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www.insideHALTON.com · OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, May 16, 2012 · 8 By Dominik Kurek OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFF Brownie rescued in Kuwait, moves to Canada Paws. Knowing his future would be bleak in Kuwait, Paws contacted the Ontario organization to do an international rescue. Paws did its own fundraising for transportation. Brownie was also vaccinated, neutered and microchipped before he was flown from Kuwait to a stopover in Amsterdam where he stayed in an animal motel and then flew to Toronto, arriving last Friday. He spent a couple of hours with Canada Customs as a veterinarian checked the dog before he was admitted into the country. "Naturally, he was a little bit nervous and shaken, being in a large crate for that many hours. The whole trip was 30-plus hours," Fyfe said. "He's a wonderful dog. When we took him out, of course, he was a little bit apprehensive not knowing us and shaking, but once we assured him it was okay, he was lovely. He was all over Submitted photo us." Fyfe has two Boxers of her own and like any welcome: Linda Lloyd, left, and Laura other dog of this breed, she said Brownie has a Fyfe welcome Brownie the Boxer, rescued in giving personality, wanting to be all over people Kuwait, to a new life in Canada. and giving them kisses. Brownie spent the weekend with another director of the organization, Linda Lloyd, in her Toronto home and has since been placed in a foster home in Toronto. Once Boxer Rescue is confident he's adjusted to life in Canada, Brownie will be placed for adoption. "We want to make sure he's comfortable. There's a lot of stuff that are unknown about him. "You can imagine, he doesn't understand English. He understands Arabic," she said. "Even on the weekend, he did not know how to go up stairs, like a puppy." It didn't take long for Brownie to begin learning, following Lloyd's other pets. "He has done so well since he's been here. He's just a lovable dog," Fyfe said. "He figured out (going up and down stairs) by the end of the weekend, which was great. He knows the command now to sit and she actually taught him how to give the paw." Boxer Rescue Ontario has three directors and a team of 75 volunteers across Ontario. To learn more, visit www.boxerrescueontario.com. Boxer Rescue Ontario works to save abandoned, injured or lost Boxer dogs and places them in loving homes across the province. It has even rescued dogs in Québec and the U.S. But when an animal shelter in Kuwait needed help with a Boxer named Brownie, the Ontario charity stepped up to help. "They found us on Facebook and they contacted one of our directors and told us their situation," said Oakville resident Laura Fyfe, a director at Boxer Rescue Ontario. She said approximately 70 per cent of the 120 dogs at the Paws shelter in Kuwait are large breeds, which often get used as fighting dogs. "Somebody took this dog and tried to get him to be a fighting dog. 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Free testing: find out if your motorcycle complies with the new by-law requirements The Town of Oakville and Halton Regional Police are offering public awareness sessions on May 27 and June 24 to give owners a chance to test their motorcycles for decibel levels, free of charge, before the by-law is enforced Sunday, May 27, 2012 ­ noon to 3 p.m. Town Hall ­ Main Parking Lot, 1225 Trafalgar Road Sunday, June 24, 2012 ­ noon to 3 p.m. Town Hall ­ Main Parking Lot, 1225 Trafalgar Road For more information please visit www.oakville.ca or contact Luis Ferreira, supervisor, Licensing and By-Law Services, Town of Oakville, 1225 Trafalgar Road, 905-845-6601, ext. 3256 or lferreira@oakville.ca Does your motorcycle pass the test? Beginning July 1, 2012 an amendment to the Town of Oakville's Noise By-Law 2008-098 comes into effect that prohibits excessive motorcycle noise.