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Sign of the foo. Photo © TimParkinson, via Creative Commons and flickr.com/timparkinson/
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Poo police track dogs (and owners) that dump

By Monique Keiran 27 October 20145 December 2018

Sign of the foo. Photo © TimParkinson, via Creative Commons and flickr.com/timparkinson/ In the recent Incident of the Abandoned Ford Thunderbird, the Sooke resident who found the abandoned car, complete…

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14 Column Inches Victoria Times Colonist

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

By Monique Keiran 4 May 20145 December 2018

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…

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Killer kitty catches mouse. Photo by Chris (Eisenbahner)
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Killer Kitty? Research shows pet diseases are infecting sea mammals

By Monique Keiran 4 May 20135 December 2018

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…

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Poop patrol

By Monique Keiran 30 July 20094 September 2013

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…

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