May 7, 2025

Owning an exotic pet often more work

By JOSH KENNEDY When people think of a pet, they mostly think about animals like dogs or cats. But there are people who own animals that are a little more exotic. These include small reptiles, like geckos and chameleons, and exotic birds like parrots. Mammals such as chinchillas and ferrets are also considered to be exotic. Ken, an employee at Petculture in Waterloo, said he has a large number of … Continued

Bingemans has a wild weekend with creatures big and small

BY LAURIE SNELL Bingemans Conference Centre isn’t used to having such wild guests take over their banquet halls. However, on March 1 and 2, the exhibit, Dinosaurs Past and Present brought the outdoors inside for some strange sights and sounds – bird calls from owls, hawks and falcons, hops of a red kangaroo named Jack, slithers and hisses of a reticulated python and huffs from a mellow alligator called Crusher. … Continued