Chunk the Groundhog gets free veggies, but there might be fish bladders in your beer

0:02 The Shark Deck. Hey, I'm Chenny Mack with five good news stories. Good news if you're a Clydesdale horse, or better news if you're going to be a Clydesdale horse. Anheuser bush announced that they've ended the practice of amputating the tales of Budweiser Clydesdale's. The beer company was getting a lot of criticism for the practice. It's banned in several countries and was denounced as inhumane by animal welfare organizations. A spokeswoman said, safety and wellbeing of our beloved Clydesdale's is our top priority. The practice of equine tail docking was discontinued earlier this year. The practice is commonly performed on draft horses. This is me just telling you about it. This is not actually in the statement to prevent the tale of the horse from interfering with harness and carriage equipment. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, they say the amputation removes a portion of the bony part of a horse's tail. Annheuser Busch did not say why the company had done it in the past, but Wiser began using the horses in its marketing back in nineteen thirty three. Two six horse Clydesdale hitches hauling beer wagons appeared in a New York City ceremony that year to mark the end of prohibition.

1:15 Tom Willis throughout the first pitch at a Yankees game. He's the president and founder of the Pitch for Awareness National Tour. Willis said, when I was a kid, I never dreamed of pitching. I'd throw a ball around maybe, but it wasn't until this whole thing started. Here's the part I didn't tell you. Tom Willis was born without arms. Back in two thousand and eight, a news station in San Diego wrote a story on Willis. At that time, Willis, who's a motivational speaker, started his speeches by throwing balls and frisbees into the crowd demonstrate to children, although it may be different, he could still do everything that other kids could do. About a week after the story ran, the padres, impressed by Willis's ability to throw without arms, reached out and asked him throughout the first pitch. That's when Willis realized there was an opportunity for something more than just pitching. He said, this is an opportunity for me as a disability awareness program to help people better understand and accept the abilities of persons with disabilities. His idea to throw out the first pitch at all thirty stadiums. When I got back to my seat, I told my buddies, guys, that was great. I should do this at all thirty stadiums. It was a tongue in cheap joke. But the more that happened as a result, the more I thought, maybe not such a bad idea. Ten or eleven teams right off the bat were like, sure, we'd love to have you. After the initial hype died down, though, he hit a wall. Some teams said, no, we're not interested, No, thank you. The real holdouts were the ones that said, we only give first pitches to sponsors. Oh, let's name those teams, According to Willis, the Colorado Rockies, Oakland A's, Philadelphia Phillies, and Minnesota Twins. Willis said, I had a good fortune to be introduced to David Sampson, who was the president of the Marlins at the time.

2:42 He liked what I was doing. He made some phone calls, and suddenly I got four more teams. He got to twenty four stadiums by twenty fifteen, and now the only team left on the list. The angels, Come on, angels, get this done. Good news for Chunk the groundhog. You see. Jeff came home and it was kind of annoyed his organic garden had been damaged, so he want to know who did this. He set up a motion sensitive surveillance camera and what he saw was a grown hog munching on a cucumber. Jeff decided, you know what, live and let live, and from that moment on he began sharing his homegrown fruit and vegetables with the intruder, who he named Chunk. Chunk now has a family and they too are eating from the garden. Jeff took to social media and said, it hit me, these videos are actually making an impact on people.

3:29 That sends a positive vibe. But get comments about people having a really bad day, people are sick, they're in the hospital, people lost to love one and then they watch videos of Chunk. Good news. If you like fish bladders, they are an ingredient in the beer you might be drinking. Yes, according to the pros at Green's Beer, Lots of breweries use fish bladders to find as a gelatin like substance that's made by drying and processing these swim ladders of certain fish. Why it makes your beer appear clearer and brighter. Now, hopefully, during the brewing process most of the stuff will disappear. However, most vegetarians and vegans are like no, no, no, no no. New breweries commonly avoid using this in their products. I have more bad news for you, some vanillas or using beaver anal glands. Do you like Shrek? Do you wear Crocs? Well, let's combine those.

4:20 Crocs is releasing highly anticipated limited edition Shrek clogs. The clogs come in a green ogre hue and feature fluffy, brown adjustable straps. The crocs also have special accessories in the form of green ears and a nose to complete the look. One fan took to social media and said, o MG, slay at your five good news stores for today. Follow the show for free on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, or tell a friend about the podcast. That would be super helpful too. You have a great day.