Prosthetic fin could save injured rare turtles

Good News Notes: “Researchers from AUT BioDesign Lab have developed a prosthetic fin to rehabilitate injured sea turtles. Healthy oceans need sea turtles, but they are unfortunately frequently injured by human factors such as boats and fishing nets, with all seven species now endangered. A damaged fin limits swimming range and survival and prevents female…

Wildlife Watch: Peregrine falcons

Good News Notes: “The work to rehabilitate Vermont’s peregrine falcon population has been largely successful over the last few years, but Vermont Fish & Wildlife officials says the raptors are still having some issues when it comes to nesting. Snake Mountain is a popular hiking spot in Addison County. It’s also a popular nesting spot…

Teenager’s passion saves horses from slaughter

Good News Notes: Most high school seniors are concerned about a lot of things.  Most of those things, though, are related to their own personal place in the world such as work, college and finishing their high school career.  Haley Becker, however, was thinking about an entirely different range of topics.   Haley just graduated but…