Category: Pets Market

An upcoming policy in Pickering will ban rat poison and other rodenticides on all city properties. On Monday, the city council heard from delegates about the risks posed to dogs as they chase poisoned animals in their backyards. “Since rodenticides don’t kill instantly, rodents remain active and available as prey,” said Janice Freund, a member of the group Rodenticide Free Ontario. “Predators do not recognize the presence of poison in the prey, leading to unintended exposure and poisoning.” “I myself have lost one of my sweet rescue dogs to rodenticide toxicity,” said Allison Hansen. “I [was] sitting in a budget…

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Life Health The clinics, which happen a few times a year, offer basic, pro bono animal care, as well as pet food, supplies and education Published November 27, 2022 • 3 minute read Heith Moonie, a longtime construction worker, was one of the first in line at the clinic on Sunday. Afterwards, he opened the top of a small bag to show how his eight-year old, chihuahua Shih Tzu dog named Bear was cozily tucked inside. Photo by Arlen Redekop /PNGs Article content Pet owners gathered outside the Evelyne Saller Center on Alexander Street…

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Roughly 80 pets will be available for adoption — many at reduced rates — during the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth’s pop-up adoption event at both of its shelters on Wednesday and Thursday this week. Published June 20, 2023 • 2 minute read Juno the five-month-old puppy is one of 80 dogs, cats, kittens, puppies and other pets currently available for adoption between the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo and Stratford Perth’s two shelters. (Submitted photo) Article content A sudden influx of animals in need of care has prompted the Humane…

Fuzzy Pet Health, a San Francisco-based veterinary care telehealth startup, has abruptly shut down, leaving employees and customers in the lurch. The 7-year-old startup’s top executives, Eric Palm and Zubin Bhettay, told staff Thursday evening of last week that Fuzzy would be laying off employees Friday and “winding down its operations” in an email obtained by SFGATE. Now, the company’s website is down and Facebook page is closed. Former employees said they did not receive their paycheck due late last week, the firm has not been providing medical insurance since June 1 and 401(k) deductions from recent paychecks have not…

Denise Angus has operated a pet rescue center and food bank for the last seven years, but she has never seen such a “remarkable increase in demand” for the services the center provides. Angus, the founder of Mattie’s Place, says the need for help to feed pets has been soared in recent years. The center has gone from feeding 500 to 600 pets per month before the COVID-19 pandemic to about 1,200 per month. “The need is so huge, I’ve never seen anything like it in all the years I’ve been doing this,” Angus told CBC Toronto. “It’s a really…

Not only was the weather ideal for Saturday’s Steps for Pets Walkathon in Morden, but it also drew a record number of registrants. One of the biggest fundraisers of the year for the Pembina Valley Humane Society, the Walkathon drew over 60 individual registrants. “I can say for sure that this has been a record-breaking year when it comes to registrants for the Steps for Pets Walkathon,” said the PVHS’s Holly Thorne. “And we’ve been doing this for a long time, but we’ve never had this many individual registrants. We had over 60 of them this year, and they all…

It was on a drive with her sister that Joaney Starblanket got the idea that changed her life for the better, a little over a month ago. Starblanket said her sister thought it would be funny if pets had their own treaty cards. “I thought to myself, why not,” she told CTV News. That “why not” then became a few quick edits on Canva, then a template, then one for her own cat, ‘Goober,’ and Starblanket said it blew her sister away during their next visit. She shared it with her coworkers in Yorkton, who told her that she had…

A man has been spotted sunbathing with 20 of his snakes in a local park, setting off a debate among internet users about which pets are appropriate, and which aren’t, for public spaces. The Friends of Barshaw Park Facebook group said it had been contacted by several people “with concerns about someone bringing snakes into the park”, which is in Paisley, Scotland. A post read: “It has been reported that recently 20 snakes were brought in by the person. “Renfrewshire Council has told us that no-one has permission to bring snakes into Barshaw Park. The police request that if you…