April 28, 2026

Loose Goose

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Dutch authorities recovered a 2,500-year-old Romanian golden helmet stolen in January from a Dutch museum while on loan from Romania, along with two of three stolen gold bracelets; the helmet has a dent and one bracelet is still missing. In Honduras, a healthy male cloud jaguar was photographed for the first time in a decade at over 6,000 feet, the highest recorded elevation for the species in the country. Charles became the world’s oldest first-time grandfather at 91 years, 209 days, and remains active traveling Australia. Cambodia unveiled a memorial statue for Magawa, an African giant pouched rat credited with finding over 100 landmines. In Connecticut, Milford Animal Control is seeking the owner of a domesticated Toulouse goose found loose.

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Kalaroga Shark Media. Hey there, I'm Johnny Mack with five

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good news stories. A priceless golden helmet that's like twenty

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five hundred years old has been recovered after being stolen

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earlier this year from a museum in the Netherlands. The

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helmet of Coto Finesti was stolen in January while on

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loan from the Natural History Museum of Romania to the

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Drintz Museum in the Netherlands. The helmet, created around four

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point fifty BC, is considered a national treasure of Romania.

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Decorated with intricate designs and believed to have symbolic protective features,

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It provides rare insight into a culture that left no

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written records. Dutch authorities announced the recovery alongside two of

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the three stolen gold bracelets. Officials at fear that the

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helmet might be melted down due to its gold value.

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The helmet unfortunately was damaged and now has a dent. Also,

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one of the stolen bracelets remains missing. Good news. If

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you're a cloud jaguar, you guys are doing okay. A

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cloud jaguar was captured on camera in Honduras for the

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first time in a decade. The images show a healthy

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male cloud jaguar at an elevation of more than six

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thousand feet, marking the highest recorded species of the cloud

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jaguar in Honduras. The location is just two meters from

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they saw the last cloud jaguar ten years and two

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days earlier. Congratulations to Charles. Charles has been named the

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world's oldest first time grandfather. How old do you think

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the world's oldest first time grandfather is? Charles is ninety one.

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His granddaughter was born when he was ninety one years

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At two hundred and nine days old, Charles said, all

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I could say is I picked her up and didn't

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want to give her back, except for the nappy changes.

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His son says, the most impressive thing about my dad

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is his independence. He lives a great retirement, travels around

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Australia at his campra van and heads out on the boat.

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Age hasn't slowed him down at all. I think he's

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more active than ever. He has a positive attitude, circle

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of friends, which says so much about him and knowing him.

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The amount of tea he drinks probably has something to

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do with it. In Cambodia, they have unveiled a memorial

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statue honoring a rat. Yes. The rat was credited with

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helping clear more than one hundred land mines during its service.

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Magamwa was an African giant pouched rat and was trained

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to detect explosives locate land mines in unexploded ordinances. Magawa

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served a five year career helping make large areas of

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land safer communities. April fourth was International Day from Mine

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Awareness Day. A member of the Cambodian Mine Action and

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Victim Assistance Authority said before us dans Magawa a small creature,

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yet one who changed the ground beneath our feet. Each

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detection meant the space returned to life. Each cleared area

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meant children walking safely, farmers working freely, communities rebuilding without hesitation.

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Officials noted that rats are effective because they're light enough

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not to trigger the mines and could search large areas quickly,

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covering the size of a tennis court in about thirty minutes.

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Good news, we found your goose. If your goose is

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missing aka a goose on the loose and you're in Connecticut,

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contact the authorities. The Milford Animal Control said the goose

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appears to be a toulouse breed, which as you know,

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originates from France that is typically domesticated rather than found

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in the wild. Officials noted that while Canadian geese are

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common in the region, a Toulouse geese is not native

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to the area and was likely owned. Authorities are asking

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anyone with information about the goose come forward, as they

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want to get the goose on the loose back with you.

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Those are your five good news stories for today. Have

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a great day.