Tucker
is our large, phat and disabled cat, she was temper mentle! Some days were delightful and other days were quite painful. Tucker was in our care at the shelter for 3 years, she was in a metal cage for 2 years and then we had to let her out as she was just to big for the cage!

Tucker owned the front office, she would perch herself on the chair closest to the main entrance and terrorize the dogs as they walked through to go outside! Most staff, some customers and almost all our dogs receieved some type of love bite or scratch that has scarred us all for life :) we never thought for one moment that Tucker would find her forever home!

One afternoon a wonderful woman came to our shelter and when she heard about Tucker's story and how long she has been with us, she decided to adopt her :) You would never guess it, Tucker is now living in her forever home with another cat and a dog... and they all get along fine. Tucker gets regular grooming and loves to snuggle...

SHELTER RAT BERNARD PASSES AWAY PEACEFULLY IN HIS SLEEP

On Thursday April 2, 2009, Bernard, our lovable little shelter Rat, the only small animal to survive the fire passed away in his sleep at his foster home. He had been suffering for several weeks from a condition the vets felt was brought on by a brain tumour not related to the fire. He was just over 1 year old.

Bernard was 7 weeks old when he was rescued along with several other Rats from being used for snake food. He was starving, scared and covered in mites when we got him. Ruby took one look at this little guy and fell in love. He reminded her of the first shelter Rat Ben, as he was a black Berkshire. He became the shelter mascot immediately and lived that year growing very large, getting all kinds of treats and being spoiled rotten. He became a regular at humane education talks where he was always a hit, even getting his picture in the paper.

The night of the fire he was the last animal brought out alive and we were so thankful. He was like our little miracle. We asked Rolanda, a very special volunteer at the shetler who loved Rats if she could care for him while we had nowhere to take him. She was at the vets in 15 minutes after the call to pick him up. Bernard continued his school visits after the fire, even travelling as far as Gravenhurst to visit every classroom in a school.

He was a very special little guy who touched a lot of people in his
short life. He will be missed.

Coco our famous pitty
was brought in through Investigations because her owners had abandoned her. Coco is a 5 year old pittbull that everyone adored at the shelter. She was in our care for 2 years before she was stolen from us, threw the help of thelocal police and media, Coco was returned to us one week later unharmed with lots of toys! Coco was in our care for a total of 3.5 yrs, when all our hope of finding a home for her started to fail, she was adopted by a wonderful couple and Coco now lives in a loving home with her family and four legged friend

Sassy
came to us as a barn cat with a litter of kittens. She was born with only 3 legs! Sassy is a very sweet and loving cat and she had free roam of the shelter. She has been adopted and is being lavished with love!