New homes, new roads and a surprising discovery

This week shows that a good life often begins with a small decision: adopting a pet, quitting a job, or simply paying close attention to what already exists. Four stories, spread across America and Scotland, share the same undertone of patience and care. In the United States, 135,000 pets found new homes this year thanks to NBC and Universal's annual Clear The Shelters campaign [1]. The initiative ran from July through September and raised an additional 480,000 dollars for more than a thousand animal shelters. More than a hundred broadcasters covered adoption events at 1,200 shelters, from Puerto Rico to...