“Cat ladies” of greater Vancouver still wary despite hard-won gains

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  From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  May 2012: “Cat ladies” of greater Vancouver still wary despite hard-won gains VANCOUVER,  B.C.–”The worst thing anyone can call me is a cat lady,”  Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association founder Karen Duncan once famously told longtime Global TV program host Dave Gerry. Then she laughed.     Cat rescuers throughout the greater Vancouver [...]

BOOKS: Goodbye, Friend

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  From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  April 2012: Goodbye, Friend by Gary Kowalski New World Library (14 Pameron Way,  Novato,  CA  94949),  2012. 176 pages,  paperback.  $14.00.     Goodbye, Friend enters a crowded market of books written to guide human survivors through grief after the loss of a beloved pet. Unitarian Universalist minister Gary Kowalski came to write [...]

BOOKS: The puppy that came for Christmas by Megan Rix

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From ANIMAL PEOPLE,  January/February 2012: The puppy that came for Christmasby Megan RixPlume Books (c/o Penguin USA,  375 Hudson St.,  New York,  NY 10014), 2011.  246 pages,  paperback.  $14.95. ___________ The title of The puppy that came for Christmas is both misleading and ungrammatical,  implying that the puppy is an inanimate object.  The book is [...]

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