Street Creatures
Our urban outreach teams comb the leafy streets of residential neighbourhoods making home visits to animals in need of a helping hand. These encounters are often the most rewarding for being unplanned. Frequent trips to your surrounding area can set up a savvy pastor with a veritable spiritual army of converts.
November 3
Dogs, Street Creatures |

Bretheren, we are witnessing the beginning of a beautiful, lifelong friendship between a dog and a fire hydrant. Sigh. They grow up too fast.
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Tags: Black and White, Border Collie, Kensington Market, Puppy, Toronto
October 31
Dogs, Street Creatures |

Do you even know how hard it is for dogs to Smize? Coupled with his “broken down dog” pose, this is truly a superb feat of canine modeling. Ford Agency, are you watching?
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Tags: Chocolate Lab, Dog, Labrador Retriever, Toronto
October 26
Cats, Street Creatures |

Pastor Derek and I witnessed this cat single-handedly lifting the back wheels of this car off a pinned orphan. We tried to get his name, but all he would say is “Just doing my job.” Bless you, tabby. Bless you.
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Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
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Tags: Bloorcourt, Cat, Grey Cat, Long Haired, Tabby Cat
October 23
Dogs, Street Creatures |

Do not be fooled – this is not a dog, but a Muppet. As soon as I took my hands off her, she started playing the piano and telling corny jokes. Devilry!
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Tags: Cocker Spaniel Mix, Curly Haired, Dog, Toronto, White
October 22
Dogs, Street Creatures |

I met this lovely yellow lab at Toronto’s Ukrainian street festival a few months ago. Her charm and poise more than made up for her complete lack of pierogi-making skills.
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Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote cast)
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Tags: Bloor West Village, Dog, Long Haired, Toronto, Yellow Lab
October 9
Cats, Street Creatures |

We discovered this harvest-hued tomcat in the fertile regions of the east end. He was planning a Samhain celebration, but we talked him into hosting a Purity Feast instead. Onward and upward, young tabby!
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Tags: Cat, Danforth Village, Domestic Shorthair, Orange Tabby
October 7
Dogs, Street Creatures |
At a recent visit to Kensington Market’s Pedestrian Sundays event, I spied these three children successfully performing a canine exorcism on this perky puppy. The demons were sent into a nearby rack of fresh empanadas, which were later consumed by a family of four who promptly sprouted cloven hoofs and tails. Close call, pup.
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Tags: Dog, Kensington Market, Long Haired, Small Dog, Toronto
September 3
Cats, Street Creatures |

The roving ministerial team tells me this innocent-looking calico cat was once prideful, spiteful and vindictive. She now volunteers as a drapery repair seamstress, devoting herself to a life of atonement for past misdeeds.
More after the jump. (more…)
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Rating: 4.5/5 (4 votes cast)
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Tags: Bicolor Cat, Calico Cat, Calico Cats, Calico Cats Pictrures, Female Calico Cat
August 25
Cats, Street Creatures |

This is Little Smokey – one of the first pals I made on moving into the neighbourhood. I discovered him as a young gent, frolicking with a discarded sock dangerously close to oncoming traffic. We came to an agreement that day: he would no longer play daredevil games and I would turn a blind eye to the ever-dwindling squirrel population.
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Rating: 4.5/5 (2 votes cast)
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Tags: Bloorcourt, Cat, Domestic Shorthair, Grey Cat, Toronto
August 17
Cats, Street Creatures |

Pastor Derek met this orange tabby on a recent jaunt through the neighbourhood. This photo displays true mastery of the one-finger beckoning technique.
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Tags: Cat, Domestic Shorthair, Ginger Tabby, Orange Cat, Toronto