West Edmonton Mall plans to launch a new program that would allow visitors into the water to touch and swim with the shopping centre’s three sea lions.
Participants who pay $149.95 will be allowed to get in the water with the animals under the supervision of at least one trainer.
“It provides the public with a more [...]
More than 2,500 pet owners in Ottawa have signed a petition urging OC Transpo to allow animals on the buses.
Across Canada, many cities allow small animals in carriers on buses during off hours. But Ottawa is not among them.
OC Transpo has said that up to now there wasn’t enough interest in the idea, but there [...]
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The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has ended their five-year protest against Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in Canada after they agreed to phase out suppliers known to treat poultry with cruelty. To celebrate, PETA members dressed in lettuce bikinis gathered at a Queen Street West KFC and handed out free samples of a [...]
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After decades of concern about southern pollutants poisoning traditional foods that northern aboriginals depend on, a new government study suggests levels of toxic chemicals in a wide range of animals across the Arctic are finally dropping.
The study, the first large-scale attempt in a decade to measure contaminants in common Arctic food animals, found carcinogens such [...]
The United States must protect endangered wildlife from global warming and other threats within its own borders and not rely on other countries, such as Canada, to do the job, according to a coalition of 10 conservation organizations that announced today its intention to file a legal challenge against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The [...]
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Animal rights advocates say rabbit haters are using poison, sharp objects and even dogs to control a growing bunny population in Kelowna. But authorities won’t do much to stop the carnage.
The creatures are considered an invasive species in B.C. and can be killed without a permit.
Jim Corbett, with the Conservation Officer Service for the Okanagan, [...]
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We all know what Viagra does, but who would have guessed that it could help to slow down the destruction of our planet? Dr. John Grantmyre writes in the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society report Viagra is decreasing the slaughter of some endangered animals. Parts of these animals have been used for years as aphrodisiacs. [...]
It’s a thought that pet owners don’t want to imagine as their dog runs loose in a Canadian park, sniffing and licking on the grass —the notion that someone has placed a poisonous liquid within reach of the animal.
That worst-case scenario is unfortunately coming true as some people have decided that parks are good places [...]
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New research by Canadian scientists, led by Nicolas Hubert at the Université Laval in Québec brings some good news for those interested in the conservation of a number of highly-endangered species of Canadian fish.
The use of DNA for automated species-level identification of earth biodiversity has recently moved from being an unreachable dream to a potential [...]
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Three people have been infected with a form of MRSA usually found in pigs, the first time any humans in Britain have been infected by an animal strain of the superbug.
The variation has been found in farm animals and humans on the Continent, causing serious [...]
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