A rescue dog mourning the loss of his adoptive human has found a new family after a photo of him grieving went viral.
The dog, Moose, was pictured sitting next to his human’s hospital bed, patiently waiting for his dad’s return, unaware that his owner had passed away.
The photo was posted by Eleventh Hour Rescue along with the dog’s story and a plea to find him a new home a week after Moose’s owner’s death. The rescue wrote of the photo:
“Moose sat patiently next to his dad’s hospital bed, waiting for him to return, not knowing that “Dad” had passed away. Poor Moose has now been returned to Eleventh Hour Rescue and he’s taking the loss of his dad pretty hard.”
The rescue later told TODAY that Moose also “was waiting by the door, waiting for his owner to come home” according to Moose’s owner’s caretaker. She couldn’t console him so returned him to Eleventh Hour Rescue so they could try and get him adopted.
Moose, a 3-year-old Labrador mix, had a sad back story that Eleventh Hour shared. Moose was found tied to a railroad sign in front of an animal shelter in Georgia in 2017.
Moose was at that shelter for many months and during that time he had no interest from adopters. This was very unfortunate for Moose. You see, the longer a dog sits at a kill shelter, the closer they get to being euthanized due to overcrowding. Luckily for Moose, a local shelter volunteer was determined to not let that be his fate.”
The volunteer arranged for a rescue partner to take Moose and he was transported to New Jersey where he quickly won many fans among the volunteers.
” We were won over by his happy personality and his love for life. We were all rooting for Moose to find his perfect home. And then one day, his “dad” discovered him and they fell in love. Moose finally had a loving home of his own. The future seemed pretty bright for Moose. But a year later tragedy struck and his dad passed away, leaving Moose in need of a home once again.”
The rescue asked if someone could help “Moose’s heart heal” with either a foster or permanent home.
Moose’s photo and story quickly spread online and the rescue soon received several adoption applications. And within three days they announced “this sweet, loving boy” has been adopted.
“MOOSE HAS BEEN ADOPTED by a wonderful family who will care for and love him for the rest of his life! Here is Moose pictured with his new human siblings (Mom & Dad were a bit camera shy). Thank you again to everyone who shared his story!”
Eleventh Hour revealed that Moose is going to a four-person family who recently lost their own dog of 14 years and wanted a dog they could give a home to. They also are friends of one of the rescue’s volunteers.
We’re so happy that Moose now has a chance to heal and has found a forever home. To see more of the dogs Eleventh Hour has available for adoption, visit their website.
Although they play a key role in the food chain and are responsible for pollination and consequent development of about one third of the food we eat – including fruits and vegetables – bees are being destroyed at a rapid pace. In just three months, more than 500 million bees died in Brazil, 400 million in Rio Grande do Sul alone, and reports of beekeepers pointing to mass deaths in at least four other states.
The use of pesticides that have in their composition insecticides such as neonicotinoids and fipronil, prohibited in Europe, but released in Brazil, has been the leading cause of death for bees.
In April last year, the European Union imposed an almost total ban on neonicotinoids because of the serious damage it can cause to bees.
In contrast, in the same year, Brazil has lifted restrictions on pesticides despite opposition and rallying from numerous environmentalists calling it a “poison package.”
According to Greenpeace, pesticide use has increased significantly in Brazil over the past three years, reaching 193 products with chemicals banned in the European Union being registered and released in the country.
Bees are dying all over the world
Although bee deaths in Brazil have frightening numbers, other countries have been suffering from animal deaths.
In the United States, beekeepers lost 4 out of 10 colonies last year, the worst winter ever recorded.
In Russia, 20 regions have reported mass deaths. In November 2018, at least one million bees died in South Africa, responsible for fipronil. Canada, Mexico, Argentina and Turkey have also reported mass deaths in the last 18 months.
The World Wildlife Foundation says green spaces need to be developed to protect bees. It also calls attention to small actions that everyone can do such as growing gardens and making water available to bees in open spaces. Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth warn of the urgent need to ban harmful pesticides.
Mais de 500 milhões de abelhas morreram no brasil em apenas três meses
If insect cruelty were not enough, extermination endangers food production.
According to the organization Bee or not to Be?, conceived by the retired full professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Ribeirão Preto Lionel Segui Gonçalves, bees are the largest pollinators on the planet. They act directly in the reproduction of more than 85% of the flowering plants of forests, forests and green areas, giving important balance to the ecosystems. And more than 70% of agricultural crops, ensuring increased productivity in the field and improved quality of fruits and seeds. In the search for food, they also collect pollen produced by the male organ of the flower and carry it to the female part. It is in this pollination process that the plant reproduces itself.
Americans love their dogs. Over 54 million US households have a dog. Scott and I had the joy of dogsitting our “granddog” for several weeks this summer. As you can see from the picture, Alayna is a gorgeous German shepherd/huskie mix.
We were helping out our oldest son, Kevin and his beautiful wife, Michelle who just had a baby back in April (our first grandchild, Luke! ♥).
You guys, I love animals, but I’m more of a cat person. By the way, 42.9 million US households have cats. Despite being partial to cats, Alayna quickly stole my heart and taught me some spiritual lessons, too.
Dogs don’t care what you look like, how much money or influence you have, and they don’t judge. They just want to love and be loved. Even though Alayna missed her family, she quickly adapted to us. Hands down, she would choose affection over her food. And dogs love to eat!
And you know what? She loved her neighbor, too. And her neighbor’s neighbor … and anyone with a treat … or anyone who would pet her!
Wherever we went, people (strangers) were drawn to Alyana. And she treated each person the same.
People were drawn to Jesus, too. Why? LOVE.
As Christ’s ambassadors, may others sense Christ’s love from us wherever we go.
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
1 Corinthians 13:1
Many dogs are extremely intelligent. But they only access learned information as it is needed—in the moment.
The past is gone. You can’t change it anyway. The future is up to the Lord. The only thing you can really enjoy and affect is the present moment.
“So don’t worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today’s trouble is enough for today.” Matthew 6:34
Dogs are the best at showing gratitude, aren’t they? Every time we grabbed the leash to take Alayna for a walk, she ran around and jumped. Each greeting was like she hadn’t seen you in weeks.
Dogs remind us that even though something may be routine, we have so much to be thankful for, beginning with the air in our lungs given to us by our heavenly Father.
“I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.” Psalm 7:17
We’ve all heard those heartwarming stories about a frightful, aggressive dog who transformed into a kind, gentle dog after they were placed in a loving home.
Dogs can overcome their fear and insecurities through love, and so can humans.
The love of God transforms people! All we must do is let Him. We must give over our fears and insecurities to God and He exchanges them with his love.
“Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love.”
1 John 4:18
There were days that we weren’t able to take Alynna for her walk. She never snubbed us for it. She was just happy when we did take her out. I think humans might be the only species that hold grudges—well, for the exception of cats! LOL! Hey, I have two cats of my own, but they certainly have a “catitude.”
Holding a grudge makes us sick. It weighs us down and keeps us from moving forward in life and in our spiritual growth.
I know it isn’t always easy to forgive. When I struggle with forgiveness, I remind myself that Christ forgave me and even died for me.
“Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.” Colossians 3:18
Dogs and kids love to play. And sometimes it takes that innocent wisdom to remind us, that we need to play.
“So I concluded there is nothing better than to be happy and enjoy ourselves as long as we can. And people should eat and drink and enjoy the fruits of their labor, for these are gifts from God.” Ecclesiastes 3:12-13
Dogs know when it’s time to rest. No one has to force a dog to take a nap. But humans—we need to be reminded to take care of our most basic needs. God even rested on the seventh day, people. Alayna reminded me it’s important to take a weekly Sabbath.
“On the seventh day God had finished his work of creation, so he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and declared it holy, because it was the day when he rested from all his work of creation.” Genesis 2: 2-3
Alayna got Scott and me out of the house more. We took her for daily walks, three hikes, and a few road trips. Dogs don’t shy away from adventure the way humans do. Open the car door and a dog bolts inside.
God often calls us to take an adventure with Him—to do something out of our comfort zone. This is where spiritual growth will occur.
“Jesus called out to them, “Come, follow me, and I will show you how to fish for people!”
We returned our granddog a few weeks ago, but her lessons live on.
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Animals are devoid of the feeling of HATE and CRUELTY!!
While humans remain slaves of hatred.
Although they may react violently when attacked, surrounded, seeking food, or defending the pups, they usually do so for their own defense and SURVIVAL INSTINCT.
As we know, animals humans, in addition to attacking their own specie, the planet and the ecosystem that houses them, also attack animals:
. To enslave them in confinement in some zoo, circus, park, for public enjoyment and the profit of others;
. For the simple pleasure of hunting and/or a hobby;
. For the fun on safari or competition trophy and to play their “beautiful and expensive automatic weapons”;
. To use them in chemical testing laboratories;
. And for mere CRUELTY and the PLEASURE of killing.
But when human beings want, they also know how to love and respect them; and animals can recognize the ATTITUDE OF RESPECT and respond with EQUAL AFFECTION.
Any parent wants their children to be successful people, and nowadays, emotional intelligence is just as important as technical skills or academic training.
How to create emotionally intelligent children? The answer is simple: give them a pet! The Washington Post has listed some of the benefits of the relationship between children and dogs, but we can expand to the relationship with animals in general.
Three lessons that pets can teach children
1. Develop Empathy:
Empathy is an ability to perceive and understand nonverbal changes: facial expressions, body language, and gestures.
Children who live with pets will have this type of behavior stimulated positively by observing a puppy running towards the door demonstrating the urge to walk.
In the study of psychology researcher Robert Poresky of Kansas State University, USA, it has been shown that there is a strong correlation between childhood empathy and coexistence of children with animals, that is, children living with animals learn early to see if the other , Whether human or not, is feeling or suffering with pain, hunger, cold or fear. Brothers created in this way tend to be more attentive and caring about others.
2. Responsibility and self-esteem
Giving children a serious task is important for self-esteem due to a sense of responsibility. Teaching a five-year-old to swap water from his pet’s pot or make sure he is feeding himself can be a rewarding task for the child, according to research published by Walthan.
The presence of pets had a positive influence on the cognitive ability – ability to read and learn to write of the children interviewed.
In the same study, pre-teens who owned pets claimed to have better self-esteem than those who did not.
3. Teaches you to reduce stress
The presence of animals or even the mere observation of a group of puppy puppies playing is enough to calm any human. By petting a pet, a child can relax and the blood pressure of both can decrease in a beneficial way.
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Guariba, district of the municipality of Colniza, interior of Mato Grosso, 40 kilometers from the border with the state of Amazonas. In the region taken by in the forest, José Cândido Primo, 60, observed an anguished group of five tamarins. They were almost surrounded by the flames of a fire in a deforested area.
“I counted by far five little monkeys, a species that is only found in this region,” said Primo, resident of Colniza since 1985, who even January of this year held the position of manager of the Guariba-Roosevelt Conservation Unit.
He approached the tree where they were, waved his arms, made a noise to frighten them away. “I tried to save them, but they stayed up high. O fire came and I had to leave ”. The tamarins ended up charred.
850 kilometers away, in the city of Lucas do Rio Verde, still in the territory of the state of Mato Grosso, a team of the Corps de Firefighters found along the way a paca also killed by the fire of a burn.
Next to a log that has already been turned to embers, the paca was photographed by one of the military last Tuesday, August 20. It was not a case isolated. There, firefighters encounter dead animals daily as they try to contain the fires in the area of Lucas do Rio Verde.
According to a report produced by the environmental organization WWF Brasil and released exclusively to ÉPOCA, there are currently 265 endangered species in the fire-stricken parts of the Amazon: 180 fauna and 85 flora.
Of the total mentioned, 76% of the species are protected in conservation areas or supported by public protection policies National Action Plans for the Conservation of Endangered Species or Speleological Heritage (PAN).
Fire hits conservation units
The demarcated safety zone for some animals, however, disappears at the threat of burning. WWF survey points some reserves already reached, such as: Xingu Triunfo Environmental Protection Area in Pará (PA), Jaci Paraná Extractive Reserve (RO), Ecological Terra do Meio (PA), Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve (AC) and Amanã National Forest (AM / PA).
According to the project manager of WWF Brazil, Gabriela Viana, the numbers result from a crossing of the areas most affected by the burnings, the from recent data from the National Institute for Space Research (Inpe), with information on the fauna of the region from the WWF database and also from the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).
“Part of the financial resources taken from the Amazon was precisely related to fire fighting and prevention. You must redeem this investment, not only to prevent the current fire from spreading further, but mainly to recover lost areas,” analyzed Gabriela.
Among the species within the protected areas, eight are considered more vulnerable to burning as Ararajuba, Gavião real, Tapir and Amazon Manatee.
Outside the protected areas, some species are worse off, without any form of defense, such as the vested cuicca which is already considered critically endangered.
Used to walking in the reserve of his region, with almost 165 thousand hectares in the stretch between the municipalities of Aripuanã and Colniza, José Cândido Primo He said he currently finds a scenario he has never seen before.
“Last week I walked through a cleared area of approximately 200 hectares of land to see what was going on. On the edge of a stream found three dead pacas, burned snake skulls, and a still-burning sloth that died after debating over there. All of this in a deforestation considered small for the proportions of what is happening this year, ”said Primo, who currently works with the extraction of Brazil nuts and copaíba oil, two typical species of the region.
He reports that the fire in the forest region is not accidental, but directed at deforestation: “In our region, the economy is driven by wood and livestock soon follow. So we were very harmed, unable to pass this on to the responsible entities because here the loudest speaker is the logger, it is the extraction of wood. After they cut down and burn the woods next to the chestnut trees, 99% of the planting dies and those that remain will not produce more”, he lamented.
Incêndios na Amazônia espalham animais carbonizados em áreas destruidas
© GABRIELA BILO / ESTADAO
The Tharin indigenous live an area of the Amazon where illegal deforestation and land grabbing surface to the naked eye, a green belt where the
fire “springs from nowhere” in the middle of the virgin forest. With the strong winds, the flames move uncontrollably – without us being able
detect the perpetrators of the fire. “We take care of this land, our territory. To this day, the fire had not entered. But now it came at once, in several places. It’s a dread for our people, because it makes our children sick, kills the animals, only brings bad things,” says Tenharin, sitting on a mound of earth in the middle of the black ground.
Índios do sul do Amazonas achavam que estavam livres dos incêndios acabaram dentro da catástrofe
Wild animal trafficking is the THIRD most profitable CRIME in the world after guns and drugs.
As with drugs and guns, THIS HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU BUY.
Kidnapping, slavery, and trafficking in live or dead animals, skins, horns, shark fins, take place all over the WORLD.
Thailand is one of those unforgettable destinations: in addition to exploring paradisiacal places, it is possible to have different experiences as to know about the recovery and preservation of Elephants. These animals are symbols of the country and usually appear in most places there, including being used as a means of transportation or tourist attraction.
It turns out that practice is not always beneficial to animals, exposing them often to risks and mistreatment. With that in mind, the Elephant Sanctuaries in the northern city of Chiang Mai. There are no shows or elephant rides there, but there is plenty of love and care. The best part is that tourists get to know this place and understand closely the importance of preserving the species and deny any kind of exploitation – even if in the name of tourism.
ELEPHANT NATURE PARK
Elephant Nature Park is a sanctuary in Chiang Mai that cares for about 45 animals, most of which have been rescued from any risk or abusive treatment. The space offers an outdoor environment where animals are cared for and can interact with visitors, provided that there are some rules and special care.
A guide takes the group, of a maximum of 10 people, to the activities of the day that are divided into animal feeding, video of awareness of the ill-treatment that has passed (and many still pass) and a walk through the park where you can see the elephants in a more natural habitat possible. Thus, seeing them bathing in rivers, mothers with their young and even bathing in older elephants are among the activities.
HOW TO VISIT: To get to know the Elephant Nature Park it is necessary to make a reservation well in advance, since space is one of the most famous and sought after towns. The number of visitors is strictly controlled, so if you want to visit them, it is good to schedule.
The ticket costs about 90 dollars per person [value checked in Nov / 2018] and is included the transfer of the city center, lunch and the itinerary inside the park.
PATARA ELEPHANT PARK
Another well-visited sanctuary by anyone who wants to see the Elephants in a conscious way is the Patara Elephant Park. It is a farm where the animals get loose and the group is guided by tracks to see them interact in a natural habitat. With a very small group, of a maximum of 6 people, it is possible to walk among the elephants, to know more about their habits and, finally, to touch them.
The group is given a special outfit and a small class on how to behave towards the elephants, since they are at home and the tourists are the visitors. In this way, it is possible to feed them, bathe and learn about the rehabilitation process they spend when arrive at the farm.
HOW TO VISIT: It is necessary to make a reservation in advance for this tour, since the number of daily visitors is greatly reduced. The value is approximately 100 dollars and is included the transfer, a snack and a CD with videos and photos of the visit.
pet is love!! 