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  • Our Ten Year Challenge

    There has been a small phenomenon going around the internet lately: the ten year challenge. The idea is that you post a picture of yourself today and from ten years ago. Notwithstanding Wired Magazine’s theory that the trend was started for the express purpose of calibrating facial recognition software, the idea is kind of fun. It certainly got me thinking about where I was and where the OHS was ten years ago.

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  • The Blessing of Volunteers and Volunteering

    You might be surprised to know how many volunteers work at the Ottawa Humane Society, and you might be even more surprised how much they contribute to our work.  As of today, 759 very kind and very committed people are on the OHS volunteer roster.

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  • Have Your Say about Animal Cruelty Enforcement in Ontario

    On January 2, 2019, in a case brought against the Attorney General of Ontario, an Ontario Superior Court Justice found that the enforcement powers held by the OSPCA are unconstitutional.

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  • Resolutions You Can Keep

    According to Business Insider, 80% of New Year’s resolutions are tossed out the window by February.  It can be tough to keep them.  Maybe some are just too hard to maintain. Here are the top seven resolutions suggested by the Ottawa Humane Society that you just might be able to keep:

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