An animal sanctuary near Port Perry says it's still feeling the effects of the pandemic, despite the gradual reopening of the province.

On Thursday, the Humane Society announced support from LLF Lawyers for Our Pet Project, the fundraising campaign for its animal care centre.

One dollar from each pin will be donated to the Royal Canadian Legion to support local veterans.

As wildfires blaze near Pikangikum First Nation, dogs from an animal centre in Thunder Bay are being transported to southern Ontario communities to make room for evacuated animals.

Soon, new feline friends will arrive at animal centres in Barrie, Collingwood, Midland, Sudbury and Stouffville.

The Ontario SPCA has told the government their agents, who are employed through the Guelph Humane Society, will not enforce laws past June 28.

The survey was anonymous and took place online over three weeks in January for Ontario residents 18 and older who provided basic demographic data.

"The dog's hips, spine and ribs were visibly protruding," the OSPCA said in a news release on Thursday.

Lincoln County Humane Society officers found what appears to be a type of rat poison scattered in a small area of Alex McKenzie Park.

The Ontario SPCA Barrie Animal Centre received five of the dogs Thursday evening.