A Daily Antidote to Everything Else
A family’s precious coonhound was thought to be gone forever after being missing for almost a year.
Source: Group of strangers drive lost dog 3000km home
These kinds of “transport relays”, as they’re called, aren’t at all uncommon in the animal rescue world. Jakes is a tad longer than most, however.
Ampli’s reusable blocks let scientists quickly and cheaply create diagnostic tests–and they could be especially helpful in the developing world.
Source: This kit for making medical tests can be put together like Legos
How cool is that?
“A couple of people asked us, ‘Why did you return it?’,” wife Maria Colonna-Emanuel said. “It wasn’t even a question. It wasn’t ours.”
Source: Couple Stumbles Across ‘Treasure’ On Staten Island Property « CBS New York
It wasn’t even a question. Indeed.
A sunny day on the river turned into a baby moose rescue mission Saturday afternoon when a group of Alberta boaters spotted something peculiar in the muddy riverbank.
Source: Alberta boaters rescue moose calf submerged in muddy riverbank | CBC News
And I learned a new word: moosling!
Milt Lessner has “always had dogs” – and he’s 104 years old. So are dogs the secret to longevity?
Source: A dog that transformed a 104-year-old’s life – BBC News
Sounds like a perfect match.
“I spent a lot of time taking chances doing negative things,” said Freddie Sherrill. “It was time for me to start taking chances doing positive things.”
Source: Once a homeless addict, he learned to read at 37. Now, he’s a college graduate. – Washington Post
Positive things here also includes inspiring others.
(May be paywalled: please see my note about that.)
A LeFlore High School senior was in the hospital and could not walk the stage with her fellow Class of 2018 Monday. At least not in person, anyway.
Source: Hospitalized LeFlore High School student virtually “walks” across stage at graduation – WKRG
The next best thing to being there? I like it!
Students at a Wisconsin high school staged a “car crash” using an optical illusion for a spectacle that even the police applauded.
Source: Teens stage ‘one of the best senior pranks’ the cops have ever seen
Heh. The ingenuity made me smile. 🙂
Every kid has dreamt of having their own ball pit – so this guy took advantage of his local toy store’s closing sale and bought 5,400 balls for a doggie ball pit.
Source: Guy Takes Advantage of Toys ‘R’ Us Closing Sale to Make Giant Ball Pit For His Dog in His Hallway
Genius. Dog + ball pit = joy. 
Over the past 22 years, the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation and its alumni have saved lives in nearly 170 disasters, from Hurricanes Katrina, Harvey and Irma to the Montecito mudslides.
Source: Giving shelter dogs a new chance at life — as search and rescue K-9s – CNN