Ian Jenkins, Alan Mayfield, and Jeremy Hodges say they had ᴛᴏ ᴇɴᴅᴜʀᴇ ᴀ ʟᴇɢᴀʟ ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙʀɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇɪʀ ᴛᴡᴏ ᴛᴏᴅᴅʟᴇʀs into the world. For one California family, three is far from a crowd. Ian Jenkins, Alan Mayfield, and Jeremy Hodges are a happily committed throuple, defined as a relationship between three people. Despite the unique circumstances, Jenkins tells PEOPLE they’re just like any other modern family. “I’ve got all these wonderful families accepting and loving us, and rejoicing in our children, We have two beautiful kids. I have two more partners than I thought I might. For me, it’s kind…
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Duncan’s face and body are covered in wounds and scars. His eyes beg for attention, writes thedodo. Sarah Rosenberg, Atlanta’s LifeLine Animal Project’s community engagement manager, arrived just in time to give it over to Duncan. “One look at his chewed-up face and I knew he’d been through a living hell,” Rosenberg tells The Dodo. “However, his eyes were soft and warm, inviting me to hold him.” “He melted into my arms as soon as I opened his kennel.” Duncan was found in poor condition on an Atlanta porch shortly after Hurricane Irma passed through. An animal control officer brought…
Titanoboa is an extinct snake which lived approximately 60 million years ago during the Paleogene Period. Its fossils were first discovered in coal mines in La Guajira, Colombia in 2009. Later that year, it was given its name a name which means “titanic boa.” If you look closely at Titanoboa pictures, then you can clearly see just how huge this snake really was. It was approximately 50 feet long and weighed around 2,500 pounds. To put that into perspective, that is twice as long as the longest snake living today and 4 times as heavy as the giant anaconda. It…
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Kratos is an 8-year-old Kangal Shepherd who was discovered in a severely emaciated state in a deserted landfill in Corum, Turkey. Not only was the dumped dog malnourished and dehydrated, but he had also lost all of his hair due to the numerous oozing sores that covered his body. Volunteers from “Rescuers Without Borders” discovered Kratos collapsed in a muddy hole in the hazardous landfill on a freezing day. They were heartbroken to see the dog’s defeated expression, as he clearly believed he had a loving family before ending up in the godforsaken landfill. Unfortunately, Kratos’ story is not uncommon…
In mid-February, tire repair workers Ozimar Queiroz and Lindomar Queiroz were surprised when they arrived early to work at the tire repair shop located on Estrada do Belmont, North Zone of Porto Velho. This was due to an abandoned dog on the side of the road. The docile creature was thin, had open paws, and was unable to walk. When Ozimar, also known as Galego, learned about the dog’s predicament, he found the conscious decision to care for the dog until he could find a family to adopt him. However, 20 days have passed and the dog still doesn’t have…
Kambry and Keeley Ewoldt are the most ᴘʀᴇᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ surviving twins ever to have been delivered at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The twins were born in late November after 22 weeks of gestation, compared to the average human gestation period of 40 weeks, or around nine months. ‘They would be clearly among the top four or five earliest babies ever delivered here. For 22-week babies to sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇ, it’s incredibly rare. Nationally, sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴀʟ is around 10 percent,’ Doctor continued. While in the womb, the babies were ᴅɪᴀɢɴᴏsᴇᴅ with twin – twin ᴛʀᴀɴsFᴜsɪᴏɴ sʏɴᴅʀᴏᴍᴇ (TTTS), which is a ᴜɴᴜsᴜᴀʟ Fᴏʀᴍᴀᴛɪᴏɴ…
“When we discovered Luna, my heart was broken…” She was a mother of six newborn puppies when she was poisoned. People poisoned her by putting poisoned food under a car where she gave birth, trapping the poor girl, and she ate the poisoned food. A young boy discovered Luna in a desperate situation; he waited until the old man [who had left the food] had left and then called the Prishtina Dog Shelter. They get there as quickly as possible, Luna breathing heavily but still raising her head to beg for her babies’ lives. The volunteer’s vet gave an emergency…
Pregnancy is such a beautiful experience, therefore we try to record every moment, even the tiniest things like every centimeter that our bump develops. We wonder what our infant will look like when it is in our arms as they become bigger every day. Parents experience great excitement as they wait to meet their child, and recording the process from belly to newborn will give you something to keep and reflect on in the future. We invited members of our Parent Squad to post their bump-to-baby photographs, sort of like a before-and-after photo, because we wanted to share this lovely…