100,000 More Pets in Shelters Now Compared to January 2021 Due to Pandemic, Animal Group Finds

Photo: getty Best Friends Animal Society, an animal welfare organization with hundreds of rescue and shelter partners nationwide, is warning of an animal shelter crisis. According to a Wednesday release from the nonprofit, there are an estimated 100,000 more pets in the U.S. shelter system right now compared to the same time in 2021. Best Friends Animal Society sent a survey in the summer of 2021 to 150 shelters to get information on how the pandemic affected their work.

100-Lb. Tropical Fish Rare to the North Washes Up on Oregon Shore: 'It Created Quite a Stir'

Photo: Seaside Aquarium/FacebookIt’so-fish-al: something incredibly rare happened in Oregon this week.On Wednesday,the Surfside Aquarium posted on Facebookthat an Opah, not frequently seen so far north, had washed ashore on Sunset Beach, along Oregon’s very northwest coast. Someone reported the creature to aquarium staff, who came to recover the deceased fish.“It created quite a stir at the aquarium,” the post read. “Folks were encouraged to come take a look at this beautiful and odd-looking fish.

100-Year-Old Ballet Star and Teacher Never Plans to Retire — and Shares Secrets to Longevity

Photo: David Sprayberry/Belhaven UniversityAt 100-years-old, British-born ballet phenomenon Henry Danton is healthy and thriving — and he can’t fathom retiring from his job as a ballet teacher.“I see people who retire and they become so bored, they don’t know what to do with themselves,” Danton toldToday. “That’s when their health starts to go down.”The former international dancer celebrated his 100-year milestone on March 30, 2019. Born in London in 1919 — just three months before World War I formally came to an end with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles — Danton went on to train in classical ballet at the Royal Academy of Dancing in the 1940s,WLBTreported.

100-Year-Old Great-Great-Grandmother Is Guinness World Records' Oldest Competitive Powerlifter

Photo: EDITH MURWAY-TRAINA/GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Edith Murway-Traina is proving it’s never too late to push the limits. “While I was watching those ladies doing their thing, I thought I just as well should pick up a few bars, and I did,” she told Guinness for a story on their website. “Going on a regular basis, I found that I was enjoying it, and I was challenging myself to get a little bit better and a little bit better,” she added.

100-Year-Old Man Celebrates 84 Years at the Same Company — a New Record: 'You Need to Get Busy'

Photo: Guinness World Records One Brazilian man has worked for the same company for over three-quarters of his life, setting a new record in the process. According toGuinness World Records, Walter Orthmann, 100, has worked for textile company Industrias Renaux S.A. (now ReneauxView) for more than 84 years. The record-keeping organization said Orthmann began working for the company in January 1938, after his family faced financial difficulties. “Back in 1938, kids were expected to work to help support the family,” he told the organization.