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Bob Hope is coming to Barrie on Friday night. After a 16 hour flight from Istanbul, Turkey and a long drive from John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, Bob or “Bobby” will arrive at his new home with buddies Lucky and Jake. They are among 18 stray Golden Retrievers being rescued from Istanbul by the non-profit group Golden Rescue....

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Operation Istanbul: Our Rescue Mission of Love Continues

Our RESCUE MISSION OF LOVE continues for abandoned Golden Retrievers from Istanbul As you all know, we are committed to helping Golden Retrievers by giving them a second chance to live with loving, forever families. We will always continue to help Goldens throughout Canada first and foremost ~ no matter what. Fortunately, we have the necessary resources, golden-hearted volunteers and...

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Istanbul A Rescue Mission of Love

Never be afraid to do what is right especially if the well-being of a person or animal is at stake. Society’s punishments are small compared to the wounds we inflict on our soul when we look the other way. – Martin Luther King Jr. You may have heard about the plight of hundreds of Goldens abandoned in Istanbul. It has...

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GR Rescue…About Second Chances

GR Rescue…About Second Chances Article in Tecumseth Shoreline, LaSalle Post & Lakeshore News Story by Matt Weingarden (Staff Reporter) George #682 has been given a second chance. Nine years ago he and Murphy #683 were adopted to their forever home by LaSalle resident Kelly Blais. They were a bonded pair, so the two Golden Retrievers were adopted together through a...

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“I didn’t rescue you, you rescued me.”

We all know that welcoming a Golden into your life means getting back way more than you ever give. That’s why we created Rescue Me, a YouTube video with original music, to capture the exceptional combination of love, joy, and tenderness that these beautiful creatures bring when we let them into our lives. Box of kleenex at your side, please follow...

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Dogs are People, too

FOR the past two years, my colleagues and I have been training dogs to go in an M.R.I. scanner — completely awake and unrestrained. Our goal has been to determine how dogs’ brains work and, even more important, what they think of us humans. Now, after training and scanning a dozen dogs, my one inescapable conclusion is this: dogs are...

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