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Thanks to Amelia Neath & Shweta Sharma and Independent News Online for the Headline.

Well who would have thought the criminal fraternity would go so far as to ruin the reputations of the likes of Sherpa Tensing and also ruin the landscape of Everest itself, scattered with tents and discarded equipment.

Apparently from 2022 to 2025 a total of 4782 international climbers have been “poisoned”, including lacing food with large amounts of baking powder to stimulate gastric distress. The scam was to claim on insurance for aerial evacuations. The scam included a range of participants including ” actors” who faked illness in order to be rescued.

So far the bills to the insurers and the climbers for fake rescues have amounted to $20million dollars.

Honestly if this article had been published on April the 1st , I would not have believed it.

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Thanks to Times of India Online for the Headline

So many ideas hit me when I read this headline and saw the video attached to it.

Really was it safe to send those astronauts up there in the middle of a crazy presidency where resources are now on the brink of scarcity due to Politicians?

Secondly, the video of the spacecraft looks like a metal box detaching itself, not exactly a spacecraft. It’s like the back of a silver articulated truck.

Oh well it’s progress I suppose?

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Thanks to Ushma Mistry and BBC Online News for the Headline.

Not something I was aware of that people actually feel is necessary to do. Transport a bunch of newly born puppies , just weaned away from their mother to be cuddled by complete strangers. Seems very odd to me.

Even some Universities are using this to reduce the stress levels in their students. Honestly there are better ways, and in truth older dogs who are used to being with people will do the trick.

The process should always be managed and controlled by responsible people who are not looking to “sell” puppies ( one of the people quoted in the article was a dog breeder who thought it was a wonderful idea and I can see why).

Thankfully a dog trainer in Coventry, Nicky Brunt has started a Government Petition, being a dog trainer, she probably sees the problems that arise when dogs have had a bad experience early in life and need special care and rehabilitation to get over it. This can easily start when they are puppies.

The Dogs Trust and the RSPCA have also raised concern about these events, Nicky has worked with Coventry Council and recently was successful in cancelling a puppy cuddling event planned to be held in a “pub” in Leamington Spa.

I for one will be signing her Government petition as “puppy cuddling” is symptomatic of thinking of dogs as soft toys, but they are not toys, they are sentient beings and the puppy stage of their life sets them up for their future. They need to be with their mother and siblings and be appropriately socialised, not traumatised.

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Thanks to Helen Burchell from BBC Online News for the Headline

This headline and the story about the poor dormouse who didn’t wake up even when it was disturbed by Nature Loving litter pickers taking the remnants of a discarded helium balloon from a tree.

Luckily the Essex Wildlife Officer who spotted the little creature in cover which acted like a thermal blanket.Thankfully the little creature did not suffocate as we know plastic bags with no holes in them can .

The dormouse did not wake up from it’s winter sleep, it’s still too cold . So it’s been found another location , probably in a nice nesting box with straw and whatever else dormice need.

I know these balloons have sentimental value , but they can cause a lot of damage in the Countryside, and would be best replaced with some other form of memorial.

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