Good news from the past few weeks 🌟
(that you might not have heard about)
The first Koalas rescued from the bushfires in Australia were returned to the wild
"The recent rains have helped and there is now plenty of new growth for them to eat, so the time is right. We will be radio-tracking them and keeping a close eye on them to make sure that they settle in ok."
- Dr Kellie Leigh, Science for Wildlife
This college student and her mother started making facemasks for the deaf and hard of hearing
"We're all panicking right now and so a lot of people are just not being thought of. So, I felt like it was very important that, even at a time like this, people need to have that communication"
100-year old Diego the tortoise saved his species from extinction by fathering 800 kids
"The breeding program produced 2,000 tortoises, 40% of which were thanks to Diego, who is now more than 100 years old."
-Jessica Glenza, The Guardian
These good dogs are learning to detect Covid-19
"Dogs searching for COVID-19 would be trained in the same way as those dogs the charity has already trained to detect diseases like cancer, Parkinson’s and bacterial infections – by sniffing samples in the charity’s training room and indicating when they have found it. They are also able to detect subtle changes in temperature of the skin, so could potentially tell if someone has a fever."
Captain Tom Moore, a war veteran, raised over £23million for the NHS for his 100th birthday
"Capt Tom began raising funds to thank NHS staff who helped him with treatment for cancer and a broken hip.
With the aid of a walking frame, he completed 100 laps of the 25-metre (82ft) loop in his garden in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, in 10-lap chunks well before his birthday on 30 April."
Shelter kittens visited a closed aquarium
and they had a great time
"With loads of free time and space on their hands, Georgia Aquarium has decided to let in visitors of another kind—those that don’t pose a risk to public health"
And this was just 2 weeks after puppies Carmel and Odie (from the same shelter) visited the same aquarium
"In a video the Atlanta Humane Society posted on Twitter Thursday, the two sibling puppies — both of whom live in foster homes — are set loose in the aquarium to get some much-needed exercise and make some colorful new friends"
