Heads up, #Philly #Philadelphia. An abandoned dog in the #Olney neighborhood tested positive for rabies and had to be euthanized. Make sure your pets are vaccinated, and be careful around wild animals or strays.

https://www.fox29.com/news/rabid-puppy-euthanized-after-being-dumped-philadelphia-street-officials

News was reported 27 January.

Tax cuts will plunge thousands into poverty, warn think tanks ahead of spring Budget
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/tax-cuts-will-plunge-thousands-into-poverty-warn-think-tanks-ahead-of-spring-budget/ar-BB1jgZGa?cvid=1eec0a3320b645d3a6f02385e95cea8e&ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&ei=6

#Poverty
#TaxCuts
#Budget
#NationalInsurance
#NI
#Hunt
#CutsToServices
#InstituteForPublicPolicyResearch
#IPPR
#NewEconomicsFoundation
#NEF
#UniversalCredit
#UC
#IMF
#InstuteForFiscalStudies
#OBR
#GPs
#Dentists
#ResolutionFoundation
#Jones
#LibDems
#Olney
#Treasury

Today, Jan.21st, is #SquirrelAppreciationDay. It was created in 2001 by a North Carolina wildlife rescuer named Christy Hargrove, to help people recognize the value of #Squirrels in their local #ecosystems.

It seems appropriate that yesterday, my family & I were driving home from Kentucky, and came through #Olney #Illinois. As we had done on previous such trips to visit family, we drove around the town, hoping to spot one of their famous #WhiteSquirrels, but were (once again) unsuccessful.🐿🌰☹️

More than once, I thought I spotted one. But my theory is that it's hard to distinguish any of them in the snow. So we could only pose next to the town's squirrel statue.

#OlneyIllinois holds regular counts of their #AlbinoSquirrel population, and has strict laws about loose cats and dogs, to protect their unique squirrel colony.

#Eichhornchen #Eichhoernchen #Squirrel #SquirrelsOfMastodon #Squirrelstodon

More about the #WhiteSquirrelsOfOlneyIllinois in this link:
https://www.ci.olney.il.us/visitors/white_squirrels/index.php

Millions on Universal Credit to face strict new sanctions in welfare shake-up - Mirror Online
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/tories-threaten-withdraw-free-nhs-31455686

#UniversalCredit
#UC
#Sanctions
#Destitution
#PunishmentForBeingPoor
#Hunt
#Stride
#InheritanceTax
#GovByTheRichForTheRich
#FreePrescriptions
#LegalAid
#Austerity
#ChildrenUK
#CostOfLivingCrisis
#Kendall
#NHS
#JobCentres
#Olney