Eighteen-month-old chocolate Labrador Sage and 10-month-old Siberian husky-Alaskan malamute cross Kilo play in Kil-Cona Park's off-leash dog area in Winnipeg, Man., on Wed., Nov. 7, 2012. (Jason Halstead/Winnipeg Sun file)
Carson (left), 13, and Noah, 7, walk flat-coated retriever Sam in Voyageur Park on Sat., May 10, 2014. Some area residents have objected to a proposal to turn the park into an off-leash dog park. (Kevin King/Winnipeg Sun/QMI Agency)
A city committee has voted in favour of new guidelines for places where Fido can play off-leash in Winnipeg. (CBC)
Donna Henry, spokeswoman for Winnipeg Network of Dog Owner Groups, says dog parks are a core service in the city. (WAYNE GLOWACKI / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS)
Some dog advocates say the new guidelines don't go far enough and want a system similar to one used in Calgary. (file image)
 She's being called 'ugly' and 'weird-looking' on social media.
But Beatrice, a homeless, blind albino Chihuahua in Winnipeg, is also sparking a conversation about special needs dogs as her photo goes viral. Read her story below, which we did at CBC. Beatrice was one of the 'stars' at an event held Sunday which I couldn't get to. Will bring you the update from that when I get it. Meantime, here's her story, so far.  Dog owners worried about their beloved park in the northwest corner of Winnipeg were pleasantly surprised to hear that a councillor from the south side of the city has thrown them a nice, juicy bone.
Click on the button below to read my story on CBC's website. What do you think?  The Winnipeg Free Press says this small dog was rescued from a hot car parked at the Costco on McGillivray Boulevard.
Read Gordon Sinclair's article in the button below. Sinclair says this was "one of nine calls the (Winnipeg) humane society took on pets left alone in cars last weekend. One of close to 200 calls their crews have received this spring and summer, 108 of them in July alone.... (E)ven with fines of close to $300 per animal for first-time offenders, even with police releasing an advisory in June and all the other ones like it over all the years, pet owners still aren't getting the message." What about the next time? Is a $300 fine, for some people, a license to kill your dog?  Check out this story from CBC.
How about a ban on bad owners instead? Maybe prospective owners should have to prove they will be responsible before they get the dog, instead of tarnishing a breed after the fact with their own warped misconceptions. | Leslie McLarenDay job: CBC reporter ArchivesMay 2014 Categories |
RSS Feed