Jan. 28, 2025

Ding Dong the Dog and some Ding Dongs with a Bear Costume

Show Notes
Transcript

Ding Dong the Dog, an Akita mix, was saved from a cold snap after ringing a doorbell in search of help. Scientists discover a new type of asthma test using nasal swabs, and find a new species of pangolin called the Indo Burmese Pangolin. A father walks 124 miles to raise money for charity in memory of his late daughter. Finally, four individuals in LA are arrested for filing false insurance claims featuring a person in a bear costume. Catch these incredible stories and more in this episode!

00:00 Introduction and First Good News Story: Ding Dong the Dog

01:11 Breakthrough in Asthma Testing

01:31 Discovery of a New Pangolin Species

02:19 A Father's Tribute Walk for Charity

03:24 Operation Bear Claw: Insurance Fraud Uncovered

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm shunning back with five

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good news stories. It's been cold in a lot of

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the country lately, and ding Dong the Dog was cold.

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According to Gateway Pet Guardians, ding Dong the Dog was

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saved from a dangerous cold snap after ding Dong the

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Dog rang the doorbell of a home in the community.

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Alicia is the executive director of Gateway Pet Guardian and

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told people, ding Dong shut up at the front door

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of the home of one of our community members, even

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rang the doorbell. Footage from ding Dong's rescue shows ding

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Dong the dog, estimated to be a young adul to

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Keida mix, sniffing around the porch of a home and

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activating the house's doorbell. Ding Dong the Dog was greeted

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by a friendly woman who approached the dog and offered

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him treats. The shelter tried to find an owner, no

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luck so far. They believed ding Dong would be an

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excellent family pet and could probably fit in with just

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about anyone. They described ding Dong the Dog as an

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easy going, sweet and happy, go lucky kind of guy.

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He doesn't seem to know a stranger. He just wants

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to love on people and get attention. He a soft

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and fluffy fur and loves to snuggle. Hey, if ding

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Dong hasn't been found yet, reach out to Gateway peed Guardians.

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Maybe ding Dong could come live with you. Rooting for you,

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Doggie A good news. Scientists have discovered a new way

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to test different types of asthma via a nasal swab.

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For many children diagnosed with asthma, it can be hard

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to pinpoint the nature of their particular stream of asthma.

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Testing options have been limited. Typically, doctors either droop blood

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or had children breathe into a mouthpiece to measure the

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nitric oxide in their breath. Meanwhile, some other scientists have

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found a new type of pangolin. It's the Indo Burmese pangolin. Now. Unfortunately,

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over a million pangolins were trafficked over a ten year period.

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According to the World Wildlife Fund, people go after their meat, skins,

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and scales. Because of that, all eight species of the

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pangolin are endangered and protected under the Convention on International

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Trade and Endangered Species. That's the highest international trade agreement

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of wild animals and plants. The scientists were checking out

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the DNA on one of the confiscated pangs and found out, hey,

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this is a new kind and they dubbed it the

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Indo Burmese panglin. Mukesh is the lead biologist and said

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the discovery is a testament to the power of modern

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genetic tools and uncovering hidden diversity. The Indo Burmese panglin

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not only enriches our understanding of Asian pangolins, but also

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emphasizes the need for region specific conservation efforts. A dad

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walked one hundred and twenty four miles and the colds

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raised thousands of dollars for charity in his daughter's name.

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When Maria was growing up, Dad would jokingly tell her

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he'd walk from London to Wolverhampton for her. That's one

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hundred and twenty four miles, to illustrate that he'd do

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anything for her. Now, Maria passed away in twenty twenty

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one of sudden cardiac arrest. She was walking home from work.

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She was seventeen. Dad told the BBC all her life,

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I used to say to Maria, I'd walk from London

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for you. It was just a show of love in

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adjusting type of way, but it kept going around and

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around in my head, and I told my wife I'm

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gonna walk from London, and my wife gave me the

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thumbs up. Dad and some friends set out on a

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six day walk to raise money for local charities in

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Marie's name, including the UK nonprofit cardiac risck in the Young.

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Six days later, they completed the one hundred and twenty

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four mile hike. Dad said, my feet are battered, swollen,

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I have blisters everywhere, my skin is ripped off. But

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I wanted to prove to her that she was my child.

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I hope she'd be proud. I know she'd laugh that

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infectious laugh straight away, and I know she'd say I'm crazy,

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but i'd see her lip curl and a smile of pride.

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And that's what I want to do. I want to

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keep her memory alive, and I also want to keep

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it alive and the type of person that she was.

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Four residents in the LA area were arrested after an

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investigation by the California Department of Insurance. It was Operation

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bear Claw. All right, Johnny Mack, what's this about? You

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see the suspects I claim that a bear had entered

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their Rolls Royce and caused interior damage. The suspects even

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shared video footage of the incident. The insurance department was

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like a interesting. The video shows a furry figure entering

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through the side door, climbing around the back seat, and

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crawling out, leaving scratch marks on the leather seats in

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the door. Officials set upon further scrutiny of the video,

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the investigation deemed the bear was actually a person in

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a bear costume. Detectives found two more claims from these

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same people, from the same date, the same location, but

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involving different cars and at different Mercedes. The suspects provided

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video footage of those incidents as well, which followed a

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similar bat under the first. They went to a biologist

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in the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and was like,

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is this a bear? And Fish and Wildlife said nope,

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that is clearly a human and a bear suit. Detectives

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got a search warrant. They found the bear costume, complete

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with a head pause and metal tools in the shape

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of claws, in the suspects home. Now here's where the

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bad guy's tripped up. The bear costume light brown. The

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California Department of Fish and Wildlife says the only wild

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bears in California are black bears. And those are your

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