I have never been to a pre-natal class. But I was recently told that these classes strongly recommend that soon-to-be-new parents attend a first aid class. It makes sense. It is a natural pairing with baby-proofing a house: trying to make sure an accident doesn’t happen, and being prepared for one if it does.
Here at the OHS, we talk a lot about spaying and neutering pets. It’s a cornerstone of our strategy and of the whole humane movement and has been for many years. And with dogs, the strategy has been very successful, at least in most of North America. Few humane societies receive dozens of boxes of puppies each spring, as was once the case for most, if not all of us.
Accreditation is not sexy. It’s not “fun.” It’s something that occurs in the background. But if you are having surgery, you may want to know that the hospital you are in is accredited. Because in the end, accreditation is an assurance of quality.
A lot of people have been disdainful of clicking on social media to support causes. It has even been dismissively dubbed as slacktivism: “supporting a political or social cause by means of social media, characterized as involving very little effort or commitment.”
I don’t know how much social media sharing has achieved, but it certainly can help an animal in need of a home at the Ottawa Humane Society.
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.
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.
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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