“We received a call that there was a large dog running around a neighborhood, ” said Lauren Mann, director of the Chattanooga-based shelter.

Animal shelters are used to _______ stray dogs, but this pup named Lilo came with an added _______. It _______: “My mom can’t keep me and is homeless with two _______. Please don’t abuse me. ”

“The last line really _______ us all here. When you looked at Lilo, you could _______ right away that she was very well cared for and definitely loved, ” Lauren Mann told CBS News.

The shelter staff_______ about Lilo on social media, hoping to connect with her _______. About 24 hours after that, they got a call from someone saying she was Lilo’s mom.

After being separated, Lilo and her family had a wonderful _______ at the animal center. “It was very clear when Lilo entered the room that that was her family, ” Mann said. “Everyone was extremely happy, there was not a ________eye in the room. The kids were also just as excited as everyone else. ”

________centers like McKamey provide shelter for dogs, they might not be able to ________ them due to cost. Mann said they’ll give food and supplies to families struggling to pay for their pets’ needs. They’ll even help the family find a pet-friendly ________

The ________ of animal shelters is to keep dogs like Lilo happy and safe - and sometimes that means going above and ________ to reunite them with the families that love them.

I live in a part of New York City one writer recently described as “not a people place.” Less residential neighborhood than busy transportation center, it has been _______ hard hit by the shift to work-from-home. Every month a restaurant that used to _______ workers buying lunch drops its gate for the last time: the fancy French-sounding bakery was the first to _______, then the bar across the street, _______ even fast-food joints.

Somehow, an Indian restaurant has _______, staffed six days a week by a young guy named Ram. As our dining options and his customer options _______, we began to see each other a lot. Ram now knows where I grew up and that only one member of my _______ can tolerate spicy (辛辣的) cooking.

Recently he asked me for book recommendations, which either means business is even _______ than I feared or we’re getting to be _______. I want to ask him how he could possibly be earning enough from the ________ when huge chains around him are ________, but instead I just enquired ________ things are picking up. His answer is always the same: No, but we are ________ they will soon. It’s hard to ________ whether I keep going there for the chicken tikka masala, which is ________, or the positive attitude, which is even more nutritious.

A sheep in Scotland, known as the “loneliest sheep”, was stuck at the bottom of a cliff for over two years. A group of farmers made it their _______ to rescue the sheep. The sheep was first _______ in 2021 by a kayaker (皮划艇运动员) and had been unable to move from that _______ since then. Local agencies were _______ but said the sheep was not in danger and could not be rescued. One of the farmers, Wilson, named the sheep Fiona and provided _______ about her on his social media account.

Wilson explained that it was too _______ to attempt a rescue earlier due to the dangerous location of the sheep. He expressed concerns about the safety of the rescuers and the difficulty of _______ the sheep by boat or with a dog. However, after careful _______, Wilson and four other men successfully rescued Fiona using heavy _______ and a winch (绞车). They ________ brought her to the slope of the cliff.

The Scottish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was present to ________ the welfare of the sheep. They confirmed that Fiona was in good ________ but needed her wool to be sheared (剪). The ownership of the sheep was transferred to the ________ group of farmers.

Wilson ________ the risks involved in the rescue and expressed gratitude for the successful ________.