April 26, 2026

Rocky the dog Found in the Mountains

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Johnny Mac shares five positive stories: Croatia has been declared free of landmines after more than two decades of demining following the 1990s Balkan Wars, removing about 107,000 mines at a cost of over $1 billion and the lives of 40–60 deminers. In Kazakhstan, a rewilding program is restoring habitat for tigers by planting tens of thousands of trees and supporting prey species; a breeding pair from the Netherlands is adapting in a semi-wild reserve, and saiga antelope have rebounded from 48,000 in 2005 to over 1.9 million. Scientists are developing an experimental cancer treatment using engineered bacteria to grow inside oxygen-poor tumor cores and better tolerate oxygen. A first-edition shadowless base set Charizard card sold for $40,000. Finally, a dog named Rocky was recovered after 43 days lost in Colorado mountains, aided by Summit Lost Pet Rescue.

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Kalaroka Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnnie Mack with five

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good news stories. Croatia has officially been decleared free of

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land mines after more than two decades of clearing explosives.

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These were left over from the Balkan Wars of the

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nineteen nineties during the breakup of Yugoslavia, and estimated one

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point five million land mines were planted across the country.

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After spending more than one billion dollars on d mining operations,

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Croatia has removed around one hundred and seven thousand land mines.

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Teams used metal detectors, specialized machinery, and trained detection dogs

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to locate and safely remove the explosives. The work, however,

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came at a cost. Between forty and sixty d miners

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lost their lives during the decades long effort. Meanwhile, in Kazakhstan,

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they are preparing for the return of tigers. They've restored

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the habitat and planted tens of thousands of trees in

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the country south as part of an ambitious rewilding program.

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About thirty seven thousand seedlings were planted last year in

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forest around two rivers in the nature reserve they're trying

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to rebuild the ecosystem needed to support large predators. The

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restoration effort include species such as willow, long leaved olister

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and native trees. The plantings are designed to support prey

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animals that tigers depend on help it create a stable

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food chain before the tigers are released. A breeding pair

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of tigers from the Netherlands is already living on a

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semi wild facility in the reserve to adapt to the environment.

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Their offspring are expected to form part of the future

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wild population without the tigers. The antelope one from forty

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eight thousand animals in two thousand and five to more

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than one point nine million to day. Scientists are developing

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a new experimental cancer treatment that uses engineered bacteria to

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destroy tumors from the inside. There's a type of soil

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bacterium that thrives in environments without oxygen. The inner core

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of many solid tumors is oxygen free and filled with

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nutrients from dead cells, making an ideal place for the

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bacteria to grow. Once inside the tumor, the bacteria multiply

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and begin consuming the tumor. One challenge is when the

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bacteria reached the outer parts of the tumor, they run

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into oxygen and die before finishing the job. So a

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deal with that, The researchers added a gene from a

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related bacterium that allows it to better tolerate oxygen. It's

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still in the early research stages, but scientists hope it

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could eventually become another tool in cancer treatment. Wow, that

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sounds really cool. Awkward segue to an ultra rear Pokemon

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card that originally costs two dollars in nineteen ninety nine.

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It has sold for forty thousand dollars at auction. So

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yell at your mom for throwing your shoe box away.

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The card is a first edition shadowless base set chore Rezord,

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considered one of the most sought after items among Pokemon

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collectors when the cards were first released. A pack of

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eleven cards typically sold for between a buck fifty and

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two bucks. Choreizord was the rarest holographic card in the

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original base set. Experts estimate only four thousand to ten

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thousand were even produced. Most were played with by children,

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so a well preserved example is especially valuable. Auctioneers say

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the Pokemon card market a surgeon in recent years, driven

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partly by collectors now being in their twenties and thirties,

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they grew up with the franchise and now they've got money.

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Good news for a dog and his owner. The dog

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was lost during a winter storm. He was reunited with

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his owner after surviving forty three days in the mountains.

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Steven was driving from New Jersey to California for a

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new job. He stopped in Colorado. He left Rocky the

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dog with a local pet sitter. The dog bolted in

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the mountains just as a blizzard was happening. Volunteers from

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Summit Lost Pet Rescue started searching for Rocky using trail cameras,

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sent stations with the owner's clothing and the dog's bed.

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Despite several sightings on cameras, Rocky stayed elusive. After days

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of searching, Stephen had to keep going to California, but

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the rescue team kept looking. A couple weeks later, a

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resident spotted Rocky on a home security camera. Rescuers set

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up a trap using scent trails made from David's clothing.

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Rocky entered the trap within three hours. The dog had

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lost nearly half his body weight, dropping from fifty pounds

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to about twenty six. But he's gonna be fine. Summit

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Lost Pet Rescue said it marked the longest time a

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dog had been missing before they six ess fully recovered it.

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The nonprofit last year located two hundred and thirteen of

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two hundred and fourteen lost dogs. And those are your

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five good news stories for today.