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Sign of the foo. Photo © TimParkinson, via Creative Commons and flickr.com/timparkinson/

Poo police track dogs (and owners) that dump

27 October 2014 7:09 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

In the recent Incident of the Abandoned Ford Thunderbird, the Sooke resident who found the abandoned car, complete with registration papers, in the woods near Bear Creek posted a scathing rant online and notified police. Instead of immediately fining the car’s owner under the conservation and motor vehicle acts, the … Read more →

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Dogs are attuned to their people, but who is in charge. Photo © Stefan Holodnick, dailyinvention.com, via creative commons.

Dogs take a bow(-wow!) for canine cognition

4 May 2014 2:45 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Some dogs show more intelligence than most people. Or so their owners tell me. Perhaps thinking of one’s four-legged best friend as brighter than one’s children—perhaps not one’s children, but possibly one’s in-laws—goes with the territory of being a dog owner. Much like people universally describing their driving skills or … Read more →

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Killer kitty catches mouse. Photo by Chris (Eisenbahner)

Killer Kitty? Research shows pet diseases are infecting sea mammals

4 May 2013 8:03 am ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

A neighbour’s cat adopted me last year. When she’s bored and I’m home, she visits. She gets a lap to nap on. I get a cat without kitty litter, cat food, or hair on everything. It also keeps her safe, during each brief visit, from becoming roadkill, eating or drinking … Read more →

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orca off southern Vancouver Island, by Thomas Forster

Poop patrol

30 July 2009 5:23 pm ⋅ Leave a Comment ⋅

Canadian Geographic, July 2009 A black Labrador retriever named Tucker is helping researchers determine why orcas summering off southern Vancouver Island are dying. Tucker lends his nose to science by standing in a moving open-decked motorboat and sniffing the wind to detect orca scat floating on the surface of the … Read more →

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