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Eight to Ten Pieces of Chicken a Day — How a 118-Pound Dog Named Nuggi Led to Jail Time in New Zealand
When animal inspectors walked into a home in South Auckland in 2021, they were braced for the kind of cases they usually see: underfed, neglected animals. What they found instead was a dog so overweight he could barely walk. Found at 118 Pounds The dog, a brown crossbreed named Nuggi, came to the attention of…
Mud Cookies and Empty Plates — What Haiti’s Cheapest “Meal” Reveals About a Hunger Crisis Affecting Over Half the Country
In the poorest neighborhoods of Haiti, some families fill their stomachs with cookies made from dirt. The practice is a symptom of a far larger crisis, one that is growing as gang violence, displacement and high prices push food out of reach. What Are Mud Cookies? Known in Haitian Creole as bonbon tè, mud cookies…
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Luna the White Lioness Looks Too Perfect to Be Real — Her Blue-Gray Eyes and Long Lashes Are All Natural
A cream-white lioness with soft blue-gray eyes and long dark lashes has taken over social feeds, and some viewers were convinced she was made by AI. She’s not.…
Meet Nzuri — The Maasai Mara Lion Whose Curls Broke the Internet, and Why It Isn’t a Salon Job
Lions are famous for their thick, dark, windswept manes. Then came Nzuri, a male in Kenya’s Maasai Mara whose golden mane curls and waves like he just stepped…
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No Guns Allowed — Why India and China’s Soldiers Fight With Rocks, Clubs and Fists on the Himalayan Border
Two of the world’s biggest armies face each other along thousands of kilometers of high-altitude frontier, yet for decades no shots were…
Gracie Bon Says She Was Spreading Awareness, Not Posing — Critics Aren’t Convinced by Her Panama Earthquake Photos
When an influencer with 11.9 million Instagram followers shared photos from the rubble of Panama’s deadly earthquakes, the images drew attention quickly.…