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July 7, 2026 — The Ottawa Humane Society has launched its summer-long Dog-Friendly Bingo competition. Participants can visit OHS Dog-Friendly Businesses throughout the city to fill out their bingo cards and submit their completed cards to enter a raffle for prizes provided by the OHS’s Dog-Friendly Businesses.

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This summer, we’re inviting you to celebrate those bonds with Dog-Friendly Bingo!

The challenge is fun: pick up a bingo card at any participating OHS Dog-Friendly Business, then spend the summer exploring Ottawa with your four-legged best friend.

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While battling it out for their spot in the World Cup, athletes Lionel Meowssi, Cristiano Rodoggo, and Kylian Mewbappé shared an exclusive interview about an upcoming competition that may be their greatest athletic endeavour ever.

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Beginning in 2027, Ontario will ban invasive testing on cats and dogs, and unnecessary cosmetic procedures including declawing, devocalization and ear cropping.

This progress was only possible because of the compassion of animal advocates, like you, who demanded better protection for the animals.

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June 23, 2026 — The Ottawa Humane Society is preparing for a possible spike in lost pets as Ottawa prepares for Canada Day celebrations.

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My family said goodbye to our beloved dog this weekend. At 15, Dixie had been part of our pack for well over a decade. She was my daughters’ first dog, who they ecstatically adopted from the OHS in grade school. Dixie was some kind of Shih Tzu crossed with something bigger and scruffier, and she saw the girls through tough days at high school and kept them company during COVID years.

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June 15, 2026 — The Ottawa Humane Society has launched its Compassion Campaign, a $15 million project to build a non-profit Community Veterinary Clinic and a Behaviour Campus.

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We are only halfway through 2026, and your compassion and advocacy have already helped secure major victories for animals across Ontario, proving that when people raise their voices for animals, meaningful change follows.

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June 3, 2026 — High temperatures forecasted for Ottawa pose a great danger to pets left alone in cars, warns the Ottawa Humane Society.

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I was heartbroken to read this week about 65 cats and kittens that were seized from their owner on charges of causing unnecessary suffering to animals.

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