Feel Good thread

by **Pajarita** » Fri Feb 28, 2020 9:57 am

by **Pajarita** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 9:33 am

After years and years of terrible abuse, working elephant is taken to sanctuary:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/wor ... sanctuary/

After living 15 (FIFTEEN!!!) years chained, a dog is rescued:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... rom-chain/

Story about the Chinese ducks going to Pakistan to eat the locusts was not what it seemed"

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... Q0NDc3OQS2

After screwing up (they paved over the nesting grounds) Virginia is in a race to provide an alternative to 20,000 seabirds migrating back to breed.

https://www.audubon.org/news/in-virgini ... g-seabirds

by **Pajarita** » Mon Mar 02, 2020 9:45 am

Meet Finn (as in Huckleberry), the steer that escaped slaughter and hid from humans until rescued:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... sanctuary/

First ever Lion Survey training:

https://www.awf.org/news/awf-hosts-firs ... YxOTM4NwS2

Dogs help Uganda with wildlife traffickers:

https://www.awf.org/blog/detection-dogs ... YxOTM4NwS2

USDA project to reduce farmers environmental footprint:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... footprint/

by **Pajarita** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:17 am

Another too chunky cat to be adopted by family who had adopted 'Tubby Tabby':

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lif ... r-BB10zehk

Meet the dog who found the Palo Alto couple:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB10rw8W

Kenya bans donkey slaughter for Chinese medicine (which, needless to say, doesn't really cure anything!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -medicine/

Deer stuck in metal grate rescued with dish soap!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... dish-soap/

by **Pajarita** » Thu Mar 05, 2020 10:31 am

Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, P&G, and Nestle sued for the HUGE amount of plastic pollution they produce:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... he-planet/

Serena Williams launches vegan leather fashion line:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyl ... hion-line/

Video: Dog adopts orphan kitten (I had a male dog that ADORED kittens, too)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -doorstep/

Lioness adopts leopard cub and raised him along her own cubs until he died of a congenital defect!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... I0NTk5MAS2

by **Pajarita** » Fri Mar 06, 2020 9:53 am

Ban for wildlife killing contest considered in Maryland (in a recent contest, the winner killed 38 foxes to win $400! - disgraceful!)

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/wil ... title_1120

NY bans plastic bags! (NJ is considering the same thing and I hope it passes because they not only pollute the environment, they kill animals)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... I0NTk5MAS2

Adorable video of rescued orphan baby pony sleeping with a teddy bear:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... eddy-bear/

Puma launches recycled plastic clothing!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyl ... portswear/

Pizzerias put adoptable dogs flyers on boxes (what a great idea!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... t-adopted/

Baby orangutan that spent 10 months in chicken cage is rescued! Poor thing couldn't even sit up and had whole body swollen from malnutrition!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... oper-care/

Dogs cannot pass the corona virus to people or get sick from it! (first link) But the Chinese are still abandoning them (second link) - silver lining I guess it will be that they might stop eating them...

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/dog ... ve-for-it/

https://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stories ... f-40378997

by **Pajarita** » Sat Mar 07, 2020 11:00 am

Stella McCartney's fashion show had animal rights message:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... s-message/

Emaciated dog abandoned in empty house is rescued:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/ani ... pty-house/

Only known albino orangutan doing well in the wild (until a rich guy shoots him for a trophy):

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... Q2NzcyNgS2

Judge voids Trump administration leases for oil and gas in public lands:

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-envir ... id=1643469

Using recordings to help endangered animals and habitats (super interesting article and something I always give as a reason of why I like to have two of every species: they NEED to hear their own language)

https://therevelator.org/sound-help-spe ... id=1643469

Alaska Airlines will no longer sponsor the Iditarod (a super cruel and stupid, stupid, stupid dog race done just for the human's ego)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -dog-race/

Mother and baby daughter elephant reunited in preserve after three years of being separated (if you are like me, prepare yourself to cry like a baby

by **Pajarita** » Mon Mar 09, 2020 10:16 am

Group may sue to protect whales and turtles from ships in South California

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/cali ... id=1643469

Little kitten 'asks' couple to adopt him

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/hom ... aken-home/

Court rules Trump Administration illegally opened public lands for coal mining

https://wildearthguardians.org/press-re ... al-mining/

A dog that had lived in a shelter for 5 of his 6 years finds a home!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lif ... li=BBnb7Kz

Tiger Club forbidden from owning tigers ever again:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... treatment/

Environmental win: court blocks construction of runway in UK airport:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... w-airport/

by **Pajarita** » Wed Mar 11, 2020 9:33 am

Meet the women racing to save a species from extinction:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/me ... i-BB10RHHn

Housebound lady shares her love of parrots:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-51774365

King of Bhutan asks for two gifts on his birthday: adopt animals and plant trees (I LIKE him!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... -birthday/

Proceeds of sales of Cher portraits by Anzari going to 'Free the Wild':

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... r-animals/

Scared pitbull brothers rescued!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... id-people/

by **Pajarita** » Thu Mar 12, 2020 10:19 am

Scottish lab that crushes rats to death gets sanctioned (I often wonder what kind of people work in these places...)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... anctioned/

Miranda Lambert helping animals displaced by tornado:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... tornadoes/

Rescue dog steals the show at agility contest:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -his-life/

Bats thrive in burned California forest:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... k1MzkwMAS2

Dog LOVING the water fountain! (If this doesn't make you chuckle or, at least, smile, you need a chill pill!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/dog ... fun-video/

Testing the possibility of a 'retirement home' for aging whales previously used in shows - what a GREAT idea!!! And they should make SeaWorld and all the other exploiters pay for it!

https://focusingonwildlife.com/news/tra ... title_1120