Hello, and welcome to the round up of good news stories for this week.
Let’s start off with the championship you didn’t know you needed – hobby horsing.
Yes, that’s right, dozens of hobby horse riders came together in Queensland last week to take part in the first state championship for hobby horsing.
The organisation behind the event – Hobby Horses Australia – is reporting a surge in members as more people get involved.
The Atlantic sturgeon – an important fish species declared locally extinct – has been reintroduced to Sweden’s largest river thanks to the support of Rewilding Europe’s Wildlife Comeback Fund.
The fish can live for as long as 90 years and play an important role in maintaining the health and balance of aquatic ecosystems, and it’s hoped the 100 juvenile sturgeon released into the river will be the start of improved population stocks.
https://rewildingeurope.com/news/atlantic-sturgeon-reintroduced-in-sweden-for-the-first-time
Australian researchers have discovered that a ‘sauna’ treatment for frogs is helping kill off a deadly fungal infection that is killing off frogs around the world.
The ‘sauna’ technique had previously been unsuccessful for other frog species but it has shown success in endangered Australian green and golden bell frogs, who also then became resistant to the infection.
And we’ll leave you with this story out of regional South Australia, residents at an aged care facility are taking part in the Caring Canine Companions program, enjoying the company of visiting dogs.
Program organisers say feedback from residents has been positive, citing one example of a resident who has advanced dementia who becomes more animated and able to interact more when the dogs are around.
