve seen it: a filthy, scrawny, destitute kitten photographed in stark…
Couple Rescues Northern Dogs From Being Shot At The Dump
Couple Rescues Northern Dogs From Being Shot At The Dump Stray dogs on the tracks waiting to be rescued. It's a dog's life, they say. In the case of dogs in such remote communities of northern Ontario as Attawapiskat, Moose Factory, and Moosonee, that life is all too often short and brutal. Their predicament came to the attention of Sharron Purdy nine…
Slash Doesn't Just Love Snakes, Appears in PSA with Betty White
Slash Doesn't Just Love Snakes, Appears in PSA with Betty White If Slash hadn't put all his heart and soul into music and becoming one of the world's greatest rock guitarists, perhaps he would've sought a career in zoology? He is a trustee of the private, non-profit Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association (GLAZA) and earlier this year shot a commercial…
World's Tallest Living Dog Now A Humanitarian — Or Is That Caninetarian?
World's Tallest Living Dog Now A Humanitarian — Or Is That Caninetarian? George, the World's Tallest Dog — Photo credit: Erin Banes When Mother Nature bestows something rare and wonderful, it's best to use it as a source of goodwill and charity. That's the thinking shared by the human caregivers behind Giant George, the aptly named Great Dane and…
William Shatner Backs Therapeutic Horse Riding Programs For Kids and Veterans
William Shatner Backs Therapeutic Horse Riding Programs For Kids and Veterans William Shatner Horse Reining Photo Credit Daryl Weisser Veteran Canadian actor William Shatner remains best known as Captain James Kirk from the famed TV series Star Trek. As Kirk, Shatner piloted the starship Enterprise through the galaxies, but here on terra firma he rides…
Saving Asses: The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada
Saving Asses: The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada Juno, a brown Standard donkey, lives with the oldies and special needs donkeys on the farm, after years of abuse, including being regularly hit with a shovel.When Sandra Pady relocated to the Guelph countryside from Toronto with her husband Dave more than 20 years ago, the last thing they imagined or expected…
Thai Lady Rescues Abused, Neglected Elephants
Thai Lady Rescues Abused, Neglected Elephants Bruce Scott getting an elephant kissStanding next to five tonnes of fully grown Asian elephant is not an everyday experience. Neither is having a half pineapple deftly snatched from your hands by a six-foot-long grey probing trunk. But when you visit a certain pachyderm paradise hidden away in the Mae Taman…
The World Parrot Refuge in British Columbia
The World Parrot Refuge in British Columbia Sometimes losing something that means everything can lead to a calling that means so much more. Such is the case for Wendy Huntbatch who in 1993 founded the World Parrot Refuge in Coombs, British Columbia, after four of her parrots were stolen. She now cares for hundreds of these gorgeous tropical birds, all…
Speakers, Seminars, 70 Vendors At Toronto Pet Fun Fest And Adopt A Pet-A-Thon
Speakers, Seminars, 70 Vendors At Toronto Pet Fun Fest And Adopt A Pet-A-Thon Pet Fun Fest and Adopt A Pet-a-thon is a unique indoor event being held at Toronto’s Downsview Park, February 13 and 14 at Studio 3 (40 Carl Hall Road) that includes guest speakers, seminars, and more than 70 vendors and animal welfare groups. Admission is $5 for humans ($3 in…