Stories that made us smile this week

STORY: Stories that made us smile this week

Over 4,000 beagles in the U.S. are looking for their forever homes

after animal rescue organization started removing the dogs from a facility in Virginia

which bred them to be sold to laboratories for animal experimentation

[Kitty Block, President and CEO, Humane Society of the United States]

"Four thousand is a big number. And it's going to take 60 days to get all of these animals out, and working with our shelter and rescue partners across the country, working with them to get these dogs into eventually into ever-loving home."

Danish toymaker LEGO celebrated its 90th birthday

with a giant 94,128-piece spinning cake

New Zealand's kakapo parrot population has soared, raising hope for the endangered flightless bird

The population of the country's kakapo has increased 25% in 2021

following a good breeding season and success with artificial insemination

This is what a traditional Bosniak wedding looks like

Location: Donje Ljubinje, Kosovo

Mexican-American Melissa Guerrero married her high-school sweetheart of Bosnian origins

in a wedding ceremony that maintained centuries-old traditions