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[elsiegee40]

 

https://www.facebook.com/1960477657531545/posts/2697150813864222/

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Ecosia, the search engine that plants trees, has planted 1,000,000 trees and counting!

 

Link: Ecosia - the search engine that plants trees

 

 

You search the web, we plant trees

 

Ecosia is like any other search engine, with one major difference: we use our profits to plant trees.

[elsiegee40]

First Indian rhino born at West Midland Safari Park.... awwww

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-54119707

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Unrolled thread:Link 1: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1311967288065691653.html [Thread Reader: Original Tweet Author: Harry Wallop]

 

 

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Link 1: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1314517081254244352.html [Thread Reader: Original Tweet Author: Ted Kessler, 5 Tweets]

 

 

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[elsiegee40]

Bradford City Fans have raised over £5000 for Tonbridge Angels to compensate for the loss of ticket income at Saturday’s FA Cup 1st Round match

[LeMarchand]

Bradford City Fans have raised over £5000 for Tonbridge Angels to compensate for the loss of ticket income at Saturday’s FA Cup 1st Round match

 

Loathe football, but that's a lovely story.

[6Foot2]

 

Posted on YouTube: 8^th June 2018.

 

Flo is a cow who lives on a beautiful farm near Millbrook, Ontario. She spends her days in a lush, green pasture that borders on a country road. The cows have access to a nice pond for drinking and for cooling off in. She shares this pasture with a herd of cows and some newborn calves. Flo delivered a calf herself but it was born on a slope between the pond and the fence. It slid down and under the fence, becoming trapped outside the field. It's not clear how long the calf was lying there, but the fresh umbilical cord showed that it had been born that day. The calf was also dry, which suggested that it had been lying in the sun for a little while. The calf may have tried to get back to its mother but the electric fence made this impossible.

 

Dave was passing by on the road when he saw the cows enjoying a dip in the pond to get out of the heat. He stopped to film the cows as they did so. He noticed a cow to his left that was acting agitated. Dave doesn't know a lot about cows but he knew it was unusual for a female to scrape the dirt and make so much noise. He set his camera on the fence post and watched, confused by what was going on. He could see that her ear tag said "Flo". He eventually noticed that she was looking through the fence and then back at him. She repeatedly mooed at him and at the fence. She seemed a little frantic as she cried and he walked closer with his camera to see what she was doing. It became obvious that she had been asking for help.

Dave saw her newborn calf in the long grass but he wasn't sure if her behavior had been a cry for help or a warning to stay away from her baby. The calf needed to get milk from the mother and he could also wander out on the road if something wasn't done. There was no gate nearby and Dave didn't want to try carrying and moving the calf far away from Flo.

 

Dave decided that the best way to help was to lift the wires and push the calf under the fence. The calf seemed to be helping a little in the effort, but there was no way to avoid contact with the fence. Flo seemed to understand that her calf was being moved toward her, but Dave was very aware that only a flimsy fence would be between them if she became upset with what was happening. Dave was getting shocked and the calf was too. He hoped it would not cry out in pain before he could get the job done.

 

Eventually, the calf was on the other side of the fence and reunited with his mom. The two immediately sniffed each other and began walking out into the pasture together.

 

Dave spoke with the farmer and his wife, who did not realize that she had calved. They invited Dave to join them as they tagged the calf's ear and treated the umbilical cord with iodine. They checked the calf and found that it was healthy and unharmed.

 

Dave took his camera along and filmed the two as they mingled with the herd. The calf wandered up to Dave for a curious sniff, as did Flo, seemingly recognizing him. They both wandered off and Flo's little calf was soon happily nursing as if nothing had happened. Although Dave was slow to catch on, Flo was obviously distressed and was aware that Dave could help her. She looked at him expectantly as she paced between him and her baby in a very clear attempt to communicate. We often underestimate an animal's intelligence and capacity for emotion. Flo showed a healthy amount of both in this case. You can't deny the love she felt for her newborn calf.

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Link: Falklands finally landmine free thanks to UK-funded team [gov.uk]

 

The Falkland Islands are now finally free of lethal minefields almost 40 years after the end of the conflict during which thousands of exploding devices were laid.

 

A UK-funded programme which started in 2009 has completed its dangerous mission to de-mine the islands in the South Atlantic three years ahead of schedule.

 

The removal of the mines laid during the 1982 conflict with Argentina means the UK has now met its obligations set by the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention.

 

As a result the warning signs and fences that have been a feature on the islands since the end of the conflict will be removed during a local event. The removal of the last mine means there are no anti-personnel mines on British soil anywhere in the world.

 

Islanders will mark the moment with the detonation of the final mine and the cutting down of fences which will finally re-open their access to beaches. Games of cricket and football will be played on the beach itself, to enjoy unrestricted access.

 

Minister Wendy Morton, UK Minister with responsibility for the Falklands, said:

 

"This is a huge achievement for the Islands and we must pay tribute to the brilliant team of deminers who put their lives at risk day to day removing and destroying landmines to make the Falklands safe.

 

Our commitment to ridding the world of fatal land mines does not end with our territories being mine free. A further £36 million of UK funding will allow demining projects across the world to continue, protecting innocent civilian lives."

 

The demining team from Zimbabwe, with supervising staff from British companies SafeLane Global and Fenix Insight had to struggle with the islands’ challenging physical conditions, often working in remote locations and through the unpredictable and sometimes extreme Falklands weather, to achieve the goal to rid the Falklands of mines.

 

The UK is one of the world’s leading forces in ridding the world of mines. An additional £36 million of funding has therefore been given to the UK-funded Global Mine Action Programme 2, bringing the total to £124m, to continue demining projects in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. This recognises that landmines continue to cause harm and damage lives, many years after conflicts are over.

 

Further detail:

 

• The Falklands will be officially declared landmine free on the 14 November in a local celebration. There will also be an official celebration hosted by the UK at Government House on the 17 November, where the deminers will be presented with certificates signed by Minister Morton.
  
• Countries benefitting from the additional £36 million of funding under the Global Mine Action Programme 2 are Afghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Myanmar, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zimbabwe.
  
• GMAP2, which started in 2018, addresses the threat posed by landmines and other explosive remnants of war. By June 2020 it had cleared and confirmed safe the equivalent of 28,800 football pitches of mines and delivered mine risk education to over 2 million people...

[elsiegee40]

Lucky injured swan rescued by a train driver

 

https://www.facebook.com/100018889415042/posts/730621730910801/

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Bushfires destroyed almost half the bushland on Australia’s Kangaroo Island last summer, devastating animal habitats.

 

Ecologists feared the island’s population of little pygmy possums – the world’s smallest possum species – had been wiped out, but a new discovery has given them hope.

 

[LeMarchand]

Santa came early in Tennessee and paid off $65k of "layaway" debt: https://people.com/human-interest/anonymous-santa-pays-off-65k-walmart-layaway-balances-christmas-secret-santa/

[elsiegee40]

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[mikeprice]

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'Today one of Gavin's tooth fell out'

 

 

OK - I may not be the person to point this out

 

 

but........

 

( as i have said before - my spelling and grammar are good (ish) but my typing can be wobbly)

[Andrew_C]

'Today one of Gavin's tooth fell out'

 

They spoke funny in Canada.

[6Foot2]

Link: https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1352425932989083648 [Rex Chapman Video Tweet]

 

Timeline cleanser:

 

Wait for it...

 

Click the link above for the video.

 

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[elsiegee40]

 

Pandas playing in the snow

[hardtailstar]

This is good to see

 

Downton Abbey's Hugh Bonneville is vaccine marshal

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-55982663

Edited February 9, 2021 by elsiegee40

[6Foot2]

 

This cute video shows an elderly polar bear clearly enjoying the cold as he buries himself in the snow face first. Blizzard really lived up to his name as he romped around following a snow storm at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. 25-year-old Blizzard buried his head under the blanket of snow and then rolled around on his back.

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[mikeprice]

Our grandson is SEN.

Anyway he has now been officially diagnosed as ASD

And as a result he has been accepted into a special school quite close to their house.

 

Had a look yesterday on the WWW and it looks amazing. Lots of wonderful features and great stuff.

 

All he has to do now is charm the staff - which he should manage in about 2 minutes!!!

(which is weird for an autistic kid - but whatever!!)

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This Twitter thread spotted by @elsiegee40:

 

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Link 1: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1404894298785603591.html [Thread Reader: Original Tweet Author: Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service, 6 Tweets]

 

This is Digby. Today he did something amazing and helped save a young woman who was thinking of taking her own life on a bridge over the M5 near Exeter

 

 

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Link: A forgotten sheep that had been wandering alone for years has been introduced to two lambs and they're now inseparable - Wales Online

 

Lily the sheep had been roaming the Gower alone for years, hardly able to stand due to the weight of her thick mattered coat and because of ill health, an animal sanctuary has said.

 

There had been several sightings of her ploughing a lonely furrow, but no-one knew who owned her or how she had ended up living such a solitary, unloved existence.

 

But Lily has now been given a new lease of life and is on the mend after being rescued and taken in in by Woodfield Animal Sanctuary.

 

Robbie Bartington, sanctuary founder, said the woman had tried to find out which farm Lily had come from and knocked on all the doors of every farmer for miles around, but none of them said they owned her.

 

She added: "There were no sheep for miles around. She was seen in more or less the same place and gradually over time she became more and more laboured under her heavy wool coat. Then this same lady noticed she was barely able to walk, at that point she contacted us."...

 

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Link: Dogs trapped by La Palma eruption ‘saved by mysterious gang’ | Spain | The Guardian

 

Attempts to use drones to rescue a group of dogs stranded by the volcanic eruption on the Canary island of La Palma appear to have been pre-empted after a mysterious gang calling itself the A-Team claimed to have retrieved the animals using rather less hi-tech methods.

 

The eruption – which began on 19 September on the Cumbre Vieja ridge, one of the most active volcanic regions in the archipelago – has destroyed more than 2,000 properties, forced the evacuation of more than 7,500 people, and devastated La Palma’s banana plantations.

 

It had also left some dogs in the town of Todoque stranded by lava flows. A team of specialists from the Aerocamaras drone company arrived on the island last week and began preparing an unprecedented search and rescue operation whereby drones would be used to drop food and then, once the dogs had got used to the presence of the unmanned craft, airlift them to safety.

 

But the first drone search on Wednesday, which included two thermal cameras, revealed no sign of the animals. It did, however, turn up some human footprints.

 

On Thursday a video appeared online that seemed to suggest any further drone deployments would be in vain. It showed a banner – placed in the water container where the dogs were last seen – which read: “Stay strong La Palma! The dogs are fine.”...