1 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:09,640 The Shark Deck. I'm Jenny Mack with five good news stories. Hey, 2 00:00:09,720 --> 00:00:14,599 good news. If you like Golden retrievers, I sure do well. Hundreds 3 00:00:14,679 --> 00:00:18,960 of Golden Retrievers gathered at a Scottish estate to celebrate one hundred and fifty five 4 00:00:19,039 --> 00:00:21,960 years of the breed. The dogs and their owners met up for a picnic, 5 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:25,679 as golden retrievers do, and they played traditional games such as haggis, 6 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:30,039 hurling and tug of war. Golden Retriever owners on social media declared it a 7 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:35,280 wonderful event and the best day ever. They raised a toast to Lord Tweedmouth, 8 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:39,000 who was understood to have bred the first Golden retriever at his Scottish estate 9 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:43,159 in the early eighteen sixties. Hey good news for Timothy Shattuck. He and 10 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:47,600 his dog were rescued after three months a drift at sea. Yeah I saw 11 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,240 a picture of this guy. Wow. A tuna troller found him and rescued 12 00:00:51,359 --> 00:00:55,320 him. He was treated by the ship's doctor. He said, I'm needing 13 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:58,000 rest in good food because I've been alone and see such a long time. 14 00:00:58,079 --> 00:01:00,799 Otherwise, I'm in good health. He left Sydney in May on a catamaran. 15 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,840 He was heading to French Polynesia, but bad weather knocked out all his 16 00:01:03,879 --> 00:01:08,120 electronics and he was soon lost at sea. He protected himself from sunburn by 17 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:12,040 hiding under a canopy and even managed to catch enough fish with the geriat on 18 00:01:12,079 --> 00:01:15,920 board for him and his dog bell At to survive over two months at sea. 19 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:22,000 Rain water kept them alive. In July, the Tuna trollers helicopter spotted 20 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:26,359 them and he was brought back to Mexico. Wow. Officials in Annapolis were 21 00:01:26,439 --> 00:01:30,599 running low on suitable land for solar power projects, so they decided to day, 22 00:01:30,799 --> 00:01:34,319 let's put it on top of the old garbage dump. These sixty two 23 00:01:34,359 --> 00:01:38,000 acre landfill closed in nineteen ninety three and just was sitting there. Today the 24 00:01:38,079 --> 00:01:42,680 landfill is captain covered with grass and they put fifty thousand solar energy modules with 25 00:01:42,719 --> 00:01:46,519 a total capacity of eighteen megawatts on top. The only clue to its past 26 00:01:46,599 --> 00:01:49,640 or the venting pipes that poke out of the ground intermittently. It's released gas 27 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:53,319 emitted by the decomposing waste below. Good news for the okapi. The birth 28 00:01:53,319 --> 00:01:57,200 of a raiocapai at a zoo is inspiring hope for one of the least understood 29 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:01,640 endangered species on Earth. Zookeepers through a coming out party for the baby calf 30 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:05,920 of an Okapi couple, a rare birth from one of the least known and 31 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 understood species on the planet, known as the forest giraffe. The endangered mammal 32 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:13,039 was born at the Chester Zoo to a ten year old mother and a twenty 33 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:17,000 year old male named Stump. The calf is named Arabi Rabbi's Namesake. Is 34 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:23,680 a village located in the Ocopy Wildlife Reserve located inside the Democratic Republic of Congo. 35 00:02:23,719 --> 00:02:27,599 It's estimated that fewer than ten thousand remain in the wild. Hannah Owens 36 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,080 is an Ocopy keeper at the Chester Zoo and said every birth is incredibly special. 37 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:34,680 Indeed, Mom's been doing a fantastic job of feeding and nurturing her calf 38 00:02:34,759 --> 00:02:44,360 every day. I am Patty Callahan, Henry, I am Mary kay Andrews, 39 00:02:44,719 --> 00:02:49,080 I'm Kristin Harmel, and I'm Kristy Woodson Harvey. Friends in Fiction is 40 00:02:49,159 --> 00:02:53,680 led by four longtime friends. The four of us with more than seventy five 41 00:02:53,800 --> 00:02:58,479 published books between us. Through end depth conversations and interviews, we discussed the 42 00:02:58,479 --> 00:03:01,080 books we've written, the boks we're reading, and the art of storytelling. 43 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:07,360 We are here with endless stories to support indie bookstores, authors, librarians and 44 00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:14,599 readers just like you. 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