Feel Good thread

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Canada Goose to stop using fur by 2022!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/lifestyl ... ting-2022/


Momma duck and ducklings helped to get to water (for four years in a row!) with basket dropped from balcony and guards so they could cross street safely (so cute!):

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



3 legged homeless chihuahua (she had made her bed in a cardboard box is somebody's yard, the poor little thing!) gets rescued:

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


First gray wolf in over 100 years might have come back to France!

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/anima ... 1-40378997


Billion Tree Tsunami project in Pakistan shows success: 70% increase in honey production!

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilde ... 1-40378997


Prickles Merino comes back home after 7 years on the lam (with a HUGE coat of wool!)

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... UxNjYwOAS2


California to protect imperiled mountain lion:

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/ ... id=1643469

https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/spe ... id=1643469


Oregon's wolf population increasing:

https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/ ... id=1643469


See bald eagles in nest (video):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STP07q1 ... id=1643469


Judge orders Wildlife and Fish to protect endangered species in Hawaii (they did not do it for 6 years after listing species as endangered):

https://www.civilbeat.org/beat/judge-en ... id=1643469


Baby fox saved in Scotland when she fell in hole with water:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... g-in-hole/

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Homeless momma dog reunited with her puppies (video):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... ups-again/


Incredibly rare video of whales nursing their babies!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technolo ... li=BBnbfcL


Arizona rescue has saved 800 + pets using high tech!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB1392S7


First wild stork chicks ready to hatch in UK for first time in centuries!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/fi ... r-BB13dFJH


Buddy and Barley Dog deliver beer during lockdown:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB13bYtQ


Chicago votes to ban horse carriages!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... d-of-2020/


Florida shelter empties all kennels!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... new-homes/


California program to rehabilitate inmates with rescue dogs:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... a-prisons/

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US$10 Million grant from Amazon for restoration and conservation of forests in US:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environm ... ed-states/


Whale tangled in fishing net rescued!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals ... i-BB13bm0B


Video of a dog that had been abused his entire life being touched for the first time and the panic and cries this produces - can you even begin to imagine the kind of abuse this poor animal must have suffered for him to react this way? people are such a terrible, terrible species!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... irst-time/


Tiny dog was thrown away in a pizza box because he was very sick is rescued (ditto my comment above about the human race):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/tin ... pizza-box/


Momma bear gets help with her almost drowning cubs:

https://www.daily-choices.com/mother-be ... lt_1830614


50 animal pictures:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in ... P4#image=4


Dog in rescue farm breaks up 'fight' between two sheep:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... eep-fight/

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Adoptions are up now and shelters are being emptied BUT...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/adopt ... r-BB13kWiA


Two baby ringtailed lemurs born in Hawaii zoo (I like to move it, move it! )

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB13hXSr


Dad dresses as Queen Elsa to support his son (TRIPLE KUDOS TO DAD! )

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB13hvyv


Silence is golden for whales!

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/anima ... 4-40378997


NZ, Germany and the UK call for 'green' stimulus (while, in US, the administration is pushing for more deregulation that will harm environment):

https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilde ... 4-40378997

https://www.zmescience.com/science/germ ... n-3213423/


Beijing bans consumption of all wild animals:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural- ... ronavirus/


Gucci to donate % of sales to wildlife causes:

www.contactmusic.com/news/gucci-support ... gn_6310167
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Butterfly and bird populations surge in lockdown:

https://www.india.com/viral/population- ... n-4014722/


Working elephant rejoins family after four year separation (You gotta watch this AMAZING video! They caress him with their trunks and talk to him!)

ttps://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsan ... -reunited/


Bus driver in Buenos Aires breaks company rule and allows stray dogs in bus during thunderstorm - and company forgives him!

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/bus ... ape-storm/

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They made a robot gorilla )that not only looks like a real one but can also blink, move its head and even beat its chest) so they could spy on wild populations and caught them singing (and something else) when they eat - first link is article and second link is for the YouTube video because they video embedded in the article takes foreeeeeever to download:

https://www.livescience.com/singing-gor ... 2BZGfT9993

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ta7Uwd2koA


New vaccine offer hope for wild ponies 'swamp cancer' disease:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... A1NDY1MwS2


Largest Artic ozone hole has closed:

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


Alpacas visit senior center (Personal note: I considered doing my thesis on South American camelids when I was studying zoology (decided on quakers) and I still remember certain interesting facts: Did you know that the alpaca is the domesticated 'version' of the wild vicuna and that the llama was domesticated from the guanaco? That it was the Incas who domesticated them both 6,000 years ago? And that there is now very little difference between the alpaca and the llama because of hybridization between the two species? That the hybrid of a llama father and an alpaca mother is called Huarizo and that offspring of an alpaca father and a llama mother is called misto?)

https://www.kusi.com/helen-woodward-ani ... -facility/


Follow up on wild storks breeding in UK for first time in 600 years:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... years.html


Silver lining: flamingos have taken over Mumbai (photos and video - AMAZING!!! there are thousands and thousands!)

https://www.travelandleisure.com/animal ... ion-photos


Owner died from coronavirus but dog finds new home:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... ever-home/


California and New York working on laws to ban wet markets:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural- ... t-markets/

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Rescue puppy life in photos:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/man ... -together/


Little boy comforts sad dog (THIS is what we need to teach our children: compassion, empathy, respect for all life - not to kill defenseless animals!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... s-sad-dog/



Betty, Indiana's weather cat, a TV star (personal note: I just LOVE cat men!):

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/good-new ... r-BB13pW2k


Iceland won't be killing whales this year!

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/icela ... f-77230706


Russia lists Caspian seals and orcas as endangered after 'whale jail' backlash (this is HUGE for Russia, a real bad country for good animal laws)

https://news.mongabay.com/2020/04/russi ... f-77230706


Dog adopts rare white lion cubs after parents reject them:

https://www.obsev.com/life/dog-adopts-r ... m_content={{CAMPAIGN_ID}}&lay=1


Preserving salmon in Alaska:

https://sercblog.si.edu/preserving-salm ... -lowlands/


Hummingbirds show up when trees are downed:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 174038.htm


Pup very sick with parvo and surrounded to shelter to be put down is rescued and saved:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/aba ... -survival/

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Chinese villager relinquishes macaw to police (poor thing is plucking) for its protection:

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/ch ... r-BB13dnUC


Dog thanks new owner for adoption:

https://bukisa.com/articles/1096586_dog ... ferrer=mb2


Sweden closes its last coal plant two years before scheduled (Austria and Belgium are already coal free):

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


Dogs are being trained to sniff covid19:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... EwMDIyNQS2



Animal antics caught on camera:

https://www.socialgazette.com/stories/f ... l=g_5d9f65


Family dog found two months after tornado:

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


Lion cubs come out for first time in Indian zoo:

https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifesty ... u-zoo.html


Chicago, leader in 'Lights out' for birds is proposing new law on buildings to protect them further:

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/5/3/2 ... tory-birds

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Just interesting: shrews have the strongest backbone of all!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-ne ... AwODU2NQS2


Tiger-safe corridor between India and Nepal:

https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/ ... t=200503-e


Dog chained for ten years gets rescued (why do people still do these terribly cruel things?):

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


Puppy rescued from hoarding situation:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/pup ... ntire-way/


A SARS treatment developed from llamas antibodies is being studied for Covid19:

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

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For you to look at just because they are soooo beautiful and might very well be the cutest thing you have seen in a loooong time: Shima enaga (Japanese long tailed tits - shima means 'from an island' which makes sense because this bird is only found in the island of Hokkaido but I couldn't find out what enaga means) first link is article with pictures and second link is a video:

https://mymodernmet.com/shima-enaga-long-tailed-tit/

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=yo ... &FORM=VIRE


Hero dog finds over 100 sick or injured koalas:

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


Cat was stuck on 50 ft high tree for 6 days and had to be rescued by tree service company:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... -six-days/


Reunion between momma bat and lost baby (I cried like a baby! She actually hugs him with her wings, picks him up and carries him away!)

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... lost-baby/


The before and after photos of a rescue dog (you gotta see this!):

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/dog ... s-neglect/



A new discovered microbe could stop mosquitos from spreading malaria:

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

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Army veteran uses stimulus check to pay adoption fees of 6 'hard to adopt' dogs:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... lter-dogs/


Baby sheep rescued from cliff after getting stuck:

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


Sweet pitbull, victim of hit-and-run and left bleeding on road is rescued:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsa ... t-and-run/


Momma and kittens abandoned in the woods are rescued:

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


Starving dog with bad eye infection gets rescued and adopted:

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/news/hom ... come-true/


Cannabis chemical as a treatment for Covid19?

https://www.zmescience.com/science/cann ... d-19-0523/


And, because Migratory Bird Day is on May/9, news and more about them:

radar images from Florida
https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/newsw ... 176377002/
article on birds flying over the Mississippi
https://fox2now.com/news/arch-lights-of ... migration/
US maps and charts:
https://www.news4jax.com/weather/2020/0 ... y-evening/
blog by head of Smithsonian Bird Center
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/migratory-bi ... -our-world
Article from CMS (Convention on Migratory Species);
https://www.cms.int/en/news/world-migra ... -our-world
Top ten migratory birds in the world:
https://earthnworld.com/migratory-birds/
Initiative in Asia to protect wetlands for them:
https://phys.org/news/2020-05-asian-fly ... atory.html