Second chance

The Man That Rescues Dogs an animal shelter in Chonburi Thailand cares for over a thousand stray dogs including paralysed animals that get to run with the pack again thanks to the care and attention of the staff Michael J Baines is the man behind the shelter The Swedish national moved to Chonburi in 2002 to open his own restaurant but quickly noticed the large number of stray dogs roaming through the city many of which could barely survive on the scraps they found every dayIn 2011 Baines became attached to one special stray that started coming to his restaurant every day and soon noticed that his ldquopatronrdquo wasnrsquot the only one in need of help Baines started caring for a handful of strays then for a few dozen and before he knew it he was providing food for almost a hundred canines In 2017 he founded The Man That Rescues Dogs and in the four years since the staff there not only rescued over 1000 dogs but gave the paralysed ones their mobility back Baines decided that simply rescuing strays and providing food for them wasnrsquot enough He used to take sick dogs to veterinarians in Chonburi himself but there was little they could do for paralysed animals that had been hit by cars or physically abused by humans In 2019 through his foundation he set up a clinic with two onsite veterinarians to provide care for his shelter dogs and provide services free of charge care for other pets in the arealdquoWithout a doubt itrsquos giving the sick neglected abused street dogs of Thailand the second chance that they deserverdquo Baines told Bored Panda ldquoWhen you see a paralysed dog in their wheelchair for the first time running free and smiling thatrsquos right up there as one of the best parts of the process Itrsquos almost like they have no idea that they have a disability and once you put them in the wheelchair for the first time itrsquos like there is no curve of learningrdquo Christopher Chidichimo a member of the shelter staff said According to their website caring for a disabled dog is a lot simpler than imaginedGrandpa graduates at 88Octogenarian who quit college gets his degree alongside granddaughterSeven decades after enrolling in college an 88yearold finally got his degree this month alongside his 23yearold granddaughter ldquoWhen we were on stage I felt like I was overcome with emotionrdquo Rene Neirarsquos granddaughter Melanie Salazar told Good Morning America of the ceremony at the University of Texas at San AntonioSalazar received her Bachelor of Arts in communications at the same time her grandpa got his degree of recognition in economics Her grandfatherrsquos journey started many years prior ldquoSince the 1950s he has been working towards his bachelorrsquos degree and it has been one of his life goal and dreamsrdquo said Salazar ldquoBut in the 1950s he fell in love and got married and started a family so he wasnrsquot able to continue school right awayrdquoWomen burn out faster than menAccording to a new study a feeling of ldquotime stressrdquo is whatrsquos driving women to burn out faster than men in the workplace The phrase refers to womenrsquos reluctance to delegate and the likelihood that theyrsquoll put othersrsquo needs over their own according to researchers from the Harvard Business School ldquoWomen are less likely to ask for more time to complete their tasks because they hold stronger beliefs that they will be penalised for these requests and worry more about burdening othersrdquo the report readsWhy Australian parrots are getting drunkRedwinged parrots in Western Australiarsquos Kimberley region are reportedly ldquoflying under the influencerdquo and acting bizarrely after feasting on fermented mangoes Mangoes are particularly sugarrich and can produce relatively high levels of alcohol as they fermentMan fakes disability for diaper changeRutledge Deas IV 31 who admitted to tricking a healthcare worker into changing his adult diaper by pretending to be disabled has been charged with attempted human trafficking for pulling the stunt