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Mom Slams Nosey Neighbor Who Reported Her To Child Protective Services

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After a long, chilly winter in Canada, Jacqui and Kyle Kendrick’s children understandably couldn’t wait to get outside and play in their backyard this spring, but the parents were devastated when a neighbor tried to get them in trouble for giving their kids that freedom.

In a post Jacqui wrote on Facebook, that has since gone viral, the Winnipeg mother of three said she was left in tears after a “concerned citizen” tried to teach her a lesson on parenting. As you can see in this story, every parent has the right to raise their children the way they want to, so you can imagine the heartbreak the Kendricks were served when they were accused of being bad at it.

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The family was recently investigated and interviewed by Child and Family Services for a “well-being” check after some in their neighborhood complained about 10-year-old Jayden and 5-year-old Keira playing in their fenced-in backyard “unsupervised”, while the parents were inside.

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The mom argued on Facebook that she was likely sitting in a part of the yard that couldn’t be seen from the outside or might have been attending to her 18-month-old, but since the anonymous person didn’t bother to check if an adult was home, now her family has to pay.

“I have had an intake worker come to my house, have an “interview” with me. Asking me how we discipline our children, if we drink or do drugs, if we have support if we have enough money! Then she had to check to see where my kids sleep, and to make sure we had enough food in the house! How embarrassing, and degrading for me. I am a good parent. My kids are well taken care of. The worker is also going to go talk to my kids at their school. So now the school will know that we are dealing with CFS. All because I let my kids play outside!”

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‘Hero’ Dog Senses Girl’s Blood Sugar Dropped From Miles Away

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Sadie is a 4-year-old little girl who suffers from Type 1 diabetes and Down syndrome. 

Sadie’s parents got her a very special Labrador retriever named Hero to let the family know when her sugars are too high or too low. Hero is a diabetic alert dog and when Sadie’s blood sugars drop below 100, Hero will whine or nose or paw Sadie’s parents to the left hand to let them know. 

When her blood sugar is above 200, Hero lets her parents know using the same tricks, but this time, on their right hand. 

I’ll hold out my hands and say, what is it? and he’ll paw for, paw my left hand for a low, and he’ll nose my right hand for a high,” Sadie’s mom Michelle explains to KUTV. 

Credit: Facebook- Sadie's Hero
Credit: Facebook- Sadie’s Hero

However, this past December, Hero really lived up to his name. Sadie was at school in her special needs class at Deerfield Elementary, while Hero was at home in Please Grove, which is more than five miles away. Hero began to act out, trying to warn Michelle that Sadie’s blood sugar levels were dropping, but this didn’t make sense to Michelle, being that her daughter was miles away. 

“He’s normally a very quiet dog. Whining is not in his protocol. But he just started whining and he would not stop,” Michelle said.

The concerned mom decided to contact the school and when her teacher checked Sadie’s numbers they were fine. Then, just 30 minutes later when she tested her again, the teacher saw they went down. Her numbers dropped from 122 to 82 in just 30 minutes, which was nearing a dangerous place for little Sadie. Lows are more dangerous because Sadie can go into a diabetic coma right away and she could die if she stayed low for too long. 

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Credit: Facebook- Sadie’s Hero

This blew everyone’s mind. How could this diabetic alert dog smell that Sadie was low from 5 miles away, the family wondered. 

KUTV asked Hero’s trainer, KC Owens, who said ,”How do dogs know when their owners are coming home?” Owens asked. “There’s another piece of it, that I call, ‘God only knows’.”

Sadie’s mom agreed. “I can’t explain it. It’s a God thing. I think it’s like mother’s intuition. These dogs have abilities and senses beyond our understanding,” she said. 

One thing’s for sure: they are happy and grateful to have Hero, who is the one who always saves Sadie. 

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Credit: Facebook- Sadie’s Hero

“I’ve always called Sadie our little angel, and I think Hero was a little angel sent into our lives to watch over her,” dad said.

 Watch Hero and Sadie in the video below:

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‘Hero’ Dog Senses Girl’s Blood Sugar Dropped From Miles Away is an article from: LifeDaily

Mom Catches Her Twins Pretending To Sleep While She Watches On The Baby Monitor

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Getting one baby, never mind two babies, to fall asleep is a huge accomplishment for any parent, which is why this mom was so relieved when she finally put her energetic twins to bed in their cribs.

Yet moments later, mom Judy Travis, a video blogger on Youtube who goes by the username itsMommysLife, heard some soft chatter coming from the baby monitor. Sure enough, it was her twins Miya and Keira, who she could see standing up in their cribs as they talked and played.

Judy watched for a few moments as her little girls thought they were fooling mom into thinking they were fast asleep when they were actually just playing. Then, she decided to see what would happen if she used the microphone feature on her baby monitor, which would play from the monitor that was placed in their room.

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Photo by Youtube/itsMommysLife

Mom playfully said ‘hi babies’ over the intercom to see what would happen, and she couldn’t stop laughing when her sneaky little girls instantly dropped to their bellies in their cribs so they could pretend to be asleep.

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Photo by Youtube/itsMommysLife

Watch the video below to see the hysterical moment these girls pretend to sleep when they hear mom’s voice through the baby monitor.

Can you believe how quickly Miya and Keira dropped down in their cribs?

Let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this hysterical moment with a parent on Facebook.

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Mom Has Best Response After Everyone Freaks Out When Her Athlete Husband Left Her In Labor

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New parents will do anything to ensure they get to the hospital to support their partners and witness their newborn child’s first moments of life, which is why so many people were shocked when an Australian professional rugby player left his heavily pregnant wife after her water had broken to play in a game with his team.

James Roberts, a star player for the Brisbane Broncos, left his wife Anna after her water broke to play in his team’s game against the South Sydney Rabbitohs. His team and coaches called him ‘selfless’ for potentially sacrificing the life-changing moment to play in the game, which is his full-time job. Yet after the news got out about what had happened, everyone began trashing the rugby player and new father for being so ‘selfish’.

After everyone from news reporters to total strangers started criticising this new mom’s husband, she couldn’t take it any longer and set out to finally set the record straight.

“I would like you to all know that it upsets me to see people talking about my husband in such a negative way. I told James to play that evening because I knew that our baby boy wouldn’t arrive until after the game as I was not in ‘early labour’ at that point in time,” Anna said. “James is such a loving, caring and nurturing father who was by my side the whole way through the birth of our very first son and never left my side!”

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Photo by Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

“While James was at the game, doing what he loves and does best, I was surrounded by my extended family from Sydney and mother in law while James was at the stadium,” Anna continued. “It was not until early hours of Sunday morning that I gave birth and James played football on the Friday night, which is nearly 48hours after playing.”

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Photo by Facebook/James Roberts

“James delivered our son with the assistance of the awesome team of midwives at the Gold Coast hospital! James is an extremely supportive, loyal, loving and kind hearted man who would never be so selfish or selfless to leave me by myself to give birth!”

Do you think this new dad was right to go play in the game, or should he have stayed with his wife?

Let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this with friends on Facebook.

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Mom Has Best Response After Everyone Freaks Out When Her Athlete Husband Left Her In Labor is an article from: LifeDaily

Man Finds Heartbreaking Letter From A Little Boy To His Deceased Best Friend

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Fifth grader Jonothan Torres was devastated when his classmate and best friend Daniel recently passed away. 

He wrote a letter to Daniel to express his feelings of grief and he put the letter into a bottle and left it on the beach. One day when Steve Mershon, 54, was taking a stroll, he stumbled upon the boy’s message in a bottle. 

The letter read: 

“Dear Daniel, I’m really sorry that you pass away and if you were alive Me and you will be playing football, soccer and basketball. I am in the fifth grade and you were my best friend and our favorite song was Austin Moon and I hope you fun with Jesus. From your best friend, Jonothan Torres” 

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Credit: Facebook- Steve Mershon

When Mershon read the letter it really struck a cord with him, and he took to Facebook to express his feelings on it. 

Mershon addressed his post to Jonathan: 

“I don’t know where you threw your note in the ocean, or how long it was in the water, but it landed in the right hands, Jonothan.. You see, I find lots of things on the beach, and the best ones I keep.. I have shelves full of wood, shells, sunglasses and, yes, bottles.. Jonothan, your bottle, with your letter to your best friend, is the most beautiful thing I have ever found,” Mershon wrote. 

“You threw that bottle out to show your love for your best friend.. It is meant to be shared.. I took pictures of it, and shared it with friends on my Facebook page.. It tugged at many heartstrings, Jonothan..,” Mershon continued. 

“I’m hoping maybe, just maybe, the world can see the love in one fifth graders heart, and we can, one by one, all get along.. Peace, little man!” 

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Rescued Dog Returns The Favor, Rescuing 3-Year-Old Boy Lost In The Woods

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If there is one big difference between adopted dogs and pet store pooches, it has to be that the rescued dogs have a sense of loyalty and gratitude that other pets can’t comprehend.

The following story is all the proof you’ll ever need that adopting a dog in need of a forever home and loving family will come back in tenfold over time. As you can see in this touching story about a “dangerous dog” who shows compassion after his rescue, they never forget how they were saved from a life of loneliness and starvation.

When the Blake Ryan and Tammy Renea Stowe of Henry County, Virginia adopted mixed breed mutt Banjo two years ago, they knew he would make a perfect pal for their tiny son Mason. However, the parents had no idea that Banjo would someday thank them for his rescue in a way they never hoped would happen.

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As reported by local news stations WSLS, 3-year-old Mason walked out of his home when he saw his father leaving in his truck to go to work and tried to chase after him, wandering barefoot into the woods. When Tammy realized her tiny toddler was missing, several hundred people joined together to help the terrified family start searching for the missing boy.

“I ran into the woods and couldn’t find him and that kind of crushed me and then it started getting dark,” Blake Ryan said. Everyone feared the worst, but then after 9 hours of searching it became evident that Banjo had been with the little boy all along, watching over him like a guardian angel in the deep, dark Virginia woods and eventually leading searchers to Mason about 3/4 miles from his home at around 3 am.

 

“He brought my son back,” said Ryan. “He stayed with him through the woods and didn’t let him out of his sight and let the people know where he was.”

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Mason is reported to be doing fine after the big scare, but it’s brave hero Banjo that has everyone feeling thankful for the toddler’s safe return.

Please SHARE this amazing rescue story with all of your dog-loving friends on Facebook today!

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Legally Blind Boy Sees His Mom For The First Time

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Twelve-year-old Christopher Ward, Jr. has been legally blind since birth, but that changed recently when Ward was able to see the world – and the woman who brought him into it – for the first time.

Christopher was born with optic nerve hypoplasia, meaning the optic nerve in his eyes never fully developed before birth. His mother, Marquita Hackley told ABC News, “[Christopher] only has little light perception in his left eye, and very, very low vision in his right eye.” 

“Something has to be up in his face, almost touching him for him to see it,” she continued. “And even though Ward wears glasses on a daily basis, they’re more for protection than vision because there is a strong possibility he could lose the little sight he does have if were to get hurt or hit on the face.”

Recently, Hackley learned of a new wearable technology called eSight, which is a high-speed camera that captures live video that is sent to a LED screen in front of the user’s eyes, allowing them to see with unprecedented visual clarity, according to eSight’s website. A few weeks ago, Christopher and his mom traveled up to Washington, D.C. to be able to demo the headset. 

Hackley describes, “The very first thing he did was turn to me and say, ‘Oh, Mommy! There you are!’ And then to hear him say, ‘I saw my mom, and she was very pretty,’ was so heartwarming. And aside from pretty, just the fact he could even see me meant the whole world to me.”

This was the first time Christopher was able to see his mother in his entire life. Hackney says that it was both “overwhelming and exciting.”

She is now hoping to raise enough money to buy eSight for her son, explaining that the glasses cost $15,000 and her insurance doesn’t cover it. This technology will undoubtedly change Christopher’s life and enable him to attend regular classes in school and learn how to read and write. Chris currently uses a braille reader and writer to communicate through Text. 

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Credit: ABC News

“Christopher is just a very loving kid, always happy and never complains about anything. I’ll do anything to help get him what he deserves,” Hackley said. 

Watch this inspiring video of Christopher below and please SHARE his story with your friends and family on Facebook!


To help raise money for Christopher’s eSight, click here.

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Legally Blind Boy Sees His Mom For The First Time is an article from: LifeDaily

Grandma-To-Be Has A Priceless Reaction To Finding Out Daughter Is Pregnant

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Finding out you’re going to be a parent is beyond exciting for any mom or dad-to-be, but as you can see in the following video, many times it’s the other members of a person’s family who just can’t handle the good news.

Just take this amazing video for example. Dad’s heartwarming reaction to finding out he’s finally going to be a grandpa didn’t have just their entire family in tears. Over 5 million views prove that surprising your parents with a pregnancy announcement is the very best way to spill the beans.

In the following video, we see a mom who clearly has been waiting for a while for her daughter to give her a grandson or granddaughter and when that time finally came, she could barely control herself.

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Since the young pregnant woman had the camera rolling to tell her parents the happy surprise, chances are pretty good she knew mom would flip out, but my favorite part of the video is how happy and tearful dad is too.

Congrats to Mom, Dad and the happy grandparents-in-training! We know this little one is in very good hands.

Please SHARE this sweet video with your loved ones on Facebook today!

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Grandma-To-Be Has A Priceless Reaction To Finding Out Daughter Is Pregnant is an article from: LifeDaily


The Hottest Famous Adult Movie Stars – Then And Now

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When it comes to working in the adult movie industry, a girl needs a heck of a lot more than just her good looks…or other assets. She has to be smart, she has to be savvy and she needs to know the meaning of hard work. Sure it all looks like effortless fun and games in the final cut, but the road to get there is a tough and long one, if you’ll excuse the pun. Many adult movie stars who hit the bigtime, spend a good few years making movies, the content of which we daren’t mention here, until they finally get out, and usually end up pretty rich. Some even end up as multi-millionaires. So without further ado let us take a closer look at the the hottest famous adult movie stars, then and now…

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She was loved by many during her career, and for good reason, as Tera was great at what she did. It all started for her back in 1999, and she went on to feature in more than 130 adult movies.

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Quadriplegic Woman Embraces Motherhood In Her Own Unique Way

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Due to a terrible car accident 16- years ago, Joni Vanderwoude was left paralyzed from the neck down. 

But Vanderwoude of DeMotte, Indiana has never dwelled on the limitations of being a person with quadriplegia. Two years after the accident, she married her high school sweetheart, and four years later, they began trying to have children. 

Contrary to what many people think, it is possible for most women who suffer from spinal cord injury to carry a child, and today, 36-year-old Vanderwoude is the proud mother of three healthy children. 

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Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune

6-year-old Jacqueline, 2-year-old Ryleigh, and 6-week-old Zachary, light up Vanderwoude’s life. 

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Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune

The newborn, Zachary, spends his days sleeping on his mother’s chest in a baby carrier fastened to the back of her wheelchair. 

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Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune

Because pregnancy for women with paralysis is uncommon, Vanderwoude is the only mother with quadriplegia who her doctor has treated in the last decade. 

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Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune

This pregnancy certainly comes with risks, including high blood pressure and dangerous blood clots. 

But according to the Chicago Tribune, doctors say Vanderwoude is an inspiring example of how advances in fetal medicine, adaptive technology, and online support from social media and websites has made it possible for more women with paralysis to enjoy the beauty of motherhood. 

“I can’t physically grab them, or pick them up,” Vanderwoude told the Tribune. “But just being here, and loving them and being there for them — that’s being a mom for me.”

Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune
Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune

Vanderwoude, unfortunately, has no feeling or use of her limbs and core muscles, and someone must turn her over at night so she doesn’t get bedsores. In the morning, she needs help showering, changing her catheter bag, brushing her teeth and changing clothes. Joni gets assistance three days per week by aides funded by Medicaid, and the rest of the week her husband Jason and volunteers from their church help Joni. 

Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune
Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune

“She has been, by far, the strongest person through this all,” Jason Vanderwoude says of his wife. “Don’t get me wrong, there’s days it just plain stinks, where it’s hard not to go, ‘Why did this happen?’ … But she takes it with a grain of salt. It’s life — and here we are.”

Joni has decided to focus on what she can do, rather than what she can’t. She used to think how she’d never be able hold her children’s hands, until one day, Jacqueline instinctively started grabbing her mother’s pinkie. She can’t dance on two feet, but multiple times a day, her children climb up the wheels of her wheelchair, plop down on her lap and giggle as she spins them in circles,” according to the Tribune. 

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Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune

Although difficult, this mom has made motherhood work, and she’s doing an amazing job! 

To watch the video of Vanderwoude and her children, click here.

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[Featured Image Credit: Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune]

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Mom Is Furious When Airport Security Refuses To Let Her Through With Frozen Breast Milk

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When Jessica Coakley Martinez had her second child, she vowed she would do everything to breastfeed him for as long as she could.

Being a working mom who traveled a lot, Jessica constantly felt guilty, so she pumped her breast milk whenever possible.

“To help ease the personal guilt, I resolved to pump at every possible moment between my meetings, presentations, business lunches and dinners, taxis, flights, and long waits in airports. This meant pumping while sitting on toilets in public restrooms; stuffed in an airplane bathroom; in unsecured conference rooms, showers, and closets because certain office spaces didn’t have a place for a nursing mother – and then dealing with the humiliation when a custodial employee accidentally walked in on me,” Jessica wrote in a Facebook post.

But Jessica encountered some trouble getting the breast milk back to her son. She describes on her Facebook being stopped by security at London’s Heathrow Airport, as she tried to bring the breast milk she pumped during an extended business trip on the plane. Despite the fact that the vast majority of the milk was frozen and did not violate the rules, security made her dump 4 gallons of milk in the garbage.

“You made me dump nearly 500oz of breastmilk in the trash. You made me dump out nearly two weeks worth of food for my son,” the angry mom said.

Jessica was told the frozen breast milk would eventually melt, and this violates policy.

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Facebook- Jessica Coakley Martinez

“This wasn’t some rare bottle of wine or luxury perfume I was trying to negotiate as a carry on. This was deeply personal. This was my son’s health and nourishment. This was the money I would now need to spend buying formula that wasn’t necessary. This wasn’t tomorrow’s milk; it was two weeks worth of nutrition for my child,” Jessica said.

Sadly, the loss of that much breast milk means she will need to supplement with formula.

Jessica describes security forcing her to throw away the milk as humiliating and degrading. 

“Beyond literally taking food from my child’s mouth, you humiliated me and made me feel completely defeated as a professional and a mother,” she wrote. “I hope the next time you encounter another mom just trying to make it work and looking for a little help along the way, you consult your conscience (as well as a physical science textbook) and reconsider your options,” she wrote. 

Many mothers have expressed their support for Jessica online. 

What is your stance on this? Do you feel Heathrow airport should have allowed Jessica through?

Let us know in the comments and SHARE this story with your friends and family on Facebook!

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Mom Cries On Dock While Cruise Ship Leaves Her Behind With Kids Still On Board

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This is one mother who has missed the boat.

If you’ve been lucky enough to experience the thrill of taking a cruise, then you know these enormous ships run on very tight schedules. The boat departs at a specific hour, and if you aren’t on it, there’s not much to be done.

One mother, however, found herself having a particularly tough time when she was late to return to the ship and was left behind with her children still on board.

The video was captured by a fellow passenger with a cell phone. The man caught the video as her and her husband were racing back to get on board, only to miss it by a manner of moments. The ship had already been waiting for her to return for a half hour, according to Inside Edition, so it’s especially unfortunate that she missed it by such a tight margin.

Some passengers felt like the captain should have turned the ship around, while others thought the woman shouldn’t have been lolly-gagging behind. Take a look at the video and tell us your thoughts. And if you find it particularly interesting, SHARE the video on Facebook.

[Featured Image Credit: Inside Edition]

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Heroes Save 200 Caged Dogs From Being Killed For Their Meat

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In the United States, as well as many countries around the world, dogs are revered four-legged companions, but unfortunately, there are just as many countries who view dogs as pests to be ignored, or even worse, as something to put on your plate.

In South Korea alone, it’s estimated that about 1.5 million to 2.5 million dogs are eaten every year, which was the same fate 200 dogs at a dog meat farm in Wonju faced. Thankfully, however, members of the Humane Society International found the farm just in time, and stepped in to save them from the appalling conditions and eventually ending up on someone’s plate

In just a few short weeks, the dogs were meant to be killed and their meat was supposed to be eaten during the Bok Nal festival, which is the infamous South Korean dog-eating festival.

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Photo by AFP/Getty

In the past, people in North Korea started eating dogs out of necessity, but now that’s not the case and luckily for other dogs, it’s a dying tradition.

 “It’s a dying business. In the past, people ate dogs because there was nothing else to eat but nowadays, young people don’t have to eat it. It’s becoming weird for people,” a former dog farmer, Gong In-Young, said.

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Photo by AFP/Getty

Can you believe close these dogs came to becoming dinner? Let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this incredible rescue with friends on Facebook.

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21 Fascinating Prince Facts You Never Heard Before

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The legend that was the artist formally known as Prince has died. It is a tragic headline that only now is beginning to sink into the minds and psyches of millions of fans, who were shocked to hear about his death. From the more than 600 songs he wrote to his stunning dance moves and amazingly outlandish dress sense, Prince was a class act all-round, and is already being missed across the globe. Since his tragic passing recently, many facts have emerged about his life, which have had many fans with a coy smile on their face as they remember their favorite singer/songwriter. So please join us in this tribute, of sorts, to the icon that was Prince…

21 Fascinating Prince Facts You Never Heard Before is an article from: LifeDaily

Sick Little Girl Gets To Become Part Of A Basketball Dance Team

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7-year-old Audrey Nethery was born with a hole in her heart, a cleft palate, and a rare blood disorder called Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA), which makes it difficult for the body to circulate oxygen and produce red blood cells. From the moment she was born, her life has been an uphill battle, but she refuses to let it stop her from doing what she loves.

Despite her health problems, which also include stunted growth from having to take steroids, Audrey is still a 7-year-old girl who loves to sing and dance, and has actually gone viral in the past for her impressive Zumba moves, which parents Julie and Scott regularly posts to Facebook to raise awareness of DBA.

TV show host and cook Rachael Ray saw one of Audrey’s viral videos of her dancing, and knew she had to help make one of her dreams come true. Ray invited the 7-year-old Kentucky girl and her parents to New York where Audrey would get to meet and dance with the Brooklyn Nets dance team.

Photo by Youtube/Rachael Ray Show
Photo by Youtube/Rachael Ray Show

Audrey had absolutely no trouble keeping up with the group of professional dancers and got to show off some of her favorite moves. By the end of their performance on Ray’s show Rachael, both Ray and mom were in tears.

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Photo by Youtube/Rachael Ray Show

“Every time I see her dance, even when it’s just in her class, it makes me cry, but seeing her up on that stage was incredible. When she’s dancing, she’s happy and brings so much joy to everyone watching,” Julie said. After the knockout performance, the family took to their Facebook page to share: “What you don’t see is Rachael’s generous donation to our DBA fundraiser – $10,000!!!”

Watch the entire video below to see this 7-year-old’s impressive dance performance with The Brooklynettes, and click here to donate to the DBA foundation to help find a cure.

Can you believe how excited Audrey was to dance with these professional dancers? Let us know what you think in the comments below, and please SHARE this with friends on Facebook.

[Featured image credit: Youtube/Rachael Ray Show]

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Polar Bear Greets His First Snow Day With This Delightful Scene

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Do you remember your first snow day as a child, waking up to discover school had been canceled and in its place was a delightful playground of fluffy white snow.

I remember these days were my favorite growing up and they only got better with age. Even as an adult, snow days haven’t lost their intrigue and while snow now comes with more aches and pains (like shoveling), that blissful white stuff still makes me smile each time I see it.

Another thing that makes me smile is watching polar bears discover the bliss of a first snow day like the one in the following video who has recently discovered how incredible now is.

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The 10-week-old cub is a resident of the Aalborg Zoo in Denmark and we take it he’s enjoying his first frolic through the snow. Take a look at how this bundle of joy plops and slides around the fluffy playground.

And don’t forget to SHARE this heinously cute video with friends and family. Brighten up somebody’s day with a smile and you might end up brightening your own.

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Kittens Found Covered In Ink Are Placed In Safe Hands And Several Warm Baths

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Two kittens, who have since been appropriately named Shrek and Smurf were recently found feeling blue and covered in what appeared to be permanent marker.

Police rescued the tiny animals from a rundown property and brought them into Bradford Cat Watch Rescue Kittens. Katie Jane, the owner of the kitten sanctuary, said that volunteers and employees have seen all kinds of strange rescue situations, but nobody had ever seen anything quite like this.

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The two animals appeared to have permanent marker on them and getting it off was a challenge for the shelter.

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Once the little babies were taken in, they were given multiple baths and all the love they deserved. The shelter made progress, though not all the marker came off. That will take some time.

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Neither the police nor the rescuers seemed to know why the little tykes were covered in permanent marker, though it may have been the work of a small child.

Regardless, we are happy to hear these guys are back in safe hands and warm homes, and we hope they are feeling a little less blue. If you found this story as heartbreaking and uplifting as we did, the please SHARE with friends and family on Facebook.

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Kittens Found Covered In Ink Are Placed In Safe Hands And Several Warm Baths is an article from: LifeDaily

Mom Is Shot By Toddler After Her Boyfriend Left A Loaded Gun In The Car

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A 26-year-old mother was accidentally shot and killed in Milwaukee Tuesday afternoon by her 2-year-old son due to a tragic mistake.

Patrice Price, a young mother of two, was driving down Highway 175 in her boyfriend’s car, Independent Journal reports. Her boyfriend works as a security guard and had left his loaded gun in the back seat.

Somehow, the toddler who had been sitting in the back, managed to get his hands on the gun.

The Milwaukee police department released a statement to WISN saying:

“Initial witness accounts indicate that a child in the back seat of the vehicle got a hold of a gun and discharged the firearm, sending a single bullet into the driver’s back.”

Price was killed immediately. When police arrived, they found the child unharmed and still holding the weapon in the back seat. Price’s 1-year-old daughter was sitting in the front seat of the car, according to a local Milwaukee news station. She too was unharmed.

You can see the tragic report below, and please SHARE this video to raise awareness of this tragedy and remind people to always be extremely careful with firearms.

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Mom Is Shot By Toddler After Her Boyfriend Left A Loaded Gun In The Car is an article from: LifeDaily

Security Camera Captures Elephant Picking Up Trash

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A security camera attached to the side of a housing complex captured the sweet video below that can only melt your heart while it softens your face into a smile.

The camera picked up footage of an elephant picking something up of his own. The big guy had found a piece of litter on the ground, and being the sweetheart he is, he picked it up and placed it in the trash.

There’s an important lesson for humanity here and it may not be the one you think. No, a wild elephant DID NOT wander off the plains of Africa, scratch his head upon seeing the trash, and say “I think that belongs in a tin cylinder.”

A wild elephant wouldn’t understand the concept of litter because it doesn’t exist in the wild.

What likely happened was a case of “monkey see, monkey do.”

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This elephant probably hangs around the complex and he has probably seen humans throw trash in the garbage a hundred times. Perhaps one of the people in the area has even taught the elephant a trick or too since they are very trainable animals.

Having watched the behavior hundreds of times, the highly intelligent mammal was able to draw conclusions on his own about where garbage goes.

The important lesson here is one of influence. Humans influenced the world around them, like when they taught this elephant a trick and a lesson, possibly without even realizing it. The elephant, in turn, reacted and went on to be an influence himself.

And if you believe in the power of influence too, then please SHARE this video on Facebook. Each of us is like a drop in a small pond. It’s hard for us to recognize our personal impact, but one ripple can become a wave. Let’s make that wave one that makes the world a better place.

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Security Camera Captures Elephant Picking Up Trash is an article from: LifeDaily

After Grueling Spinal Surgery, Dog Learns How To Walk Again

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Sometimes, life knocks us down and we get back up again. Other times, it pushes us to the ground and we struggle to find our footing.

The latter happened to Dillon, an 11-year-old labrador who is back on his feet thanks to the heroes at Yorkshire Vet Physio.

The awesome veterinarians and rehabilitators met Dillon earlier this year. Dillon had recently undergone spinal surgery in December 2015. He was brought into the rehabilitation center in a sling as pictured above.

The poor beast couldn’t even stand on his own. He was unable to move both his front and back legs and could do nothing but lie on his side.

While the back surgery had been necessary, it unfortunately left him with no ambulatory skills. According to Yorkshire Vet Physio, the rehabilitators didn’t even know how well they could help with the situation. Six weeks past before Dillon was brought in for physical therapy–a LOT of time considering the extent of the surgery and work that needed to be done.

For six weeks, his owners had been carrying Dillon around in a sling, though they decided that it was now time to help the dog help himself.

And it worked! Dillon made great improvements and despite having his back operated on just a few months ago, he’s back in the action and luckily back on his feet.You can see just how well this dog is doing in the video below.

Fortunately, Dillon had somebody to help him get back on his feet when he found himself down on his luck. We’ve all been Dillon at some point, carrying ourselves through life in little more than a sling. We’ve also seen Dillon in those around us that we encounter, the friends and family members who are hauling themselves through the day with a lost look in their eyes.

If you want those friends to know you’re here to provide a stronger sling, a helpful hand, or simply a kind ear, then please SHARE this on Facebook and let them know that we’re all in this together. We can carry ourselves alone, but we’ll get farther together.

After Grueling Spinal Surgery, Dog Learns How To Walk Again is an article from: LifeDaily

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