rotation_sad_kitten

Our Best Friends - Newsletters

Our Best Friends comes out quarterly. The older newsletters are offered in HTML format, and the newer versions are available in PDF format.

Note: Newsletter articles may be reprinted with acknowledgement of source.

2006 Content Summary

Winter Issue

In this issue:

  • Helping others - by doing what we do best
  • New animal cruelty legislation debated
  • Buddy finds a home
  • Life with a lop
  • YOUCAN make a difference!
  • Young adults benefit from pet education
  • OHS animals benefit from in-house treatment
  • Christmas foster challenge
  • Auxiliary update
  • Kenya, companion animal extraordinaire
  • Winter tips for animals

Fall Issue

In this issue:

  • The cat that came back
  • Latest animal cruelty legislation
  • A lasting legacy for the animals
  • 20th anniversary of animal visits
  • New tracking system in place
  • United Way donations help OHS
  • Dog walking popular for students
  • Back to school tips for dogs
  • EAPS responding to record number of calls
  • Injured cat rescued
  • 18th Annual IAMS Walkathon
  • Diary of a foster parent

Summer Issue

In this issue:

  • Time, patience heal dog's wounds
  • OHS helps neighbour shelters in crisis
  • What do the animals need? You!
  • OHS seeks foster homes for kittens s
  • 18th Annual Walkathon
  • Annual awards recognize volunteers
  • OHS cats sure to wow at cat show
  • Adult pet education a success
  • Warmer weather brings influx of animals
  • Summer Safety Tips

Spring

In this issue:

  • OHS animals brighten lives at children's treatment centre
  • Bus-boarding kitten faring well in foster
  • The Year of the Cat: Was it a success?
  • It's school time for OHS dogs!
  • Honouring our lost companions
  • A microchip can help your pet!
  • What is the OHS teaching Ottawa's children?
  • Emergency calls increase 39%
  • Just how busy were we last year?
  • Spring wildlife
  • Auxiliary update