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They don’t call it the “Great White North” for nothing.
Two Canadian men were busted after smuggling over 1,100 pounds of cocaine — worth over $40 million — across the border into Illinois last week.
Vanshpreet Singh, 27, and Manpreet Singh, 36, were found with 1,146 pounds of cocaine inside their Volvo semi-truck when police stopped them for an inspection on Interstate 80 in Geneseo, about 150 miles west of Chicago, Illinois State Police said. Read More Here!
gretar4Spread the love The Smithsonian National Zoo opens its gates ahead of the highly anticipated public debut of the zoo’s newest giant pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao. (Source: WJLA) By Dorothy Sedovic Published: Jan. 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM CST|Updated: 10 hours ago WASHINGTON (Gray News) – Two new furry residents are ready to make their mark at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. Giant Pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao made their public debut at the zoo on Friday. Brandie Smith, the zoo’s director, was there to open the gates to the renovated panda house, along with Xie Feng, the Chinese ambassador to the United States. “Washington, D.C. is no longer ‘unbearable’ and I believe all of you can ‘barely’ wait to see them,” Feng said during the event. The 3-year-old pandas arrived in Washington last October, as part of a new 10-year deal with Chinese authorities. The zoo had been panda-less for nearly 11 months before their arrival, having sent their popular trio, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and their cub Xiao Qi Ji, back to China at the end of the previous agreement. “Our shared love for pandas has deepened my conviction that China and the United States have much more in common than what divides us,” Feng said. Read More At wistv.com
gretar4Spread the loveKevin Richardson takes Lion siblings Bobcat and Gabby on an enrichment walk in this episode of ‘Meet the Characters.’ Kevin reflects on how he doesn’t have much time left with many of his lion friends, and how we should appreciate every second. The Kevin Richardson Foundation is a ,non-profit conservation organization with nature’s most majestic creature, the lion, at its heart. Launched in early 2018 the foundation is committed to changing and reversing the state of Africa’s declining lion population by purchasing habitat and raising awareness to create safe, natural spaces where lions and other native species can flourish. By partnering with specialized organization’s and engaging with impoverished communities on the fringes of these protected areas, the foundation also aims to minimize human/wildlife conflict whilst improving living conditions for local villages. Learn More At The Kevin Richardson Foundation.
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