{"id":5723,"date":"2025-04-10T12:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2025-04-10T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T17:28:13","slug":"more-than-a-shelter-honouring-the-heart-of-animal-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/more-than-a-shelter-honouring-the-heart-of-animal-services\/","title":{"rendered":"More Than a Shelter: Honouring the Heart of Animal Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <em>Animal Shelter and Rescue Awareness Day<\/em>, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the dedicated staff and volunteers at <strong>Winnipeg Animal Services<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every day, this incredible team goes above and beyond\u2014reuniting lost pets with their families, offering support to rescue groups, and helping residents understand what it means to be a responsible pet owner. When you walk into Animal Services, you&#8217;re met with compassion, care, and a commitment to making our city safer and kinder for animals and people alike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Acting General Manager Jennifer Harrower shared:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cYou won&#8217;t find a more knowledgeable, talented, and diverse group of people who absolutely love animals.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>And it\u2019s not just the staff that make this place special\u2014it\u2019s also the dedicated volunteers who give their time, hearts, and energy to animals in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOur volunteers want nothing more than to enrich the lives of animals in our care,\u201d said Community Relations Coordinator Jennifer Medlicott. \u201cThey are dedicated to giving back to the city they call home.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Together, they represent the best of what Winnipeg can be\u2014a compassionate community that supports even its most vulnerable members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Thinking about adoption? Need to license your pet? Curious about becoming a volunteer?<br>Visit <strong>winnipeg.ca\/animalservices<\/strong> or follow them on Facebook and Instagram for updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you again to the Animal Services team\u2014your work truly makes Winnipeg a better place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"454\" src=\"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-AS-Animal_Shelter_Rescue_Awareness_Day-OCOS.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-AS-Animal_Shelter_Rescue_Awareness_Day-OCOS.jpg 808w, https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-AS-Animal_Shelter_Rescue_Awareness_Day-OCOS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG-AS-Animal_Shelter_Rescue_Awareness_Day-OCOS-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Animal Shelter and Rescue Awareness Day, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to the dedicated staff and &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"More Than a Shelter: Honouring the Heart of Animal Services\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/2025\/04\/10\/more-than-a-shelter-honouring-the-heart-of-animal-services\/#more-5723\" aria-label=\"Read more about More Than a Shelter: Honouring the Heart of Animal Services\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","infinite-scroll-item","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-20","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5725,"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions\/5725"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindygilroy.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}