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Watch the birdie!, Recent article that suggested vacuuming pets may have been taken too literally by reader Norman Epstein.
Watch the birdie!, Recent article that suggested vacuuming pets may have been taken too literally by reader Norman Epstein.

Watch the birdie!, Recent article that suggested vacuuming pets may have been taken too literally by reader Norman Epstein.

Date3/25/1981
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Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
Disappearing act: Henry Skritek and his pet lion, photographed before Scarborough's new bylaw banning exotic pets from residential areas, appear to have been separated. Neighboring Centennial Dr. residents had complained about the lion and it hasn't been seen for at least the last two weeks even though Skritek vowed to fight the bylaw and keep the lion.
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Albert, a great dane, gets a bath from Carol and Jamie Parker who have operated a boarding kennel for pets in North York for the past 10 years
Albert, a great dane, gets a bath from Carol and Jamie Parker who have operated a boarding kennel for pets in North York for the past 10 years
6/7/1973
Milk Bone's back: News vendor John Mucenieks pets his dog Milk Bone, returned yesterday after being seized by Toronto Humane Society officials who said he didn't have adequate shelter
Milk Bone's back: News vendor John Mucenieks pets his dog Milk Bone, returned yesterday after being seized by Toronto Humane Society officials who said he didn't have adequate shelter
2/15/1983
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
Roy Sherritt and his chihuahua, Bamby, are still together - even though the rules of a senior citizens' apartment building in Mississauga prohibit pets. Dr. Kenneth Easton of Ontario Humane Society got the rule waived for Bamby.
Roy Sherritt and his chihuahua, Bamby, are still together - even though the rules of a senior citizens' apartment building in Mississauga prohibit pets. Dr. Kenneth Easton of Ontario Humane Society got the rule waived for Bamby.
6/6/1973
Clean sweep: George Moffat, president of Halo Enterprises, holds the kit his company is retailing for dog owners to help them clean up after their pets
Clean sweep: George Moffat, president of Halo Enterprises, holds the kit his company is retailing for dog owners to help them clean up after their pets
6/24/1985
Bad habits in pets are like bad habits in children, says veterinarian Gary Landsberg
Bad habits in pets are like bad habits in children, says veterinarian Gary Landsberg
2/21/1980
Where their pets will live is biggest worry of Marion and Gordon Simmons who face eviction today from their home in northeast Scarborough
Where their pets will live is biggest worry of Marion and Gordon Simmons who face eviction today from their home in northeast Scarborough
8/31/1978
Watch the birdie: Juno, an 18-month-old labrador retriever, sits patiently as Laura Lyon takes his picture for an employee's identification card at North York General Hospital
Watch the birdie: Juno, an 18-month-old labrador retriever, sits patiently as Laura Lyon takes his picture for an employee's identification card at North York General Hospital
12/28/1987
The man who started it all: Bill Pryde-Watson, a Sunday Star reader who suggested the contest, received an honorable mention from the judges.
The man who started it all: Bill Pryde-Watson, a Sunday Star reader who suggested the contest, received an honorable mention from the judges.
10/1/1979
By Phil Johnson, Ants Evard has literally been around the world as a Scout leader and organizer. The 50-year-old Willowdale resident has spent more than 25 years helping put together major jamborees in Australia, Calgary, Guelph and Muskoka for his fellow
By Phil Johnson, Ants Evard has literally been around the world as a Scout leader and organizer. The 50-year-old Willowdale resident has spent more than 25 years helping put together major jamborees in Australia, Calgary, Guelph and Muskoka for his fellow
12/1/1987
Looking after visiting pets, Lydia Chornewich, 18, works for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, in the pet park, run by the Ontario Humane Society, Reader wishes other places provided same service
Looking after visiting pets, Lydia Chornewich, 18, works for the Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, in the pet park, run by the Ontario Humane Society, Reader wishes other places provided same service
7/14/1975