This week, Brianne throws herself a curveball in Midwestern food brackets, Melanie matches energy, some maintenance staff have excessive job responsibilities, playful tigers are not necessarily whimsical, we float a new HGTV show, and a New Year's wish goes wrong.

Content warnings: sometimes graphic death of animals from around 30:00 on, brief mention of discussion of suicide/depression 13:20-15:30, aquarium leak, inhumane zoos, tiger attack, limb loss/amputation, death by drowning, structure fire.

Not One More Vet is an organization doing important work to address the suicide and depression rates among veterinary professionals. Please check out nomv.org to learn more about their work.

Links:
Dubai aquarium leak: The inside story
Dubai Aquarium springs a leak
DUBAI: Mall shoppers shocked as massive shark tank cracks
Escaped zoo tiger kills man in Tbilisi, Georgia
Georgia flood: Tbilisi residents warned over zoo animals after devastating flood
German zoo fire: three women hand themselves in to police
Leak in 2-million gallon shark tank in world’s largest mall in Dubai
Krefeld zoo fire: German police suspect three women
Krefeld Zoo: Overcoming the trauma of a deadly fire
New Dubai Mall evacuated after cracks appear in giant aquarium
Shark-filled aquarium in Dubai shopping centre cracks open
Tbilisi Zookeeper Lives, Dies For Her Animals
*The Night the Zoo Burned
The tragedy of Tbilisi zoo – what happened next?
“When they were tearing my flesh up, I felt pain that I did not know existed” - Zookeeper who survived a tiger attack tells her story
Zoo Animals Escape Amid Heavy Flooding in Tbilisi, Georgia
Zoo Animals on the Loose in Tbilisi After Flooding