Weekly Dose Of Happiness: Final

Who you gonna call? Tohru! Hey everyone- it's Tohru for the final episode of weekly dose of happiness. This was a really fun thing to do. This series was started by Mollo25 and me because y'all looked gloomy.

Starting with plants. The invasive pampas grass has been uprooted from all known locations on Hawai’i Island. The Big Island Invasive Species Committee announced the eradication of the grass on Tuesday.

https://bigislandnow.com/2020/09/23/pampas-grass-eradicated-from-hawaii-island-biisc-reports/

Onto to Colorado. The Colorado "Orange Apple", which was thought to be extinct, has been rediscovered.

https://nationalpost.com/life/food/lost-apple-found-elusive-colorado-orange-apple-thought-to-be-extinct-resurrected

Bees? Do you guys like them? In Michigan, the bee population has gone up by 50%. Bees are really important to the environment, so this is a good thing. I can already hear bee haters saying "Buzz off"

https://www.metrotimes.com/table-and-bar/archives/2020/09/14/bee-lieve-it-or-not-michigan-bee-populations-are-on-the-rise-according-to-new-data

Moving to France, France's environment minister announced a gradual ban on using wild animals in traveling circuses, on keeping dolphins & killer whales in captivity in marine parks & on raising mink on fur farms. starting immediately, France’s marine parks won’t be able to bring in or breed dolphins & killer whales

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/france-ban-wild-animals-circuses-marine-parks-73307384

This next story is about a survivor. I'm not gonna spoil.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/world/asia/afghanistan-woman-university.html

Indiana. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, 15000 children's homes were given free wifi.

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/15000-childrens-homes-surprised-free-wi-fi-amid/story?id=73331800

An 11-year-old girl finds a lost wedding ring on the beach and reunites it with the owner

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-54315917

Having pets linked to maintaining better mental health and reducing loneliness during lockdown, research shows

https://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2020/research/pets-survey-lockdown-loneliness/

And that's it, everyone! This is the final episode I'll be doing. That is until I decide to continue. So, everyone, this truly was a fun ride. I said I'll have a surprise, and here is my surprise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ybW48rKBME

With that being said, to those who do watch this video, please don't spoil it in the comments. Remember to stay happy, healthy, and safe.

This is Tohru, signing off.