May 31, 2026

Dog fights off bear, saves chickens!

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Johnny Mac shares five good news stories: In New Mexico, Honey, a 12-year-old half-blind dog, fought off a bear threatening a chicken coop and her family, suffered serious head and neck injuries, and recovered after emergency surgery. In Australia, conservationists helped endangered regent honeyeaters relearn their mating song by placing wild adult males with captive young birds so they could learn directly. In the Netherlands, 8-year-old Feline won a national contest and had her “Sweet Monster Train” drawings turned into full-train decals to spark kids’ excitement for train travel. At the New England Aquarium, 33-year-old harbor seal Reggae went viral cuddling a yellow rubber duck as part of enrichment activities. In Thailand, an escaped ostrich from an animal cafe followed a cement truck and ran about 10 miles on a highway before being safely returned.

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hey there, Johnny Mack with five CAD

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New Stories. A twelve year old half blind dog in

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New Mexico is being hailed as a hero after fighting

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off a bear to protect her family, their animals, and

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their property. It's Honey the Dog. Honey the dog in

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front of the bear after the bear wandered onto the

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family's land, apparently targeting a chicken coop that housed dozens

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of birds. Despite being old and having limited vision, Honey

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the Dog engaged the bear in a prolonged struggle. This

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was all captured on Securio audio and ultimately drove the

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bear away. Denise said, she's our little savior. She's always

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been protected that way. She risked her life to save

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not just the coop but her family from that bear.

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The poor dog had some severe injuries, including a deep puncture, wounds, bruising,

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and damage to her head and neck. She was rushed

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to the animal hospital and underwent emergency surgery. You know

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how this show goes. Honey the dog is fine, the

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rescue group said, and because of her family's love a

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community who cares. In a little bit of bad assery,

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this half blind Sassy senior is still here. Congratulations honey.

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In Australia, they're teaching a bird how to sing, because

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if the bird can't sing, it can't find a mate.

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The bird is a regent honey eater. There are about

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three hundred left in the wild, and a honey eater

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has begun losing its traditional mating call. Young males growing

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up with enough adult role models have started mimicking other

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bird species instead of learning their own song. And that's

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the problem because the other birds don't know what you're doing.

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If males don't sing the song correctly, they may fail

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to track mates at all. At first, researchers played recordings

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of the bird's traditional call, known as the Blue Mountains typical.

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That helps, but the real breakthrough came when they introduced

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wild adult males into aviaries with captive birds. Behaviorist ecologist

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Joy explains the key is mimicking what happens in nature,

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letting young birds learn directly from experienced teachers. The result success.

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Young honey eaters began picking the correct song, and conservationists

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can now release birds that actually know how to speak

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their own language. That's awesome. An eight year old in

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the Netherlands has gone from drawing monsters to seeing monsters

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race and an actual train. All right, what's going on here?

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Feline won a national drawing contest, beating more than twelve

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hundred entries from children across the nation. Her winning concept,

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The Sweet Monster Train, featured colorful, friendly creatures designed to

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be playful rather than scary. Working alongside a professional illustrator,

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Fellene's monsters were scaled up and printed onto large details

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that now wrap around the train. Organizers say the goal

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to competition is to reconnect kids with the magic of

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train travel. A harbor seal named Reggae great name is

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having a moment, and it's because of a rubber duck.

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Reggae is a thirty three year old Atlantic harbor seal

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at the New England Aquarium. Reggae has gone viral after

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a video showed Reggae playing with, hugging, and even kissing

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a bright yellow rubber duck. Rebecca Miller, who oversees the seals,

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explained the toys are part of enrichment activities designed to

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keep the animals mentally engaged. She says it's a great

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way to challenge her animals and really allow them to

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use those problem solving skills. That they have. The aquarium

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is home to five seals, all born in captivity, and

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their habitat is designed to mimic a rocky New England coastline.

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That is a great saquarium if you've never been there,

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or if you have. An Ostrich and Thailand went on

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a road trip. The Ostrich escaped from an animal cafe,

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darting through an open gate and somehow locking onto a

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cement truck it was following. From there, it made its

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way onto a busy highway and ran ten miles to

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a nearby town. The owner said the bird one of

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two Ostridges named B one and B two, likely to

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slip out during a moment of inattention. Luckily, bystanders stepped in,

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captured the ostriche who's either B one or B two,

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and returned it home. But again, let's not overlook the

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port where the Ostrich followed a cement truck for ten miles.

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And those are five good news stories for today. I

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have a good one.