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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.

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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Humane society officials Wilf Patey and Ralph Burton examine a boa constrictor, one of the exotic pets from a Scarborough shop raided yesterday on com(...)
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11/30/1988
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6/6/1973
Rolling with the punches, Shawn O'Sullivan, with wife, Veronica, and the family pets, has been fighting hard to deal with life outside the ring
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6/30/1989
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.
3/25/1981
Zoo's pride: Employee Scott Deverill checks some of his charges, three lions which must be sold, along with about 300 other exotic animals and their home, the Wasaga Beach Zoo
Zoo's pride: Employee Scott Deverill checks some of his charges, three lions which must be sold, along with about 300 other exotic animals and their home, the Wasaga Beach Zoo
11/22/1980
Five wolf cubs makes friendly pets to hold when they are only six weeks old like this Riverdale zoo quintet but by fall they'll be dangerous. June Buc(...)
Five wolf cubs makes friendly pets to hold when they are only six weeks old like this Riverdale zoo quintet but by fall they'll be dangerous. June Buc(...)
5/4/1948
National flags of the 125 countries and areas in which the Lions have 720,385 members are presented by white-uniformed boys wearing red-plumed shakoes(...)
National flags of the 125 countries and areas in which the Lions have 720,385 members are presented by white-uniformed boys wearing red-plumed shakoes(...)
7/9/1964
Jan Carinci: Lions had been after ex-Agro slotback for a long, long time
Jan Carinci: Lions had been after ex-Agro slotback for a long, long time
1/1/1984
For air-minded scouts. Two Flying Lion badges have been designed for the 1,500 Canadian Boy Scouts who are signing up for the new course in aeronautic(...)
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Mattress factory at 41 Spruce St. in Cabbagetown will become $65,000 townhouses. Patrick Comerford studies the plans for the 16 units which have been exempted from the 24-foot height bylaw in the area. Comerford and architect Ferdinand Wagner planned the $900,000 project.
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