Feel Good thread

[Pajarita]

The oceans can still be saved!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... d-by-2050/


Rescue dogs meet their new families:

https://www.vitaminews.com/worldwide/ne ... rm=msn-msn



Animal photos with perfect timing:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/pet ... li=BBnbcA0



Heron protection set up in Jiangxi, China:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1185322.shtml



Woman bus drive has been feeding dogs and birds in India:

https://english.manoramaonline.com/dist ... kdown.html


Beyond Meat donates 1 million burgers to health-care workers (have you tried them or the 'sausages'? they are amazing! you can't tell the difference!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/vegan-fo ... e-workers/


Elephants in India enjoy their coronavirus 'furlough':

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



Buddy is a talker!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -the-sink/


Pitbull saves boy from poisonous snake:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/pit ... ke-attack/

[Pajarita]

Sad story about little dog brought to shelter to be put down... this one has a happy ending but can you imagine how many other dogs end up in the same situation and did not 'get lucky' like this one did? THIS is still another example of the millions there are that illustrate why we need to have laws regulating ownership of animals - because, as much as we would like to think that personal responsibility and education will do it, the sad fact is that a lot of people cannot be trusted to do the right thing.

https://bukisa.com/articles/1071114_man ... ferrer=mb2


Silver lining: Botswana elephant hunt derailed by coronavirus:

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


Yosemite: bear population has quadrupled!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/science/ ... r-BB12z1m7



Silver lining: NZ birds and other wildlife thriving under lockdown

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/414 ... 9-lockdown
audio: interview with biologist - https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programm ... d-wildlife



Minnesota to launch campaign for lead-free sinkers to protect swans from poisoning:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/state ... r-BB12zT6p



Volunteers self-quarantine in animal shelter in South Africa:

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


Urban farming thriving in lockdown:

https://www.mnn.com/your-home/organic-f ... 8-40378997



Shelters clearing out as more people are adopting!

https://www.mnn.com/family/pets/stories ... 8-40378997



After an absence of 240 years, white-tailed eagles are back in England!

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/anima ... 8-40378997

[Pajarita]

Man rescues finch with feet stuck to frozen metal pipe:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... tal-fence/


Photo of dogfight pitbull that was kept in crate and abused shows there is hope for them:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/pit ... eres-hope/



Delhi cops feed monkeys and birds to help them survive lockdown:

https://www.india.com/viral/delhi-cops- ... n-4000497/



Dog with only two legs lives her life to the fullest (but I do NOT approve of allowing a dog with only two legs to walk upright, it should have wheelies because a dog skeleton and muscles were not created to walk on two legs):

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



Service dog in training comforts ER doctors during pandemic:

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



YAAAAAYYY - a second city in China has banned dog and cat meat!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -cat-meat/

[Pajarita]

Enriching zoo animals lives in Shanghai:

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1186014.shtml



South Korea pledges net-zero carbon future (these little, poor countries are all going forward while America is going backwards - we are actually relaxing controls for carbon emissions... what happened to us?)

https://www.zmescience.com/science/sout ... -242789930


Sri Lanka's wildlife is going back to nature and government is urged to use the lockdown hiatus to improve controls and management of tourism industry.

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/sri-l ... 7-77230706


1,000 year old cherry tree blooms in Japan:

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilde ... f-40378997



Cats being melodramatic:

https://www.giveitlove.com/dramatic-cat ... =tb&edge=1



Skechers raises over $5 million to help shelters during lockdown:

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



Terrified dog was considered unadoptable and was going to be put down but family stepped up and changed his life (personal note: shelters do a test to determine if the dog is psychologically 'adoptable' or not but some dogs are simply so terrified of the strange noises, smells and people that do not react 'right' to these tests and are put down. At the rescue were I worked, we picked up lots of dogs that had failed the test from Animal Control and city/county shelters and they all worked out just fine because all they needed was a little patience and a normal environment)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/peo ... n-shelter/



You think that bats are scary? Look at this cutie patootie's big eyes in a little face and wiggling his ears and tell me that this is not the cutest thing you've seen!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -her-ears/

[Pajarita]

Feeding time for the lorikeets in wildlife sanctuary in Australia (you are going to LOVE this video!)

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/video/viral/s ... i-BB12POV4


Animal photo bombs:

https://www.giveitlove.com/animal-photo ... =tb&edge=1


Essay: The other pirate parrot (this could have been written by my husband who still wears a wool hat on his head and over his ears every single day while the birds are out )

https://observer-reporter.com/columns/t ... b1c64.html


Lockdown in Lebanon brings migratory birds up close:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heal ... SKBN21Z2I2


Little abandoned chihuahua in danger of getting ran over by cars gets rescued (video)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/aba ... from-cars/


Turkish sisters feed hundreds of homeless dogs during lockdown:

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

[Pajarita]

Depleted from overbreeding, she was shot and left to die but thanks to good Samaritan, pitbull was rescued:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/for ... amed-pain/


Silver lining: baby leatherback turtles having a great year in beaches empty of people

https://www.livescience.com/leatherback ... CuRed25xv7


Don't leave that lion laying there!

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


Study on interspecies communication on dogs and horses playing together (wonderful videos):

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/anima ... 5-40378997


Bald eagles nesting in saguaro cactus spotted for the first time in almost 100 years!!!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... I3NTYwNAS2


The 'Birdman of Dublin' feeding pigeons (video) - personal note: I can completely understand his joy when the birds mob him. My best memory of my trip to Paris was sitting on the steps outside the Louvre being mobbed by pigeons when I started feeding them

https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/e2 ... r-BB131iV5

[Pajarita]

A comedian gave her Millionaire winnings to a parrot rescue!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-com ... r-BB12VKR4



Island to be expanded to save the terns:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripid ... r-BB131Ow2



Locals (and their dog) rescue dolphin stranded in low water in Irish beach:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... and-a-dog/


Police Force in Bengaluru, India will train the puppies of the street dogs they 'adopted' for rescue instead of buying German Shepherds from Germany:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -in-india/


Penguins on the loose:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/ ... li=BBnb7Kz



Puppies photos!

https://www.heraldweekly.com/hilarious- ... 10_2597536



Rehabilitated turtle released in Florida keys:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/rehab ... r-BB134C4R



Loki, the 'dogtor' brings care packages to nurses in ICU:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB132l0x


Her dog stolen (she left him tied to a post outside a grocery store - NOT a good idea!), she spend thousands and even hired a plane to find him - he showed up hundreds of miles away (video):

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB132t91


A tornado and a pandemic but man and dog still found each other:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB12YbVi



"The call has been answered" people are adopting and fostering animals in shelters (personal note: but, please, remember that more and more animals will show up homeless so, more help will be need it)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB12RTdt

[Navre]

We had to shut down our adoption program. We can’t have people coming in and possible getting the few crew we have left sick.

I also think that the state mandated we be closed to the public.

We are hoping that once we can use the outdoor aviary for adoption appointments, we will be allowed to start them up, again.

(Intakes are suspended, too)

[Pajarita]

Yes, the lockdown has been a two-edged sword when it comes to animals... some of the wild one are doing GREAT without people, some not so good because poachers are exploiting the situation - but the ones that depend on people are not doing well at all. And, as usual, people step up for homeless dogs, much less for cats and hardly anything for birds.

Maybe your rescue should consider placing their birds in foster - this will help the volunteers, spread out the food shortage problem and, for all you know, it might mean that more birds get adopted because there is always a 'fail' foster that ends up getting adopted by the foster parent

[Pajarita]

Mom bobcat teaches bobkitten to jump (video):

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=25261 ... id=1643469


Groundhog eating pizza crust in front of two big dogs (photos):

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lif ... s/ar-BB12N


Ten victories for nature for Earth Day:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... earth-day/


Florida aquarium is first in the world to successfully breed ridged cactus corals! Could save the coral reefs!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/science/ ... r-BB131Ehn


Albania's flamingos increased by a third their population since January due to lockdown!

https://www.ibtimes.com/birds-paradise- ... wn-2963583


Cameron Diaz lets her budgies perch on her head:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/a ... stman.html


Restoring the island where the oil spill cleaned birds were brought:

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Res ... 218310.php



Oxpeckers (birds that eat the ticks off the rhinos hide) alert rhinos when poachers approach:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/podc ... -poachers/



Dogs 'sings' and 'accompanies' herself on wind chimes (video) ADORABLE! when the chimes stop tinkling, she hits them with her head so she can keep on singing!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lif ... r-BB12KITW



Big Poppa!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle/lif ... r-BB133RlB


Oil pipe permit canceled by judge due to effect on endangered species:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... d-species/