Good News Notes: “A group of Ukrainian volunteers is attempting to rescue animals from a private zoo near the capital that was abandoned after the Russian army bombed and occupied the area. Vitaly Mukhanov told ABC News that he had volunteered to help bring supplies to Ukrainian soldiers when he came across the Yasnohorodka family…
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DC nonprofit uses donated miles to help connect military families
Good News Notes: “A D.C. nonprofit is helping connect military families who were unable to cover the costs of flights. Luke’s Wings began its mission in 2008. It started with helping patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center fly back and forth to their loved ones. It has since grown from providing 19 flights a…
Wildlife rehab center aims to fill gap for injured critters
Good News Notes: “They arrive in baskets and cardboard boxes, bleeding from near-misses with lawn mowers or snatched from the jaws of neighborhood cats. It’s birthing season in the Lehigh Valley, and that means a steady stream of injured baby rabbits, squirrels, opossums and songbirds will be showing up at Melissa and Michael Descant’s door….
Making Rounds With New York’s Bird EMTs
Good News Notes: “Just after 6 a.m. on a recent Monday, Calista McRae is in downtown Manhattan, walking a digressive loop through the morning mist from 4 World Trade Center to 1 World Trade Center to Brookfield Place and back around. McRae is 34, with a springy and fast step, and she will repeat this journey until…
Nature’s Nursery working to help save critically-threatened species
Good News Notes: “Nature’s Nursery cares for thousands of injured and orphaned wild animals every year. After a record-breaking year in 2020, that trend is continuing. Right now the center in Whitehouse has a lot of bats, an animal that’s seen a huge drop in its numbers. You may not like bats, but Executive Director…
Injured, pregnant manatee rescued on Mother’s Day weekend gives birth to healthy calf
Good News Notes: “A pregnant manatee, injured by boat propellers, was rescued over Mother’s Day weekend and has just given birth to a calf. Mote Marine Laboratory says they responded to a call about a distressed manatee near Harbor Towers Yacht and Racquet Club on Siesta Key on Saturday.” View the whole story here: https://www.fox13news.com/news/injured-pregnant-manatee-rescued-on-mothers-day-weekend-gives-birth-to-healthy-calf
Injured Bald Eagle Rescued In Brooklyn Center
Good News Notes: “The Brooklyn Center Police Department says a runner was out for a morning jog in central Minnesota on Tuesday when she came upon an injured bald eagle. The bald eagle was laying on the ground without moving in a “well camouflaged area,” according to a post on social media.” View the whole…
NYPD officer to adopt injured kitten he rescued from trash in Bronx
Good News Notes: “Two New York City police officers came to the rescue of an adorable kitten in the Bronx and will make sure it gets the purr-fect ending it deserves. The NYPD tweeted out photos of Officers May and Massey of the 46th Precinct on Saturday.” “The officers responded to calls for an injured…
Injured trooper receives ‘new family member’: A service dog
Good News Notes: “Following right by his side, Alex Douglass trains with his new partner Peter at Valor Service Dogs in Hillsborough County.” “Their bond is one of a kind. Peter’s mission is to help Douglass both physically and emotionally.” “Douglass was a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper in 2014 when a sniper targeted his police…
Landen Hoffman, boy tossed off Mall of America balcony, now walking
Good News Notes: “The 5-year-old boy hurled off a Mall of America balcony by a stranger in April is now ‘walking perfectly’ and even back at school, his family says.” “Landen Hoffman fell nearly 40 feet from the balcony of the Minnesota mall — breaking his skull, face bones, both arms and a leg — when…