DailyGood: News That Inspires - Sep 14, 2026
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"Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That’s the problem." — A.A. Milne |
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A Dentist and 200 BearsWhen Alan Knight slid photographs of a broken-toothed bear across the desk, a Chichester dentist named Martin Mulcahy couldn't look away -- and couldn't say no. What followed was a 20-year detour into one of medicine's more improbable callings: dental surgery for rescued wildlife. His first patient, a 180-kilogram sloth bear named Anthony, died on the operating table three hours in -- anaesthesia gone wrong, local vets walking out with the words "you've killed our bear" still hanging in the air. What brought Anthony back was a crash kit, a shot of adrenaline, and three minutes of chest compressions from a man who had never lost a patient before. "When he woke up, I felt triumphant," Mulcahy recalls. Anthony the bear went on to live another decade. Since then: 200 bears, half a dozen tigers, lions, hyenas, gorillas, orangutans, and one nickname -- "Bear Drills." There is something quietly instructive in this story: that a single photograph, shown at the right moment to the right person, can redirect an entire life towards others. The bears he treats have suffered deliberate cruelty -- teeth hammered out by poachers to make them seem tame. Restoring what was broken is, in its way, a form of healing delivered without fanfare, one root canal at a time.
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Be The ChangeSpend at least 15 minutes with a non-human creature today. It could be a furry friend, a feathered wildlife, or a leafed form of life. Notice what gets communicated beyond words. |
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