Kathryn Orr

If this little boy can fight for his sweet friend then all of us should be able to fight for all Animals. The psychological damage done to this sweet child will be endless. Awful adults no doubt thinking this will make a man of him. @jannarden @animallawcanada @JaneFallon

Hello. I'm the skunk. Yes, I sprayed your dog. I know. Let me explain what happened. Your dog ran at me in the dark. I turned around. I lifted my tail. I gave him TWO warning stamps with my front feet. He kept coming. So I sprayed. I can spray accurately up to 15 feet. I have 5-6 shots before I need 10 days to reload. I don't WANT to spray. It's my only defense. I can't fight. I can't run fast. I can't climb. Spray is all I have. Your dog ignored two warnings and a raised tail. I used my last resort. I'd argue that's on him. But let's talk about what I was doing in your yard BEFORE the incident. I was digging small holes in your lawn. Those holes? That's me pulling grubs out of the soil. Japanese beetle larvae. June bug larvae. The grubs that are destroying your lawn from underneath. I eat 400+ grubs per season. Plus beetle larvae. Crickets. Grasshoppers. Mice. Voles. And yellowjacket nests. YELLOWJACKET NESTS. I dig them up and eat every single one. Larvae, pupae, adults. The entire colony. I'm immune to their stings. My thick fur and skin protect me. I am the #1 natural predator of ground-nesting yellowjackets. You spent $150 to have a yellowjacket nest removed last August. I would have done it for free. In one night. "But the smell." Tomato juice doesn't work. Use this: 1 quart hydrogen peroxide (3%), 1/4 cup baking soda, 1 teaspoon dish soap. Apply to dry fur. Let sit 5 minutes. Rinse. Gone. What to do: Don't let your dog outside unleashed at night during skunk season (Feb-April = mating season — they're extra active right now). If you see a skunk — back away slowly. They give multiple warnings. If the tail goes up and front feet stamp, you have 3 seconds. Don't block their path. Don't corner them. Let them leave. Appreciate the grub control. Those small lawn holes? That's free pest removal. I'm sorry about the dog. But he had 2 warnings and a raised tail. And your lawn has never looked better because of me. ✨🙌🏾💫 © Gardening Tips & Tricks

“We are two people who have suffered because we’ve lost our only son, but we’re only two. There are thousands and thousands [in Gaza]. There were 200 aid workers in Gaza that have been killed” Father of Jacob

Vancouver island 💥 Young bull elk thanks for looking if any one even sees this...! #Naturephotography #Elk

Adopt, don’t shop. Please! 💚🐶💚

He wasn’t carrying a gun. He was carrying food to children. The IDF killed him. The media said nothing. Remember his name: James Henderson. Former Royal Marine.

Animal charities like ourselves, we cannot thank @rickygervais enough for the support he has given to Dogs on the streets. His support actually got us out of a financial crisis a couple of months ago where I feared we would have to close our doors. 🧡

It's hard not to weep when looking upon such hallowed ground. This is Juno Beach.

Last year a russian missile killed 9 Ukrainian children - the highest number of children killed at once in a single russian strike. • Tymofii, 3 years old • Arina, 7 years old • Radyslav, 7 years old • Herman, 9 years old • Alina, 15 years old • Danylo, 15 years old • Mykyta, 15 years old • Kostiantyn, 16 years old • Nikita, 17 years old We must not forget, we cannot be silent. To quote Dietrich Bonhoeffer: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”

They're halfway home. The Artemis II astronauts have hit the "halfway" mark between the Moon and the Earth. They will splash down in the Pacific Ocean around 8:07 pm ET on Friday, April 10 (0007 UTC on Saturday, April 11), off the coast of San Diego.

.@networkrail #swifts are officially listed on the UK Red List of #Conservation Concern, due to catastrophic population decline of over 60% in last 25 years. Why is your company contributing to this decline by refusing to unblock nesting sites at Milton Viaduct?

‼️PLEASE RT‼️ @networkrail you really need to do the right thing. This is going to blow up in your faces very rapidly.

If a random stranger especially an old person starts talking to you in the supermarket or elsewhere please be patient because you may be the only one this person has spoken to for days, weeks or even a month. Be kind because you never know one day that this person might be you, not by choice but by circumstance. ❤️ Old people can be lonely people.

Canadians. This is what you want?

The Pope has cancelled his visit to the USA because of Trump, boycotting America like the rest of us. Pretty sure that makes him officially Canadian now. Next up: Ketchup chips in the Vatican gift shop 🇨🇦

When IDF soldiers murdered Polish chef Damian Soból for cooking meals to starving refugees in Gaza, the world barely cared. This man had spent his entire life showing up for strangers including during an earthquake in Turkey. Every time the world broke, Damian was there.

I found this photo in my gallery, and it brought back memories I want to share with you. Photos like this are common online, but this one is special to me. In March 2022, my friends, who hid from russian bombs in Irpin for over two weeks, finally managed to escape. I received this photo from them at the time — a sort of note that they had survived and made it out. I had lost contact with them a few days before, and I was very worried. Many of their neighbors didn’t survive: some were killed in their apartments, others while trying to leave. All they had with them was a carrier with their cat and a backpack with personal belongings. They didn’t even know if they would ever see their home again. My friend’s mother, an elderly woman, was afraid to go outside for almost six months after those events. Honestly, I think she only started to recover after a few years. Although they stayed in Kyiv the whole time, they only dared to return to their apartment about six months after Irpin was liberated. It was hard... They could have left Ukraine and lived abroad, but they stayed, like many others, to support people here and for our defenders, who fight every day for our future. This is about courage, fear, and the small victories of ordinary people who remain here in Ukraine despite everything. Don’t forget about us — it’s hard, and we need your support.

I’m ready to fight like hell for this country, and against anyone trying to tear it apart. The richest man in the world wants Canada to become the 51st state and is now amplifying Alberta separatism. So let’s ask the question: Who is funding this movement? Albertans deserve to know.

109 years ago today, on April 9, 1917, Canadian soldiers launched their historic assault on Vimy Ridge—an impossible objective that would come to define a nation. 🇨🇦

URGENT ADOPTION NEEDED for MINTY Time is running out before the Rescue close at the end of April Minty is one of the seniors at 10yrs old She’s an easy, sweet, loving girl who will fit into a pack or would happily be an only dog Approx. 30kg patsrescue.com/dogs/minty/ #Alora #Malaga