Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Animal Miracles

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The result was keep. ✗plicit 11:08, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Deprodded with addition of local human-interest story. Couldn't find anything else of note Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:02, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Television-related deletion discussions. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 20:02, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Canada-related deletion discussions. CAPTAIN RAJU^(T) 20:23, 28 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources.
  1. Chris, Cynthia (2006). Watching Wildlife. Minneapolis, Minnesota: University of Minnesota Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-8166-4546-6. Retrieved 2022-05-29 – via Google Books.

     The book provides 392 words of coverage about the subject. book notes: "Other series explored unconventional aspects of animal and human relationships, using animals as ciphers onto which any number of meanings with distinctive ideological ends can be projected. Animal Miracles, for example, depends on trends in a syndication market optimistic about the capacity of animals to hold viewers’ attention, and on a turn toward dramatic content inflected with sometimes-vague spiritual concerns, or sometimes not-so-vague nonsecular Christian content. A series of thirty-nine one-hour shows produced by Peace Arch Entertainment Group of Canada, Animal Miracles was sold in 2001 to Animal Planet, and is also run regularly by the family-oriented broadcast network PAX TV under the title Miracle Pets. Typical episodes feature four segments. In each, an animal performs a feat that saves a human life or that can be interpreted as a moral lesson. Canadian actor Alan Thicke introduces each segment and provides voiceover; ..."

  2. Hooks, Barbara (2005-05-05). "Pay TV - Tuesday". The Age. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29.

     The article provides 124 words of coverage about the subject. The article notes: "OUR four-footed friends are often our most faithful companions. Sometimes, they're also our salvation. In a new episode of this hero-gram to the animal kingdom we meet a mild-mannered mule that turned into a kick-boxing black-belt when his master was attacked; a dog that saved its best pal from drowning; and a rescued kitten that grew up and returned the favour by saving its mistress from a diabetic coma. We also visit an animal sanctuary offering a second chance and quality of life to discarded, old and injured pets saved from expedient rather than humane euthanasia. In a throwaway society, it's heartening to see how these aged, infirm and disabled residents overcome their frailties to bond with each other and their human carers. Review "

  3. Dretzka, Gary (2004-09-11). ""Come into my parlor..." - Kids' TV this fall shows adventure and cheek — but the FCC may be tightening controls". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29.

     The article notes: "The Office of Communication of the United Church of Christ and the Center for Digital Democracy filed a petition Sept. 1 asking the FCC not to renew licenses for the Washington, D.C.-area WDCA and WPXW, which serve the nation's capital — for showing "Miracle Pets," "Ace Lightning" and "Stargate Infinity." ... "Miracle Pets," shown locally on KWPX-TV, is a reality series that focuses on animals that protect humans by means of extraordinary instincts, survival wisdom or mysticism ("dog discovers a tumor; a cat takes a 3,000-mile journey"). The petition alleges that the program "fails to meet four of the FCC's six requirements for children's educational programming: 1) the program is not specifically designed for children, 2) it is not specifically designed to educate, 3) it is not regularly scheduled (on WDCA and WPXW), and 4) it is not identified on air as educational programming.""

  4. Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2007) [1979]. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present (9 ed.). New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4. Retrieved 2022-05-29 – via Google Books.

     The book provides 117 words of coverage about the subject. The book notes: "Miracle Pets featured uplifting stories of pets who helped people. They included a dog that got help for its owner after his car had plunged into a ravine, leaving him with a neck injury and unable to move; a pig and a cow that had become friends and helped each other survive when a fire destroyed the shed in which they lived; a crow that had befriended a stray kitten and acted like its mother for several months, and an abandoned dog that was taken in by a woman with a young child and then saved the children from a possible rattlesnake bit. Individual segments used actual footage, reenactments, home videos and interviews with the people involved."

  5. Less significant coverage:
     1. Pearson, Jennifer (2001-12-13). "Lodi police dog featured on TV show". Lodi News-Sentinel. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2022-05-29.

        The article notes: "On Saturday, a crew from “Miracle Pets,” a program that airs weekly on PAX-TV, visited Lodi to shoot tape for an upcoming episode that will feature Dutra and Sam. ... “Miracle Pets,” hosted by actor Alan Thicke (“Growing Pains”) profiles pets and their owners with true stories about the connections between them. They may involve a heroic pet rescue, a wildlife adventure and even remarkable encounters on farms, at zoos, in aquariums or perhaps a park."

  There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Animal Miracles, also broadcast as Miracle Pets, to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".

  Cunard (talk) 07:51, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep per the citations listed by Cunard. DonaldD23 talk to me 17:52, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep per Cunard. Iseult ^Δx parlez moi 07:43, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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