Forty Most Positive Animal News Stories Of 2020

• 01

  An Indian couple has been buying land adjacent to a tiger reserve solely to let the forest expand.

  
  via QUARTZ

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• 02

  78 elephants in Thailand freed from carrying tourists because of COVID-19.

  
  via yahoo!news

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• 03

  Gray wolves to be reintroduced to Colorado in unprecedented vote.

  
  via @RockyMtnWolf

  Read more: UNILAD

• 04

  A court order rules that Yellowstone’s grizzly bears will remain protected from hunters under The Endangered Species Act.

  
  via World Animal News

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• 05

  Bees love cannabis which could help restore bee populations.

  
  via Captain Planet

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• 06

  New study reveals a dog's heart rate increases when their owner says 'I love you'.

  
  via imgur

  Read more: 7NEWS

• 07

  Tasmanian devils got reintroduced into the wild of mainland Australia for the first time in 3,000 years.

  
  via BBC SPORT

  Read more: BBC NEWS

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• 08

  World's largest fur auction house closes as demand for animal pelts drops.

  
  via Dreamstime

  Read more: A Humane World

• 09

  San Antonio pet stores began selling only rescue dogs and cats.

  
  via Robin Jerstad/Photo Correspondent, Photo Correspondent / San Antonio Express News

  Read more: San Antonio Express-News

• 10

  Wombats were digging water wells and saving other animals during Australia's drought.

  
  via Upper Hunter Landcare

  Read more: ABC NEWS

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• 11

  Senate passes a bill to protect sea turtles, whales, dolphins from drift gillnets.

  
  via karunavirus

  Read more: Turtle Island Restoration Network

• 12

  Seth MacFarlane donated $1M to Irwin Family Australia zoo wildlife hospital.

  
  via tvweb

  Read more: tvweb

• 13

  Survey shows US honeybees are doing better after bad year.

  
  via AP Photo/Elise Amendola

  Read more: Associated Press

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• 14

  Stray dog who visited car dealership every day gets adopted and gets dream job as a greeter at the dealership.

  
  via tucson_prime/Instagram

  Read more: Daily Star

• 15

  As a result of the pandemic, there was a sea turtle boom on the quieted beaches in Lebanon.

  
  via Yara Khasab /Orange House Project

  Read more: npr

• 16

  Therapy llama ‘Caesar the No Drama Llama’ calmed tensions at protests.

  
  via Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA

  Read more: Washington Post

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• 17

  Humpback whales seized their chance to sing in Alaska's cruise-free Covid summer.

  
  via karunavirus

  Read more: The Guardian

• 18

  A gorilla baby boom happened in Uganda.

  
  via COPYRIGHTUGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY

  Read more: THE WEEK

• 19

  New York city was running out of dogs to adopt.

  
  via Bloomberg

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• 20

  A study found that 48 species saved from extinction by conservation efforts.

  
  via Parag Deka/AP

  Read more: The Guardian

• 21

  House passes the ‘Tiger King’ bill that bans private ownership of big cats.

  
  via Al Drago/CQ Roll Call file photo

  Read more: Roll Call

• 22

  Tahlequah, the orca who carried her dead calf for 17 days, got pregnant again.

  
  via NMFS research permit 19091

  Read more: The Seattle Times

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• 23

  Melbourne’s zoos live streamed some of their animals.

  
  via Supplied, TimeOut

  Read more: TimeOut

• 24

  Tiny possum discovered on Kangaroo Island after fears bushfires had wiped them out.

  
  via Ashlee Benc/Kangaroo Island Land For Wildlife

  Read more: ABC News

• 25

  San Diego Zoo announced the birth of an endangered pygmy hippo.

  
  via NBC Washington

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• 26

  A New York pizza shop was putting photos of dogs on pizza boxes to help them find homes.

  
  via CNN

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• 27

  There was a mountain lion baby boom with 13 new kittens born.

  
  via National Park Service

  Read more: Los Angeles Times

• 28

  Dad's adorably amateurish pet portraits raised thousands for charity.

  
  via Facebook

  Read more: CNN

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• 29

  Florida inmates comforted dogs frightened by Fourth of July fireworks.

  
  via CNN

  Read more: CNN

• 30

  Golden eagles have bred at a rewilding estate in the Scottish Highlands for the first time in 40 years.

  
  via MARK HAMBLIN

  Read more: BBC News

• 31

  Sea turtles in Greece thrive as a result of coronavirus lockdowns and downturns in tourism.

  
  via Giacomo Augugilaro/ Moment RF

  Read more: The Telegraph

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• 32

  N.C. Zoo announced the birth of a rare sand cat kitten.

  
  via N.C. Zoo/Kim Vanspronsen

  Read more: Courier-Tribune

• 33

  Puppy with cleft lip at Jackson animal shelter finds companion in boy with cleft lip.

  
  via Jackson County Animal Shelter - Michigan

  Read more: Click On Detroit

• 34

  Tiny elephant shrew species that missing for 50 years was rediscovered.

  
  via Global Wildlife

  Read more: The Guardian

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• 35

  Missing cat got reunited with its owner after 11 years on the street.

  
  via CLAIRE DAVIS

  Read more: BBC News

• 36

  21-Year-Old Cat Brothers Find a New Home After Desperate Plea.

  
  via SWNS

  Read more: People

• 37

  A man opened his home to 300 dogs, sheltering them from hurricane Delta.

  
  via LUIS ANDRES HENAO/AP

  Read more: People

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• 38

  Endangered baby birds were released at Dunes after being rescued by kids.

  
  via provided, nwitimes

  Read more: nwitimes

• 39

  Rescue dog who lost her puppies adopted trio of orphaned kittens.

  
  via ABC Arizona

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• 40

  Choppers dropped thousands of carrots and sweet potatoes for animals starving because of bushfires in Australia.

  
  via Twitter

  Read more: DailyMail

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