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A little rough-and-tumble

Gary Roberts — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:47:03 +0000

I think Keaton wins this one, paws down!

CanadaStrays.com is now offline

Gary Roberts — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:02:38 +0000

After a number of ongoing technical issues involving the hosting of CanadaStrays.com, as well as other issues concerning cost, overheads and time spent on volunteering and administering the web site, I unfortunately had to make a decision to take the site offline. It’s a shame this is the case, given that the site was working …

The Association for the Reform of the Toronto Humane Society

Gary Roberts — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:17:53 +0000

The Toronto Humane Society seems to be having its fair share of trouble these days. There was a series of Globe and Mail exposé-style articles written recently, which focused on some perceived issues and concerns with regard to the current management, as well as the conditions in which the THS animals live. Now there’s a …

1003 pets found by owners!

Gary Roberts — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:58:03 +0000

I’m pleased to see that since its launch in 2003, my Lost and Found Pets web site at CanadaStrays.com is still going strong. In fact (within the last day or so, I guess) the counter on the sidebar has just passed the 1000 mark of “pets found by owner”. This is measured by the number …

Sara the Dog

Gary Roberts — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:10:00 +0000

We had to put our dog, Sara, to sleep yesterday. She had started to lose complete control of her bladder and it had gotten to the stage where she was peeing right in front of us, without any warning she needed to go outside. She was an old dog of 13 years, with arthritis in …

Warm light

Gary Roberts — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:45:00 +0000

We got Keaton from the Toronto Humane Society in November, 2007 – not long after my cat Milo died. He’s a grey cat with lots of personality, who follows us from room to room. A regular lap cat, he likes nothing better than collapsing on me in the evening as I’m couch potatoing. He can …

Milo the Cat

Gary Roberts — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:29:00 +0000

October 26, 2007 was the day I had to put my cat, Milo, to sleep. That was hard, one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Milo was my little buddy who’d been with me since I arrived in Canada in 1999. He was an orange and white cat who grew from a little ball …