Firstly, allow me to wish you and your pet-owning, animal-loving families all the very best for 2016 and beyond.
I would urge you, dear readers, on this first Sunday of the New Year to consider adopting a dog or cat in 2016.
I dare say that you would have already prepared New Year Resolutions (some of which you know you will break within the first week). I would like, today, not to return to our technical stuff – rather, let’s keep it light but meaningful. So today, permit me to share with you some thoughts on the human-animal relationships, which in turn might move you in the direction of adopting a pet from the GSPCA’s Animal Shelter in the New Year — as part of your New Year’s resolutions.
I have often argued that the education a child can receive from observing the pregnancy, birth process and the