we know the world can be tough sometimes with a
seemingly endless stream of negativity. So to take a
break, we'd like to tell you about one good
thing happening in the world. Today is good thing
highlights one unlikely recycling advocate, a 13 year old
border collie meet scruff, he lives in Central England
with his owners, Yvonne Faulkner Grant and her husband
, David Grant. He usually goes on about two
walks a day, one long walk in the morning
, usually between three and four miles than a shorter
mile or so walk in the evening. One of
his favorite parts of those walks was always a good
game of stick fetching with his owners. But as
he got older, his vet recommended he stopped his
hobby to avoid getting too scratched up on the inside
of his mouth. So his owners made sure he
cut that habit and to their surprise, he replaced
it with a new habit and environmentally friendly one.
So now instead of sticks, he collects plastic bottles
he finds along his path. His owners say it's
become a job and a passion for him and each
bottle is like his own little trophy. At first
they let scruff play with the bottles and then left
them there, but eventually decided to pick up the
plastic when they realized just how many bottles scruff was
picking up. They kept track and shared it on
social media with the hashtag bottle patrol on grand facebook
page that's a lot of bottles in the month of
november alone, he picks up 100 and four bottles
, bringing his total to more than 1000 bottles.
The pair has stored all of them in the backyard
and are planning to tally it all up at the
end of the year, his owners hope this sends
out a good message to people around the world to
pick up your own litter instead of leaving animals to
do it. Good advice.