Critters

Now that summer has arrived, the City of Toronto’s Animal Services wants you to know how to recognize signs of distress in your dog during hot weather. Symptoms of overheating in dogs include excessive panting or difficulty breathing, increased heart/respiratory ...

City of Toronto celebrates National Pollinator Week with a community art project. Mayor Tory has proclaimed June 18 to 24 as Pollinator Week in the City of Toronto. To celebrate, residents are invited to join local artist Eric Gold to ...

Daisy, our 11-year-old black-grey-white mixed-breed dog (aka mutt) whom we rescued from the Toronto Humane Society pound almost that many years ago, was suddenly limping and spiritless. As anyone who sees her regularly (or even spasmodically) in the St. Lawrence ...

Recently in the local news there were various reports of efforts by the City of Toronto to enforce off-leash bylaws which led to a lengthy discussion with my friends and neighbours, as our off-leash dogs chased balls or sniffed the ...

Gilleen Witkowski– We took a risk. Instead of using minimum wage or contract workers to outsource our financial risk and legal liabilities, we paid $15 an hour. In early 2016 I suddenly found myself starting a pet services company together ...

On June 3, the Friends of Berczy Park held a Pet-Lovers Day when dog owners were invited to bring their pets to the park and the new dog area. One of the area’s features is a gravel section—with a draining ...

Pets have long been considered our most trusted companions and it’s easy to see why. They make our lives feel bigger, better and frequently seem to understand us more than we understand ourselves. This unique intuitive connection between humans and ...

After years of dithering, Ontario’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry is poised to make a critical decision about the hunting of snapping turtles. Lamentably, the ministry is proposing to continue the hunt, with the addition of some restrictions. Ontario ...

Calypso the poodle was born on April 14, 2004 at the former Torbec Kennels in Bolton, Ont., where I found her mid-May of that year, I guess. She came to live with us 8 weeks later. She was always whip smart, ...

During the holiday gift-giving season, a popular choice for gift donations are programs that send live farm animal gifts to help alleviate hunger and poverty in low-income countries. Our purpose here is to make the criticisms of these campaigns public and to ...