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This was back from March 4th 2022 (Now I have finished by May 15th and heavy rains, Whew! Just in time.) My garden wall was never backfilled by the developer. I brought it to their attention 3 years ago, but they declined to do anything about it. Now I am working about 3 hours a day to fix it myself. Last year in the rain, parts of the wall started to lean over. For all these years rain water has infiltrated under the foundation.

Ukrainian forces confused a Russian tank for one of their own. It also looks like the Russian tank confused the people taking selfies as being Russian rather than Ukrainian. Hence why the shot was at point blank range. What was the alternative?? No way they could have been taken prisoner. They also might have had a Javalin anti-tank munition. Just before they were arguing about the tank. "It looks to me like a Russian tank, because of the white markings, which are not typical on Ukrainian T 72s. But that’s what I think — what do you all think." The cell phone of the dead man was picked up to get this part of the video. I don't know who was filming from a distance, and then ran? One commenter on another platform said "tanks have sensors that detect the aiming of bazookas. modern cell phone cameras also trigger these sensors because they use infrared to measure the distance to objects in order to optimally focus the image. perhaps the tank fired automatically because one of the soldiers was filming with the cell phone. Just a theory on the possible causes.”

We may wonder how they support so many troops in the field? Here are some excerpts from the MoD that show some of the work behind the scenes. You see them driving through the famous Ukrainian "Black Earth Fertile Soil".

Here is a MoD video showing delivery of foods and medicine. Before the war the Ukrainian GDP/capita was $3,700. It hasn't grown since 2008, it even went down to $2000 in 2009. Per Capita means average. These are mostly older rural people. Surely they live on less than the average, maybe $5 a day?

The Russian Ministry of Defense put out this video. I am curious to know where this location is? Is it in the Ukraine or is it in Russia? It looks too organized. Do soldiers have this accommodation even in the midst of battle? Is this a rest and recovery between battles? I notice all the soldiers are very young which means they are conscripts fulfilling their mandatory one year of service. Conscripts are used in fighting, but mostly as support personnel, cooks and laundry, etc.

This video shows only one concentration of dogs. Actually the dogs live all along these roads in big and small groups, and my day is comprised of 25 or 30 stops at all their feeding hangouts. The delivery takes about 3 hours each day. As we see it people have two conflicting viewpoints about homeless dogs. There is no sense to “blame” anybody for their views. There is some truth in all these ideas. a) The one which we subscribe to, is that dogs and cats have been bred to be servants of man and as pets. Therefore they are not wildlife. They are not pure nature which has to be kept in balance. If there is a problem with dogs, it is actually a problem with people who put them there, and didn’t bother to neuter them. We aim to be some of the people to put this situation right. b) The other viewpoint is that when dogs become feral they are wildlife, and must be culled, or definitely not fed. Those people may think that we are part of the dog problem because we are feeding them. The idea that no dogs should live on the street may be cause to even greater problems, because nature abhors a vacuum. If dogs are culled the feral cats will take over. In the tropics the monkeys will come in. If not, then rats and mice. With rats come the infestation of snakes. Dogs are not all that bad after all.

If you also feel this passion, please tell one friend about this video. (Click Show More) to unfold the description with all the details . It's an amazing effort, and so far mostly singlehanded. In Thailand lots of lost Dogs Find their way into the Mountains. Whether they are abandoned there, Or now they are born there, They still need our help! Dogs are domestic animals, not wildlife, they cannot live on their own. Even if they could hunt, there is not enough game in these close mountain ranges. Homeless animals are a very big problem in Thailand, because of our tropical location. People might say that the government has to solve this problem, but if they could help one area, they would need a program and the personnel for all 77 Provinces. Millions of dogs (and cats). For centuries dogs did their own thing and begged for food. Now with increasing urbanization, we need a better plan. At this point it all depends on volunteers. Working with animals has no holidays, because they need care every single day. There are about 30 feeding stations along this road. Most stations have wash tubs set out to hold the food. Some dogs are too frightened to come to the road, so their feeding stations are up the mountain trail. Some dogs might be hiding, but the wash tub is empty by the next day. We really have no accurate count, but we know that more than 150 kg of food is consumed daily, and if we had more it would go too. When you are distributing 150 kg every single day, it adds up to an enormous amount by the month or the year. We have worked with Animal Foundations and we are looking to a long term solution. They neuter and spay dogs, check their health and give them a vaccination. We are contacting more veterinary associations to continue this work. But it takes time to catch the dogs, a few at a time, and care for them. Seeing this video you might be afraid of the larger packs. They have never hurt people nor those that feed them, if they are not harassed or challenged. If you want to help, just a little can make a big difference. One dog is fed for $.05 cents, with absolutely zero overhead or administration cost. Only $3.00 can feed about 50 - 60 dogs. $10 - $12 can take care of one whole day. We hope to be the opportunity to participate that some people may have been searching for. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s... It's under the name of Central Art Service, our old company before we retired, moved to Thailand, and dedicate our lives to animals. We don't want money for volunteering. If we were ever to get too much money, we would buy more supplies for other people to prepare. But alone it has been really difficult to bear all the costs of supplies. Thanks for watching, Thanks for knowing what we are doing.