Dec. 4, 2024

Wizard of Oz Ruby Slippers Auction

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A miniature horse named Butter was rescued from a 60-foot deep well by a dedicated team of firefighters and animal experts. The Seoul government is donating luxury hotel furniture to low-income earners and the homeless. The iconic ruby slippers from 'The Wizard of Oz' are up for auction after a theft and recovery. An emu named Shrub found an unlikely foster mom in a hen named Nugget. In Australia, a couple found a surprise visitor in their bed: a koala.

00:11 Rescue of Butter the Miniature Horse
01:11 Seoul's Furniture Donation Initiative
01:45 Auction of the Ruby Slippers
03:03 Shrub the Emu and Her Unlikely Foster Mom
03:58 Koala Surprise in Australia

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

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good news stories. Good news for Butter the horse. Butter

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is a twelve year old female miniature horse and had

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fallen into a sixty foot deep well. Oh No. Rescuers

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working at night were able to get Butter out of

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the sixty foot deep well. Butter the horse had plummeted

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about fifteen feet into the well. A crew of skilled rescuers,

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including firefighters, animal control officers, and VET experts rushed to

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the scene a rescue Butter who was crying for help.

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Firefighters had taken some animal rescue training. They put that

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training into good use. They made a sling used to

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hoist Butter the miniature horse out of the ground with

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a front loader. VET team was there. They were able

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to sedate the horse so the horse didn't freak out.

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Lieutenant Kyle Stevens hated in the efforts and said it

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was great to put all those training sessions to good.

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This was definitely a great team effort by all those involved.

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After the rescue, everyone a dried Butter off and wrapped

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her in a heavy blanket. Butter the horse was reunited

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with her owner and taken to the vet for an

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additional follow up. You know how this podcast works. No

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horrible endings here, Everything worked out great. In Seoul, the

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government has been collecting used furniture from hotels and donating

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to low income earners and the homeless in the city.

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The government has partnered with fourteen different luxury hotels. They've

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seen one hundred and twenty thousand used furniture items distributed

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to low income housing, homeless facilities and other shelter initiatives.

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Locals say there's something to be said for not only,

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you know, giving them furniture, but also it helps their

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self esteem. The sight of nice pieces of furniture may

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offer an intentional benefit to somebody with the stresses of

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living near the poverty line, and the intangible might help

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in a way that direct financial support might not. Would

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you like to buy the ruby slippers from the Wizard

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of Oz. They're on sale. They're available for auction. The

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auction continues through December seventh. The sequent and bad bedazzled

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slippers appeared in the nineteen thirty nine movie. Back in

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two thousand and five, Michael Shaw had loaned the shoes

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to the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids. That summer,

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someone smashed through the display case and stole the ruby slippers.

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No one knew where they were. The FBI recovered them

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in twenty eighteen. Well we're not lending it to you again, guys.

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The museum is one of those vying for the slippers.

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I have a suspicion they'll wind up winning this auction.

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Maybe not. Grand Rapids has raised money for the slippers

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at its annual Judy Garland Festival. The funds will supplement

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the one hundred thousand dollars set aside this year by

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Minnesota lawmakers to purchase the slippers. Now, the man who

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had stolen the slippers, he's seventy six. He was sentenced

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in January two time served because of his poor health.

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He admitted to using a hammer to smash the glass

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at the museum's door. He said it was attempt to

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pull off one last score after an old associate with

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connections to the mob told them the shoes had to

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be adorned with real jewels to justify their one million

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dollars in short value. I'm not an expert, but I'm

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pretty sure those are not real jewels. Check with an

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oz xpit. But I feel like I have that fact

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in my brain somewhere. And emu is thriving in an

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aviary after being raised by an unlikely foster mom. The

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emu named Shrub was rejected by its parents, Forest and Matilda.

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Keepers at bird World discovered that Matilda had successfully hatched

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an egg, but neither parent was willing to take on

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the role of caregiver. The job of raising Shrub was

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given to Nugget. Nugget is a small hen who also

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lives at bird World. Nugget taught Shrub skills like eating

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and walking. Polly is the living collections manager at bird

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World and said, unlike most birds, emu males incubate eggs

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and they are typically winter breeders. However, shrubs mother Matilda

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laid eggs in the summer and Forrest didn't seem to

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be incubating them. We didn't expect the eggs to hatch,

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and with surprise when we found Shrub. Shrub quickly learned

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how to pick up food, drink, and coordinate her gangly legs.

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We're told Shrub is an amazing lady and the keepers

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are proud. She has no confusion about who she is.

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She is one hundred percent EMU. In Australia, a couple

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came home after midnight and there was someone in their bed.

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Who was it? It was a koala. Frand posted a

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video with the caption only in Australia. She thought, Oh

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my god, is there a koala in my bedroom? And

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my husband was like, what are you doing? Why are

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you screaming? She called for expert help while her husband

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tried to hold a koala with some clothes and he

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grabbed the clothes and I called for the koala rescue.

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And I forgot how to speak in English, and I

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started to speak Spanish and I don't speak Spanish, her

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husband does. The koala was eventually coaxed out of the

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house and climbed a tree in the couple's yard. And

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