4 Comments TIL that the Yakuza, Japan’s crime organisations, have been involved in disaster relief efforts after major events like 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, often distributing supplies more efficiently than official channels. They are also known to open their offices as emergency shelters for the displaced. by whatilearned March 13, 2022, 5:18 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL Local animal shelters (including local SPCAs) do not receive funds from the ASPCA. Donations to the ASPCA are used to promote the ASPCA organization. by whatilearned November 21, 2021, 6:20 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
4 Comments TIL In 2015 Lisa Federle, a German doctor introduced a “mobile doctor’s practice” to treat refugees in their emergency shelters as well as homeless people. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became a mobile fever and smear clinic. In 2020, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for her commitment. by whatilearned November 1, 2021, 8:10 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL about the “Upside Down Boat Village” in France. Equihen-Plage, a former fishing village on the English Channel with a dry harbor, became a stranded port at the start of the 20th century. Poor families living in the village recovered the boat hulls to build makeshift shelters for themselves. by whatilearned September 1, 2021, 1:10 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
TIL Mary Tyler Moore helped to make animal shelters no-kill in NYC by co-founding an adopt-a-thon organization called Broadway Barks by whatilearned August 28, 2021, 1:27 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
15 Comments People taking pandemic pets to shelters what the hell is wrong with you? by QuestionGuy July 16, 2021, 3:33 am 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL In 1965, a Ukrainian farmer dug up the lower jawbone of a mammoth. Further excavations revealed the presence of 4 huts made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These ‘Mammoth Bone Huts’ dating back some 15,000 years were determined to have been some of the oldest shelters ever built by humans by whatilearned June 25, 2021, 6:31 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
Record Returns for Pets Adopted During Pandemic by DailyHealthNews June 14, 2021, 3:09 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
2 Comments TIL in 2014, LEGO and UNICEF partnered to make disaster relief bricks that serve as a food/water container and building material allowing for areas struck by disaster to build temporary shelters. by whatilearned June 7, 2021, 12:39 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL, dogs can laugh. It’s a specific kind of panting. If you play this sound to dogs in shelters, it can initiate play and decrease stress levels. by whatilearned May 5, 2021, 12:38 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
3 Comments TIL the Hawaiian island of Kauai encourages tourists to check a dog out of shelters for a day as part of a field trip for dogs program. Having the dogs out and about gives them exercise and increases their chances of getting adopted by a local. by whatilearned May 3, 2021, 12:26 pm 12 Points Upvote Downvote
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