I do rescue transports frequently. Mostly dogs, occasionally cats. Today I did a freedom run for a pig. Possum the Pig was a guest at the Atlanta Animal Control, and rehomed to a rescue.
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I was aware that there was a movie, but I know nothing about it.
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It would appear you can survive almost anything if help arrives quickly 
Within 48 hours of being shot, she had to undergo eight major surgeries.
“I’ve had my right arm amputated, I’ve had my jaw wired, my teeth removed … I had open heart surgery for my heart, my lungs. I had my appendix out, I had my colon removed, reattached twice. Hip surgery,” she said.
“I was placed in a medically induced coma for a few days – quite a few days – just to make sure that I was able to try to heal a little bit before I was able to wake up.”
Northern Ontario bank teller 'grateful to be alive' after suviving shooting
Awwww.
My niece has won the County Learning Difficulties Personality of the Year 2025 !!
Good on her!
Remarkable!
Fuck the dumpf and his anti-DEI crap…this girl is proof genius is colour blind
Unfortunately, I think that is fake news.
The story contains a wonderful line, that is kinda funny to American ears:
“Elephant had already been spotted on a zebra crossing”
It is however it is still a Feel Good Story
no specified the need to be a true story. 
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I concur that stories movies etc based on actual events are preferred by me at least …a well told make believe can be very satisfying.
Like this
Meet Carl Edgar – the West Coast Trail legend who’s celebrating his 50th season ferrying hikers across the Nitinat Narrows. Not only does he ferry hikers, he and his family run the famous Nitinat Crabshack, serving up seafood for hungry hikers for many years.
They do correctly note that this is “an” original, but no one knows how many copies there were - possibly up to 40. The four originals are still in England, the best of which is in Salisbury Cathedral.
Of course, John never signed the document presented by the Barons at Runnymead; he affixed “The Great Seal of England” to it, which immediately made it law. He never had any intention of obeying it - he was a truly nasty piece of work and had been forced to a muddy island by the rebellious barons, halfway between Windsor Castle and London, to complete the deal and transfer a vast amount of power to the people. Well, some of the people. Rich men, mostly.
Damn this is a reallllly good news story
4 days missing, 3 years old and apparently alone near a highway.
Tough little kid…and very cute.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/search-missing-toddler-1.7564192
HelloDarkNessMyOldFriend.pdf https://share.google/hbphf9HfaQUsLoiY1
Old Friends | Columbia Magazine Old Friends | Columbia Magazine
About Sanford Greenberg, who went blind in his junior year at Columbia. He was going to drop out but persevered with the help of friends, including Art Garfunkel. Greenberg eventually earned an MBA from Columbia and a PhD from Harvard. He’s a philanthropist and has contributed millions to research on ending blindness.
Heartwarming - thanks.
For some reason, the thought of buying a Scottish island makes me smile:
Another Scottish Island, Ailsa Craig, was for sale recently. It’s the source of the granite that makes most of the world’s curling stones.