Category: Uplifting

Beluga Trapped in Shallow Waters Freed to Join His Pod in the Wild

Beluga Trapped in Shallow Waters Freed to Join His Pod in the Wild

Posted by | Jun 21, 2017 |

After spending weeks trapped in shallow waters, experts are hopeful that a young beluga whale will soon reunite with his pod in the Atlantic Ocean. This remarkable animal traveled by land, air and sea before rescuers finally freed him. In recent weeks, the beluga was separated from his pod and drifted off-course. The whale was unfortunately trapped in the New Brunswick river for two weeks before being discovered and rescued. Sadly, the mammal’s skin was damaged, and grew thinner than is healthy for a beluga whale. The rescue mission was a complex operation where Scientists with GREMM, a marine mammal...

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VICTORY – Gajraj the Elephant Rescued After 50 Years in Chains

VICTORY – Gajraj the Elephant Rescued After 50 Years in Chains

Posted by | Jun 20, 2017 |

Gajraj the elephant is finally free. For the past five decades, he had been kept in cruel confinement and severely abused as a “temple elephant” in India. His ivory tusks were sawed off. He was shackled and forced to stand on hard, man-made ground, leading to excruciating foot conditions. He had untreated abscesses and open sores, and has long displayed troubling behaviors related to severe stress. But thankfully, last week, after years of campaigns and calls for justice, Wildlife SOS transported Gajraj to the Elephant Conservation and Care Centre in Mathura, India. PETA India made the travel arrangements, and also funded...

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Amazing Garbage Man Provides Community Library with 25,000 Books Found in Trash

Amazing Garbage Man Provides Community Library with 25,000 Books Found in Trash

Posted by | Jun 16, 2017 |

The adage “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” has become more than just an old saying for one 55-year-old homemade librarian and trash collector of Bogata, Columbia; it is a reality that has gotten Jose Alberto Gutierrez thousands of novels. His book storage reaches from floor to ceiling in parts of his two-story home, and he has gained nationwide acknowledgment for his commendable service to the community. It will be 17 years this August since Gutierrez spotted a diamond in the rough while doing his normal trash run as a garbage collector. He spotted a book by Leo Tolstoy...

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L’Oreal is Growing Human Skin in Labs to Stop Animal Testing

L’Oreal is Growing Human Skin in Labs to Stop Animal Testing

Posted by | Jun 15, 2017 |

L’Oreal is now manufacturing human skin that renders testing cosmetics on animal skin completely unnecessary. Their EpiSkin provides a tangible way to test products without torturing animals. This is good news for people, too — synthetically engineered human skin tests are more reliable than those performed on other species. In animal cosmetics tests, innocent rabbits, dogs, monkeys and other animals are imprisoned in laboratories where they are exposed to high doses of toxic chemicals. Scientists can do anything they want to their victims without so much as administering painkillers. This skin-growing technology will spare animals the agony of at least some...

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Rescued Bunny is Now a Jenga Master (Video)

Rescued Bunny is Now a Jenga Master (Video)

Posted by | Jun 14, 2017 |

Mordecai (you can call him Morty) was once trapped in a cramped backyard hutch, exposed to frigid temperatures and unable to hop, run or do any of the other activities that bunnies crave. He was so badly neglected, his skin was infested with botflies. After winding up in an animal shelter, Morty was handed over to PETA, and promptly adopted by an organization staffer. Now, instead of shivering in an outdoor hutch, Morty gets plenty of pets on the nose (his favorite) in a warm home with a human who loves him. Not to mention all the Jenga he...

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Video – Dog Finds Abandoned Kittens and Becomes the Perfect Foster Dad

Video – Dog Finds Abandoned Kittens and Becomes the Perfect Foster Dad

Posted by | Jun 13, 2017 |

Aragon was out for a walk with his human when something caught his attention — a box full of abandoned kittens that someone had simply left to fend for themselves. Sadly, the situation is all too common in Athens, Greece, where the video was filmed — but this time, the cats got a lucky break. Aragon led his human to the box of kittens, and has now taken on the role of doting foster dad while the kittens await their forever homes. Learn how to help at...

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Dog Hopelessly Trapped Inside Tree Rescued By State Troopers

Dog Hopelessly Trapped Inside Tree Rescued By State Troopers

Posted by | Jun 9, 2017 |

Two off-duty Kentucky State Troopers were mowing a cemetery lawn last Thursday when they heard what sounded like barking coming from a forested area nearby. When they went searching, they discovered the source of the distress: a dachshund trapped inside the trunk of a tree, with just his little head sticking out of a small hole. Later identified as Rocco, the dog had apparently climbed into a nearby groundhog hole, which led to a cavity in the tree. Once stuck, Rocco was unable to get himself back out. After a few unsuccessful attempts to free Rocco, the troopers called...

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The Peregrine Falcon is Making a Comeback in Michigan

The Peregrine Falcon is Making a Comeback in Michigan

Posted by | Jun 9, 2017 |

Peregrine falcons are threatened, but one company is doing its best to repopulate this beautiful bird. Consumers Energy, one of Michigan’s largest landowners and a major energy provider, places nesting boxes around many of its properties and works with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to band new chicks each year. Since they began the program two decades ago, they’ve helped hatch at least 80 peregrine falcons. Why the Peregrine Falcon? Consumers Energy is in a unique position to help the peregrine falcon population recover. “We’ve got the habitat and location that is conducive to their nesting and mating,” Senior Public Information Director...

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