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We are often bombarded with fear-mongering and shocking headlines that make us feel that the world is falling apart.

However, while it’s important to report on problems and issues, I believe there is so much good in this world that it needs to be found and promoted just as widely.

Because of that, I started The Happy Broadcast. It's an anti-venom to the vitriolic rhetoric that pervades our media. Also, this year, I’ve illustrated even more happy news than in 2018.

We need more positive news to acknowledge that the world is actually getting better little by little.

More info: Instagram

When I'm working on The Happy Broadcast, I try to pick news that has an international appeal and touches themes like animal rights, climate change and science. News that shows how much we’re progressing on many fronts despite being often bombarded with few-mongering headlines.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am so happy for their victory, but just find it bonkers that an indigenous tribe had to fight a legal battle to protect their land in the first place.

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I think there are many reasons why negative news is dominating the media. It's like a sudden disaster a, it's more compelling than, for example, little improvements. Bad things can happen quickly, but good things aren’t built in a day, and as they unfold, they're out of sync with the news cycle.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This must make many people happy due to one act. Lovely initiative.

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As humans, we have this thing called “negative bias” that make us respond quicker to bad or dangerous situations. Nowadays, this bias is getting in the way of our happiness and well-being, and even our productivity because most of the narrative surrounding us (print, online or mobile) is that the “world is ending".

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hopefully supermarkets worldwide can implement more eco friendly alternatives also.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

More funding is needed for stem cell research. They have already discovered some incredible ways stem cells can help with paralysis and other movement disorders etc. Imagine what else they can discover.

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I think we should find a balance between negative and positive news. From politics to climate change and economy, negative and bad news surrounds us everywhere we go. A potential solution could be to limit the amount of bad news, basically slow down our personal news cycle, adding some positive news to our “news diet” to make sure that our outlook on the world is more optimistic. Also, it's very important to invest time to deal with misinformation and the reliability of news sources.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hm, I think Sweden must have forgot to apply then. We dont have stray dogs, at least for decades. Any lost dog gets collected, if no owner is found it gets adopted via Animal Protection. I have seen one or two lost dogs, where we found the owner, but never a genuine stray.

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Denmark neither. I'm pretty sure none of the Scandinavian countries has had any stray dogs for decades

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Mascha Claessens
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm Dutch and I didn't even know this happened last year! I mean, it's true you never see a stray dog anywhere (and not many stray cats either, though usually you can't really tell if a cat is a stray or not), but that's great. :-) I hope more countries will follow soon!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hahahaha! If only! Maybe in the small European countries. But Africa? Not a freaking chance. Unfortunately. At least we have lots of organisations and individuals taking care of homeless animals. Even if it is just feeding and spaying, but our rural communities are so vast and widespread that it would be impossible to do it here.

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Jenný Samúelsdóttir Herlufsen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, not the first country without them. Iceland has never had stray dogs and as far as I know, Farao Islands, don't either. But on the other hand, good job Netherlands!

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Silvana Hex
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thats good news! It might also help that dogs and cats arent for sale in pet stores here. Less chance of buying a cute puppy on impulse.

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Maria Rohlen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually think there's no stray dogs in the Nordic countries?

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Rasmus Nielsen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I'm from Denmark and we've never really had stray dogs. We have tons of stray cats, but by law all dogs have to be registrered when born. I have never seen a stray dog here.

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Rosie Hamilton
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

An extensive sterilisation program. They encouraged owners to bring their dogs for free sterilisation alongside free vaccinations and health checks.

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Ólafur Unnar Jóhannsson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great achievement but they are not the first. There hasn't been a stray dogs in Iceland for many decades. We have similar systems as Panda Kicki said is used in Sveden.

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Peter Wise
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As somebody said: cats are another matter entirely. They are natural nocturnal wandering predators. A two part BBC Horizon study showed that they have huge overnight prowls on which they avoid each others routes and if they feel unwanted will simply adopt another owner. They even visit other houses and eat that cat's foods while the cat away.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ok now India and Phullipines need to get on that. They have so many dog and human cases of rabies.

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Mimi
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, they are taken care of, check out the other comments

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M Dream
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are many ways to achieve this. How did Netherlands achived this?

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Pamela Heinbaugh
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So all of you commenters are praising them for killing all the stray dogs? Romania did the same thing. They had police & such walk around & shot, stomp, beat to death any stray dog they saw. Plus they did it right in front of kids & other folks. HUMANS ARE THE REAL REASON WE HAVE STRAY DOGS & CATS!!!!!!

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Christina Uhlir
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pamela, read the posts, they have no-kill shelters, it's different than the evil Romania.

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Louise Stange-Wahl
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bless them a thousand times over. I saw an article on the paper a few weeks ago that said a shelter (I can't recall where it was in the USA), had adopted out 100% of their dogs and cats! this is wonderful!

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David Murphy
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Officially' the first country...after all of Scandinavia. Antarctica is the first continent to have no stray dogs. Australia has compulsory microchips, sterilisation and a euthanasia program...if only it was for people who mistreat animals!

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Stan Anderson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are you kidding? Implanted microchips are what the Bible calls the mark of the beast! I will never accept one of those chips. If they do it in animals, they will soon try to force it on humans. I'm not losing my soul!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope the reason is because humans are becoming more compassionate and NOT because they capture and euthanize all strays. This will be investigated further by me!

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Jan Klingenberg
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does this not mean they collected all the stray dogs up and killed them? 🙄

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Joyce Sonnevelt
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Netherlands has had no strays for decades so it's not like they suddenly took a lot of dogs from the streets. But the Dutch shelters all have a strict no kill policy.

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Cengiz Güneş
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How is this a good thing? You steal dogs' freedom. You make their genitals useless, you lock them in a shelter or force them to only live with humans as sick amusement toys. These are living beings.

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Christina Uhlir
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cengiz, all that is better life than miserable existence outdoors; their life span is 2 - 3 years. Get real.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have never ever EVER seen a stray dog in Sweden! Maybe we didn't apply for the certificate?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A goal that I only hope and pray will be reached by every country in the world. Thank you Netherlands, being a huge animal lover, this news puts a smile on my face and a song in my heart!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well done to the citizens of the Netherlands, let's all hope for others to follow a wonderful example.

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Laurel O'Donnell
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This deserves WAY more up votes. ADOPT don't shop! Also, creating smart and viable programs that address actual issues with actual work, work! :)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That makes no sense, it`s good for them no doubt, but i really don`t think this was a thing in the Netherlands or any of the country around here, we do not have wild dogs in Denmark and i highly doubt Norway or Sweden has either, we do still have feral cats unfortunately :-(

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How was that achieved, by adoption or euthanasia. Many countries are getting rid of strays by poisoning.

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Robert Cochran
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How is this so, do strays just magically disappear? Are they all adopted or are most just put down? This is also true in many parts of Southeast Asia, of course they just eat them over there. This practice of claiming that they have eliminated a social evil is often touted in Europe so that the numbers drop but nobody asks how the problem was solved. Europe also had a lower number of babies who suffer from Down's Syndrome. Why? Most fetuses with Downs are aborted.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Netherlands are so advanced in myriad ways. Man, I’d marry my way into citizenship! I hope they can tackle the stray kitties issues as well. purrrrr...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s also a very small country. Good for them. I hope it was done humanly.

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Elizabeth Gardner
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

' that comes with the law changes that force people to do the right thing. Have their dogs spayed or neutered and no letting them out onto the streets without a leash

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We should talk to them about dikes and pumps/windmills as well. There's a reason they are the nether lands

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need to learn from Netherlands to tackle the severe problem of stray dogs in Delhi and other cities of India

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Arvinder S Brara
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

India needs to learn from the Netherlands as strayv dogs are a major nuisance in Delhi and most cities of India

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Nancy Kosola
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Fantastic❣️ Let’s find out how they did it and maybe we can do the same here. Rescue has been such a large part of my life.... This makes me soook Happy😘👏🏼

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Renée Guercia
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wonderful Netherlands!!! This is how I wish the whole world could be!

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Denise Ward
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That might mean something else - they are micro managing affairs there.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I initially thought the dogs had been euthanized, but I did not make that assertion. I chose to verify the how the Netherlands met with success. Here is the reference URL: https://amsterdamhangout.com/why-are-there-no-stray-dogs-in-the-netherlands/. The stray dogs were not euthanized.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

in an unrelated story, they threw all the dogs into the ocean

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I try to live by William Wallace's words - Every man dies, but not every man really lives (assuming he actually said that), so I'm not exactly jumping up and down for this one. I have two fur babies myself, but sometimes I wonder.... I'm also not convinced the motivation was for the care of animals. More so the cleanup of the city so tourists can spend more money. My brother-in-law "saved" a dog while travelling in Greece. She's definitely fed well and loved now! But I wonder how happy she really is.

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Christina Uhlir
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The motivation is the cleanup the cities, it can be done humanely, not like in Romania, Greece, Asia, Middle East.......

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Andra Sandulescu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How is that so great? If you lose your dog, they get killed... 😫

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Remco Janssen
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Although I support this initiative, the news is simply not correct. We do still have occasional stray dogs. The claim we're the first country without is a rather bold one that's hard to verify. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but in this dayband age facts REALLY matter.

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Christina Uhlir
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many of these "good" news stories BP is featuring here, are not that good after all.

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George K.
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Hmm, didn't China and Vietnam solve this a long time ago?

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Christina Uhlir
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

George, are you aware how China, Korea, Vietnam (all Oriental countries) "solved this"? It is OK with you????

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Julie Farrell
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So long as this is because people are looking after their animals . Not that they are being picked up and killed.

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Cindy Shipley
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This statistic is hard to believe while knowing that countries with hunger issues will eat their dogs.

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Christina Uhlir
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Cindy, many countries with hunger issues do not eat dogs; but in all Oriental countries they deliberately heinously torture dogs and cats, boil them ALIVE, burn them to death with a torch (no carbon monoxide to render them unconscious), cut their limbs off - ALIVE. Those evil, sub-human b*****l monsters are committing these atrocities because they believe that meat will taste better, and NO, they do NOT have hungry issues, it is delicacy to them.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

that's amazing. I live in Mexico and I think they shipped them all here....

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Through capturing and euthanizing all stray dogs? A goal of eliminating all human suffering could be accomplished by eliminating humans. Iceland brags of nearly eradicating Down Syndrome by creating a system that favors aborting babies that are thought to have the genetic abnormality. If you don’t constrain the goal, horrific things can occur in the name of accomplishing what seems like a worthy goal.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

wow thats a shock, I thought at least have the world had nostrays, that needs to be incease alot. poor animals.

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Joyce Sonnevelt
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm Dutch and I have never seen any stray dogs in our country ever and I'm 47 years old. And I'm pretty sure that a lot of countries around us (Belgium, Germany, Switserland, Scandinavia) don't have any strays either. So maybe we are the first who got an official status but it's not really news.

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Tanja Solhaug
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How Nice, but we have never ever had stray dogs in Norway, and I dont think the other nordic countrys have them either! Cats unfortunately we do have!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are still alot of genetic dogs with all kind of diseases in the Netherlands, people like to have these animals.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But what happened to the stray dogs, I would like to know how they prevented more dogs becoming homeless. Did they sterilize females................I'd like to know.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What did they do with the strays ? Pakistan politicians suggested shipping their strays to China for the table

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OH, I am thrilled beyond words, too many countries have a great many unwanted, cats and dogs !!!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I want to upvote this a million times. Best news ever for animal lovers like me.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This first moves my heart! I read and was impressed by Marc’s comment!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i would like to believe it's because they are well taken care of and not because of a them being euthanized.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is an amazing gesture of kindness on our earth. Thank you Netherlands!

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Christina Uhlir
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why was Lou Lou's comment down voted? Who is objecting to "kindness on our earth"????? Please let us know who are you.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uh, just what are they doing with the stray dogs? If that news came out of China, there'd be a lot of concern.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Respect to Netherlands ! This is amazing ! News like these must be heavily promoted to be an example at least

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We also have shelters for them and we invest in trying to give them homes instead of building contraptions and anti-homeless benches to prevent them to sit down.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great! Such a pity that there are 39,000 homeless people in the Netherlands!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are also millions of people desperatley looking for a house to finally start a family and have kids. Did you break down those 39000 homeless people into people that prefer to be homeless? People that got evicted because of anti-social behaviour? Students that aren't really homeless because they bunk with friends but don't have a place of their own? Homelessnes in the Netherlands means you don't have housing but it doesn't mean you have to sleep under a bridge. There are shelters to sleep in a warm and protected place.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think this is great but am curious about how this is done.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The question arises as to how this was achieved. I am guessing, hoping, by sterilization, and not by euthanasia.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, but how did they deal with them? Have they taken them all into rescue shelters? Or have they rounded up & euthanized them? Inquiring minds want to know!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They do not get killed. We don’t have death shelters, only rescue shelters. Whenever a Dog is found, animalcontrol takes them to a rescue shelter. There they can check For a chipcode in the neck and bring the Dog back to its owner. No chip? Then after two weeks, they become available For adoption. And that is without timelimit, they can stay as long as necesarry.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i don't believe any country is able to know that there are no strays , i bet there's an error margin of a few hundred

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Hopefully they didn't do what Denmark is doing to "eliminate" Down's Syndrome. Denmark is attempting to use abortion to prevent the births of children with Down's Syndrome. I sure hope The Netherlands isn't using euthanasia to become the "first country without stray dogs."

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Didn’t stop your wife from straying though😂

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WilvanderHeijden
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Prostitution is legal in the Netherlands. Yes. Strangly enough we also have a very low rate in sex offences.

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Would be a p**s easy fix anywhere just eat em. Vermin gonna wander about anyway

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They don't get killed, they are being collected and taken care of / up for adoption as in many mid-european countries like Switzerland and Germany. You can read about it in the upper comments.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Steps like these show the power of the State in achieving large scale sustainable results if there is a will.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

SOOOO not against this! But....shouldn't it be equal pay for equal skill? (meaning, no race, gender, age, or any discrimination at all!) If you have more skill in the task, you get paid more, if you have less you get paid less. Plain and simple (yet I know it is more difficult to prove wrong-doing that way too)

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is a great contrast to all the negativity we hear about women's value in India.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you, thank you, thank you! The bees thank you, and I thank you.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have always hated circuses. Even when I was so young I did not have the words to explain why I was crying. So good to see this!!!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll believe it when I see it. There have been stories of oil eating bacteria, and all sorts of magical things that eat the bad stuff. I hope to see it, but until then....

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is fantastic. Sooooo many people end up in jail or dead because we fail them as a society.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nairobi has a baby elephant orphanage. So I guess not. Of course, if they are brought up in the orphanage, which is by Nairobi National Park, then they are not sold to a zoo or circus.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's adorable. Not sure how something involving grown adults and the most massive terrestrial animals can be adorable, but somehow it is.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Great for packaging! For almost everything else, not so much. But still a great step forward!

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is brilliant! And this research has taken a very long time to bear fruit. Thank god for scientists ;p

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is great! This is what us grown ups need to do for the climate strike kids.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So wonderful to see compassion making the law. * cries just a bit *

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is definitely a good thing, but be careful to remember that fortnite is known for an especially toxic crunch culture. Employees are expected to work insane hours with no pay. Planting forests is good, but he should also be held responsible for the unfair and harmful working conditions his company creates.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The rabid, right-wingers still spewing their nonsense that renewables will drive prices up so high no one will be able to have electricity will not be noticing this development. The belief disconfirmation paradigm is too powerful for some people to overcome.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Glad to see them come back. Sad that they died out there in the first place.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ironic to place greenery on the exact place where ice and snow should be.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is nice, but it would be better if children being educated wasn’t contingent on their parents paying any sort of fee.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sweet! Now they just need to do something about the cattle ranchers.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*one of mathematics most prestigious awards. The Abel prize for mathematics. The most prestigious is the fields medal, was first (and so far only) won by a woman in 2014, Maryam Mirzakhani.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe so but what research has been made to find out the effects seaweed has on the cows body. We already know that corn isn’t very good for them yet they are still fed a high corn diet in some countries (US particularly).

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Although the use of solar panels is green, many solar panel manufacturing processes are not. To create a solar panel, caustic materials will emit greenhouse gases. Plus less than 11% of each panel has salvageable metals so they're not very recyclable once they're usable life has expired. Most people aren't aware that the 'green' alternatives often aren't.

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