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Great weather for ducks! George Banton of the York borough Animal Shelter helps shepherd ducks across the road from their outdoor cage to their enclos(...)
Great weather for ducks! George Banton of the York borough Animal Shelter helps shepherd ducks across the road from their outdoor cage to their enclos(...)

Great weather for ducks! George Banton of the York borough Animal Shelter helps shepherd ducks across the road from their outdoor cage to their enclos(...)

Date11/2/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Great weather for ducks! George Banton of the York borough Animal Shelter helps shepherd ducks across the road from their outdoor cage to their enclosed night shelter as it rains hard enough to suit only the web-footed creatures. And with weather so ideal for these birds; Banton has to make sure they don't linger. Usually he has to stand guard to warn passing cars. But with our recent weather; it's been tough to coax them in.
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Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
Puppy love isn't saddling Metro with as many unwanted pets as it used to, says George Banton, chief animal control officer for the Borough of York. Above, he displays one of the York animal shelter's inmates, a young part-German Shepherd. The animal shelter now has empty cages and Banton gives the credit to the borough's low-cost spay-neuter program, begun two years ago.
6/15/1978
Deadly oil is washed from feathers of duck by animal control officer George Banton at York animal shelter
Deadly oil is washed from feathers of duck by animal control officer George Banton at York animal shelter
9/18/1972
Well-schooled ducks: The Dunbarton Duck herds its latest brood of ducklings across a courtyard at a Pickering high school
Well-schooled ducks: The Dunbarton Duck herds its latest brood of ducklings across a courtyard at a Pickering high school
4/30/1986
It was a good day for ducks and cyclists, The weather is damp but not the spirits of these two cyclists pedalling around Nathan Phillips Square at Cit(...)
It was a good day for ducks and cyclists, The weather is damp but not the spirits of these two cyclists pedalling around Nathan Phillips Square at Cit(...)
10/12/1970
It's good weather for ducks. Grenadier Pond in High Park is free of ice, thanks to the unusually mild winter-and that's just as well: The surface is c(...)
It's good weather for ducks. Grenadier Pond in High Park is free of ice, thanks to the unusually mild winter-and that's just as well: The surface is c(...)
2/3/1975
It was nice weather for feeding ducks
It was nice weather for feeding ducks
2/28/1970
First aid for oil-soaked ducks, Ducks in Lake Ontario off Long Branch Park are getting their feathers coated with oil from a spill in the lake and the(...)
First aid for oil-soaked ducks, Ducks in Lake Ontario off Long Branch Park are getting their feathers coated with oil from a spill in the lake and the(...)
1/7/1976
Ducks and Geese caught in oil, As many as 100 geese and ducks, like the one held by Toronto Humane Society officer Gord Haley, have been coated with o(...)
Ducks and Geese caught in oil, As many as 100 geese and ducks, like the one held by Toronto Humane Society officer Gord Haley, have been coated with o(...)
1/2/1976
Winfield ducks trouble. Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield, who became embroiled in the Great Toronto Seagull Caper a few years ago when he accidentally (...)
Winfield ducks trouble. Yankee outfielder Dave Winfield, who became embroiled in the Great Toronto Seagull Caper a few years ago when he accidentally (...)
10/6/1985
Cold duck freed from the ice. Rescuing ducks and Canada geese frozen in the ice at the foot of Spadina Ave., Dale Griffin, 22, carries a mallard he ha(...)
Cold duck freed from the ice. Rescuing ducks and Canada geese frozen in the ice at the foot of Spadina Ave., Dale Griffin, 22, carries a mallard he ha(...)
2/4/1976
A 100-Pound Doe is carried from operating room at York Animal Shelter by animal control officer Rick Wood (left) and George Banton yesterday. Lost and(...)
A 100-Pound Doe is carried from operating room at York Animal Shelter by animal control officer Rick Wood (left) and George Banton yesterday. Lost and(...)
1/24/1978
George Bell ducks back to second under the tag of Frank White in picture at left
George Bell ducks back to second under the tag of Frank White in picture at left
4/14/1989