compassion

Trejos and Sam

Retired man burned to death protecting his friend’s dog in the back of his car in the Hawaii wildfires

You might have heard of the Hawaii wildfires. Specifically, they were on the island of Maui. They’ve claimed 96 lives so far. Jeff Bogar lived on the island. He is a retired Maui fire captain. His close friend was Franklin Trejos. All the accounts say that Trejos was a really good man. He looked after …

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Mark Skage rescued a moose calf and it cost him his job

Petroleum lorry driver sacked for giving a moose calf a lift in his cab

NEWS AND VIEWS – BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA: There are a few interesting aspects to this story. Firstly, it’s rather strange because Mark Skage is a hunter based on what I see on his Facebook page. He likes to shoot animals for fun but showed real compassion to a moose calf and it cost him his …

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Fawn suckles on the ear lobe of a Ukrainian soldier on the front line because they've lost their mother

Fawn suckles on the ear lobe of a Ukrainian soldier on the front line

The Ukrainian armed forces public relations department – Defense of Ukraine on Twitter – should be using this. Maybe they are. This sort of video is normally published on the Defense of Ukraine Twitter feed but not this time as far as I can tell. It shows a fawn suckling on the ear lobe of …

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Security guards enjoying the moment

Culture change in China desired as indicated by support of fan’s football pitch invasion

An 18-year-old football fan who idolises Lionel Messi, the world’s most famous and perhaps most talented footballer and an Argentinian team member, has captured the imagination of the Chinese public by bravely jumping down from the stands in a dangerous manoeuvre and running onto the pitch at the Workers’ Stadium during a friendly match between …

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Ten common house spiders in the USA

Leave house spiders inside the home if you can

Removing spiders from the home is problematic. Animal advocate Nathan Winograd has told me that one’s instinct to remove a spider from your home is problematic as many species of spider in any country make your home their home. They are house spiders. It depends on your attitude. If you hate spiders and are terrified …

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Shark rescued from beech at Cape Code.

People rescue a great white shark that beached itself chasing a seagull (video)

Location: Cape Cod, Massachusetts. How did they know it was chasing a seagull and got too excited! And are sharks sometimes this careless? Was the shark ill? Or did they lose their bearings because of sonar used by submarines? A lot of questions and no answers. The guys who rescued the shark knew what they …

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Treating animals as inanimate objects by putting them in tiny cages where they can't move when they are prizes

Puppy as a prize put in a tiny cage so he can’t move (animals become ‘objects’)

Animals as prizes put in tiny cages so they can’t move (animals become ‘objects’). The Twitter tweet states: “May 1st, Kaifeng, Henan China Animals put in small cages as prizes. The little dog couldn’t stretch his limbs inside, and was trembling every time someone threw a circle.” Sorry but this disgusts me. A demonstration of …

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Cedar and the 9-year-old girl EL

Pet goat seized by police under court order, barbecued and eaten (the story behind this)

There is quite an involved but interesting story behind the headline but essentially, a nine-year-old girl (‘EL’) took her a goat called ‘Cedar’ to the Shasta County District Fair (‘Fair’) under what is called a 4-H program where children raise and then sell their animals for slaughter. Although Cedar was taken to the Fair for …

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Joaquin Phoenix at the 2020 Oscars

‘Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.’ – River Phoenix (1970-1993)

I believe it means that when people eagerly (with speed i.e. ‘run’) rescue and help others less fortunate which includes animals – other sentient beings – and vulnerable people, they will find peace and be loved (and love themselves). It is about giving and helping the less fortunate as an ethos which leads to a …

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Ukrainian soldier shares his rations with a squirrel

Ukrainian soldier shows compassion in sharing his field ration with a squirrel

On the Ukrainian side of this illegal war instigated by a psychopathic Putin, there is compassion for the animals the soldiers meet on the battlefield and in the trenches. Diametrically opposed to this behaviour is that of the allegedly vodka-soaked Russia soldiers who’ve also allegedly murdered innocent civilians and killed hundreds of thousands of animals …

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Mutual respect between wolf and woman

A wolf made this woman part of her pack

I love this video. And to think people are scared or wolves and that they have a bad reputation. And that they were hunted to near extinction. What is the matter with people? European settlers to the USA brought with them all their baggage including a hatred of the wolf. So, they persecuted them and …

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LA County coyote, a resourceful urban predator

Kill Los Angeles County’s coyotes or learn to live with them?

There is a battle going on between Project Coyote advocates and the red T-shirt wearing members of Evict Coyotes. They represent two sides of the coin on how to deal with the resourceful Los Angeles County coyote who has been there 47,000 years but is now in perpetual conflict with the citizens of Los Angeles …

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Dogs at the Chesterfield Square Animal Services Centre in Los Angeles. The photograph is by Wally Skalij of the Los Angeles Times.

Senior animal services staffer said he can manage small dogs because he can hit them

NEWS AND COMMENT-LOS ANGELES, USA: This story is interesting for two reasons. Firstly, the Los Angeles Times reports that a senior Animal Services staffer whose job it is to oversee the city’s dog walking program said that he was frightened of large dogs but not of small dogs because he can hit them. We don’t …

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Be kind to animals

Grow up to be kind to animals (particularly now in high temp, drought conditions)

Some parts of Canada are suffering from a drought. And this Canadian woman has a website about growing up to be kind and she must mean to include being kind to animals. And I guess to humans as well. And as you can see in the video it is a particular time to be kind …

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