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The southwestern Netherlands is where we start today's call of the roll.
At CNNStudentNews.com, we received the request from Rotterdam International Secondary School.
It's in the city of Rotterdam.
In the Northwestern U.S., we're making a stop in Idaho today.
Post Falls Middle School is in Post Falls, home of the Spartans.
And in Upstate New York, look up to the Falcons.
Sanborn, New York, is where you'll find Niagara Wheatfield High School.
The nation of Turkey is often seen as a geographical bridge between Europe and Asia.
It's made a lot of international headlines lately, partly for its role in the Syrian refugee crisis, partly for the tensions triggered with Russia, when Turkey shot down a Russian warplane on November 24th.
There's another challenge on the streets of Istanbul, the nation's largest city, and a dog lover doing all she can to address it.
It's playtime.
All these dogs are here because of Yasemin Baban.
All these dogs were once abandoned and unwanted on the streets of Istanbul.
After seeing the conditions of the shelters 12 years ago in Turkey, she dedicated her life to saving domesticated animals.
I left the shelter crying, and then I went again, then I cried.
And then I said, crying is not enough, someone has to do something.
Then I started to volunteer in shelters.
She was soon warned of a disturbing trend.
The reason you see so many Golden Retrievers here being rescued is because people in Turkey love the puppies.
They're really popular.
But once they get grown up, they end putting them out, either on the streets or in the forest.
And that's also why they're also good natured because these were people's pets at one time.
But their sweetness hurts their chances of survival on the streets of Istanbul where tens of thousands of hard core stray street dogs lived.
That's where the story turns into a very long journey for these Goldens, from Istanbul, Turkey, to Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
It turns out Americans love their Golden Retrievers, and Baban found just the place, Adopt the Golden Atlanta.
Americans raised Golden rescues have lists of people waiting to adopt dogs.
And here, we don't find anyone.
So far, Adopt a Golden Atlanta has taken 123 Golden Retrievers from Istanbul.
They call them Turkey dogs.
With all the animosity building between East and West, this is one connection that has no bark or a bite.
Sara Sidner, CNN, Istanbul.
Polar bears are the biggest carnivores on land.
They'll eat whales, musk ox, walrus, reindeer, birds.
They even dream about it.
Well, this one is only five months old and four pounds.
So, it's hard to picture her subconsciously devouring a beluga.
She's just taken a nap.
She's a resident of the Columbus zoo and as she coos and cuddles with her stuffed toy, zookeepers say she's making contented sounds like that of a cat purring.
Even though those animals are polar opposites, whatever the bear was subconscious of, it seemed to have no bearing on her sleep.
The un-bear-ably cute ovements, the incom-bear-able aberrance of comfort, all are signs of dreamy slum-bear.
CNN STUDENT NEWS returns tomorrow.
