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Purina Hall of Fame inductees four pet heroes today in Toronto

KJ Mullins-Toronto: Every day our pets improve our world. For some their pets are their personal lifesaving heroes. The Purina Hall of Fame honoured four Canadian hero pets this morning in Toronto for their fearless devotion to their human families. Nanook, Monty, Bree and Titan all show the strong bond between animals and humans. Dogs [...]

  Adrienne Calvert – Toronto: For those who follow my column, you know I’m a fierce defender of animal rights. My opinion on these issues is transparent and never spoken with a tarnished or diluted agenda. I believe all animals have the right to life, to be viewed as sentient beings under the Law and [...]

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Adrienne Calvert – Toronto: The ongoing fight to see North America embrace the No Kill Equation and change our ways when it comes to our treatment of companion animals, can be a daunting and lets face it, exhausting battle. So many lost, hundreds of thousands needing rescue and homes, the protests and petitions can seem [...]

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Katherine Heigl Hates Balls from Katherine Heigl Katherine Heigl is letting it be known-she hates balls and we’re not talking about tennis balls. When making a chart of pros and cons of testicles the pro list is empty but the con list is vast. The campaign is to promote the spray/neutering of pets and animals [...]

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Adrienne Calvert – Toronto: Online classifieds are now the channel of choice for people looking to re-home their pets. While many of these listings are placed by caring individuals who are truly trying to do the right thing and find a new, forever home for their pet the majority of these ad’s are placed by [...]

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Many people don’t know there are snakes in Toronto, even people born here often don’t know it or have never seen one. As a result, we can’t really blame them for not paying attention to the possibility. Let’s not forget that Canada is considered a cold country, not exactly something most people would associate with [...]

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Funding will provide critical support to Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre TORONTO, Oct. 12, 2011 /CNW/ – Responding to a dire need for resources to treat injured and endangered turtles in Ontario, where seven out of eight turtle species are now at risk, TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD FEF) has donated $30,000 to Kawartha [...]

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Adrienne Calvert – Toronto: “Shark finning refers to the removal and retention of shark fins and the discarding of the rest of the fish. Shark finning takes place at sea so the fishers only have to transport the fins.” Wikipedia. For anyone that understands the practice of shark fining in its entirety, coming to the [...]

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Adrienne Calvert-Toronto: August 29th, 2005, the day a dark cloud descended over our Province and with it, the untimely death of thousands of innocent family pets. It has been six years since the McGuinty Government declared war on pit bulls and striped Ontario Citizens of their fundamental rights in our Province. The Liberals voted against [...]

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