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July 4, 2026

Petition to stop ketchup packets and napkins

Petition to stop ketchup packets and napkins
Petition to stop ketchup packets and napkins
5 Good News Stories
Petition to stop ketchup packets and napkins

Johnny Mac shares five good news stories in a July 4th message: two German shepherds, Maya and Liv, sniff out two kittens hidden by a shed, and the kittens are taken to a local caregiver and cleared healthy by a vet; in Argentina’s Iberá National Park, a wild jaguar named Ombú is spotted for the first time in 70 years as conservation work grows the population from zero to 50; Colorado sophomores Erica and Dominic draft a “Skip the Stuff” sustainability bill to stop automatic inclusion of single-use items with food orders; Danville, California fourth and fifth graders campaign to raise $10 million by July 31 to protect Big Bear Valley bald eagles Jackie and Shadow’s hunting area from development; and in British Columbia, volunteers help reunite crash victims with their missing Australian shepherd, Daisy, found unharmed in a pickup truck four days later.

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0:03 Caalaroga Shark Media. Hey, they're happy fourth of July. America's two hundred and fifty years old. I hope you and your family have an awesome Fourth of July and a great weekend. Hello, I'm Johnny Mack with five good news stories. All right, how about two German shepherds. They started acting strangely near the side of the shed. The dogs, Maya and Live, were sniffing and scratching. The owners couldn't see what was going on. They went to investigate, and they found two tiny kittens tucked away inside. The owner's posted the video online with the caption the girls made quite the discovery this weekend. Good nostrils save lives. Many people on the internet invoked what the Internet calls the cat distribution system. If you're not familiar with this, it is a theory that cats find their way to you when you've been chosen, whether you ask for a cat or not.

0:52 The owners reported the kittens were quickly taken to a local woman equipped to take care of them. They've been checked by a vent and are healthy and safe. Meanwhile, in Argentina, the Jaguars are back. No, not the football team, the actual Jaguars in early May, tour guides were leading visitors through Ibera National Park when they spot out a jaguar. His name is Ambu, a young male born in the park. He was the first wild jaguar seen in that region in seventy years. Seven decades ago, jaguars were pushed out because of logging. What happened since is the result of decades of slow conservation work. Rewilding Argentina has brought the jaguar population from zero to fifty. Park ranger Victor was there when Ambu was spotted. He described the moments, saying, after more than seventy years about of the presidence of the jaguar here in the wetlands, seeing it again and its natural habitat is truly historic. The arrival of the jaguar to this place is very important, especially this stage of conservation, because it's a predator that we were missing here in the wetlands. We've been seeing many kapabaras, caymans and different animals that complete the ecosystem, but we were missing him, the top predator. Two high schoolers started with a snapchat message and they wound up in front of the Colorado State Senate oh No what's going on here? No, it's pretty cool. Erica and Dominic sophomores at Cherry Creek High School in Aurora. They overheard classmates talking about try and pass a bill, and they had reached out to Erica to find out what kind of change they wanted to see in Colorado. They landed on sustainability, specifically a policy called skip the Stuff, a simple idea that restaurants

2:24 and delivery apps would stop automatically including single use items like plastic utensils, napkins, straws, and Connoment packets with every order unless you ask for them. You know, I really like this idea. I always feel bad when I order stuff and I have like seven things to catch up and I don't know what to do with them, and they put them in the fridge till my wife throws them at it's just waste. So good job by these two students, Dominic said, we drafted the bill entirely on our own, at least to the best of two high schoolers' abilities. In Red Bank, New Jersey, they have a similar ordinance and saw a ninety four percent reduction in single use cutlery. Restaurants save money by not handing out items that could thrown away customersp accumulating that famous juncture of random plastic spoons and ketchup packets unless plastic ends up in the landfill. Yep, yep, yep, Dominic said. The businesses win they don't have to give out products it won't be used. The consumers win because they don't have to throw away clutter in their house. Love it kids, All right, Let's check in on Jackie and Shadow. They are bald eagles living in Big Bear Valley in California, San Bernardino National Forest. The eagles of a twenty four hour live stream that's turned them into Internet celebrities. They've hatched eggs, raised eaglets, and built the following people all over the world. Now part of the valley where they hunt is slated to be developed into luxury homes. Some fourth and fifth graders in Danville, California, are like no, no, na, na na. Their teacher, Sarah told ABC News. I started sharing the information with them and they all felt passionate about it. They were like, what can we do? So they did everything. They wrote letters to community members, celebrities and lawmakers. They posted flyers, they picked up leaves, washed cars,

3:54 held big sales, set up lemonade stands. It eventually became a school wide campaign. The nonprofit Friends of Big Bear Valley, which runs the Eagle Live stream, says the land is being threatened by development unless ten million dollars can be raised by the San Bernardino Mountain Land Trust by July thirty first. They describe it as the last undisturbed shoreline on the lake and they've only raised like two and a half million dollars, So I don't know rooting for you, guys if you want to help. Friends of Big Bear Valley as the fundraiser running through July thirty first. In British Columbia, the community rallied together to help a family find their missing dog after a highway crash left everyone fearing the worst. Deira and Sharon were traveling when a pickup truck forced their vehicle off the road. The car rolled over and then when everything settled, they were Australian shepherd Daisy was gone. They started looking for Daisy, couldn't find Daisy. First responders convinced them to go to the hospital.

4:50 Doctors determined the injuries weren't serious. They were discharged and they went back to looking for Daisy the dog, No Daisy the dog. Volunteers searched on foot. Others provided thermal imaging drone. Four days after the crash, one of the volunteers, Tracy, felt compelled to search one more time. Return into the crash site. She focused on the immediate area. The pickup truck was still there. Inside the truck Daisy. They called the owner. Daisy immediately recognized the owner and began whimpering excitedly. The dog appeared unharmed. Glad everyone is doing okay, and those are your fine the good news stories for today. Take it easy with the fireworks, folks. Leave it to the professionals. See you tomorrow.