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Sitting on a Story Bench Assignment

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  Sitting on a Story  1)      I have chosen a bench that is a short run from my house, it’s base encircled in concrete covered with moss and is at the foot of a new, under-construction elementary school. I used to come to this park when I was little, and play on the zipline and monkey bars, as this the old site of an abandoned primary school. In the winter I would sled down the steep hill near the back of the park, while in the summer I would play tennis and soccer on the fields. I even created a Geo-Cache once, that I hid in this park between two concrete blocks, during the era these outdoor scavenger hunts took North Vancouver by storm. Although the Cloverly elementary was closed and boarded long before I began going to the park, it stuck out on the property and gave off an eerie feeling of what once was, covered with graffiti and littered with weeds and mold. That was only on the left side of the property however, so I would always just stay to the rig...

B.C. SPCA Devestated After Weak Sentancing In Breeder Starvation Case

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  "‘Deeply disappointed’: B.C. SPCA decries breeder’s sentence in animal cruelty case" By: Lisa Steacy, CTV News June 8th, 2025  https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/breeders-sentencing-in-appalling-dog-starvation-case-too-lenient-bc-spca-says/     https://www.ctvnews.ca/resizer/v2/74YHIIEO3W6EO5GOD2PQ32VDFU.png?smart=true&auth=efb12a25b65f0aeddef56829a9a0e9ce9e989ea8061a90cc6e6dd6caf1b8a6e9&width=1600&height=898       The B.C. SPCA is devastated after the sentencing of Kurtis Leo Gordon Elliot who was found to have 15 starving dogs in his care as a breeder. The organization is “ ‘deeply disappointed’ with the light sentence” surrounding the “ ‘horrific’ cruelty case” (Lisa Steacy, CTV News) where the accused was only found guilty to a single count of owner neglect last month in Kamloops. This resulted in a “10-year prohibition on owning, having control of or residing with an animal – with an exception for one adult cat and some gol...

Cockatoos in Australia Begin to Drink from Local Water Fountains

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"These Australian Cockatoos Learned to Operate Drinking Fountains With Their Feet to Quench Their Thirst" By: Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine June 8th, 2025  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-australian-cockatoos-learned-to-operate-drinking-fountains-with-their-feet-to-quench-their-thirst-180986742/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us   https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/TvEIiA7lu8LWmgOCiTkSoNwHdz0=/1026x684/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer_public/41/4a/414a477b-3310-4ee0-8c23-e0abb6f3c564/screenshot_2025-06-04_at_124436pm.png   Cockatoos in Australia have recently learned how to drink from water fountains to stay hydrated by using their feet to push down the button. These suburban-dwelling birds are reported to be excellent at learning how to perform new skills, having already learned how to open garbage cans to extract food scraps, and are intelligent creatures. Barbara Klump who attends the University of Vienna as a behavio...