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Flying Penguins 2008-04-01 08:30:31 This come from Environmental Graffiti New Blog:BBC camera crews discovered something absolutely incredible… They were filming a colony of Adélie penguins on King Geoerge Island, around 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands, when the weather took a turn for the worse. Instead of the penguins huddling together, as you’d normally expect, they did something absolutely fascinating. They took off and flew thousands of miles to the South American tropical rainforests to bask in the winter sun. The program, part of the new BBC natural history series, Miracles of Evolution is being presented by ex-Monty Python star Terry Jones, who said: The film reveals nature’s stunning glory in exciting and unexpected ways, so much so that it defies belief…Not only does it create a vivid and emoti Read more:Flying
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Monarch Butterfly Migration Endangered by Deforestation in Mexico 2008-04-12 10:55:50 April 2008. Intense deforestation in Mexico
could ruin one of North America’s most celebrated natural wonders, the extraordinary 3,000-mile migration of the monarch butterfly. According to a University of Kansas researcher, the astonishing migration may collapse rapidly without urgent action to end devastation of the butterfly’s vital sources of food and shelter.‘To lose something like this migration is to diminish all of us,’ said Chip Taylor, KU professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. ‘It’s so truly spectacular, one of the awe-inspiring phenomena that nature presents to us. There is no way to describe the sight of 25 million butterflies per acre and the sensation of standing in a snowstorm of orange as the butterflies cascade off the fir trees.’Taylor leads Monarch
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Monarch Butterfly Migration Endangered by Deforestation in Mexico 2008-04-12 10:55:50 April 2008. Intense deforestation in Mexico
could ruin one of North America’s most celebrated natural wonders, the extraordinary 3,000-mile migration of the monarch butterfly. According to a University of Kansas researcher, the astonishing migration may collapse rapidly without urgent action to end devastation of the butterfly’s vital sources of food and shelter.‘To lose something like this migration is to diminish all of us,’ said Chip Taylor, KU professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. ‘It’s so truly spectacular, one of the awe-inspiring phenomena that nature presents to us. There is no way to describe the sight of 25 million butterflies per acre and the sensation of standing in a snowstorm of orange as the butterflies cascade off the fir trees.’Taylor leads Monarch
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Losing Your Home Doesn’t Have to Mean Losing Your Pet 2008-04-08 13:54:20 One lesser known victim of recent home foreclosures is the family pet. Shelters have seen an increase in pet surrenders due to families moving into apartments that prohibit animals. Worse yet, some pet owners are just leaving their pets behind with the house or turning them loose in rural areas. Even in a trying time, it is possible to keep the entire family together. Pet-owners finding themselves moving out of their homes and into apartments can use Pets911.com to find apartments in their neighborhood that accept pets. Pets 911 is the national pet lost and found database and one of the top pet adoption portals. Its Pet Friendly Living section, in partnership with Apartments.com, provides a database of thousands of pet-friendly rental communities from all 50 states and the District of Col
Animal Shelters: Hope for the Homeless 2008-04-06 16:08:27 Take the Pledge: Pledge to End Animal
Homelessness Some animal shelters are wonderful places; others are hideous dumps. Their treatment of animals, purposes, and capacities vary greatly. They may be run by the government, local humane societies, or private individuals. Some are funded by donations alone, while others receive tax support. Sometimes tax money comes with a stipulation that some animals must be turned over to experimenters. Every effort should be made to eliminate this policy, which is known as “pound seizure.”(See the “Pound Seizure” factsheet for more information.) Some shelters take in only dogs or only cats, but most take in both, as well as smaller animals like rabbits, hamsters, and exotic birds. Some can properly handle wildlife; others refer wildlife
Polar Bears 2008-04-03 09:36:11 Between Global Warming, Hunting and Big Oil Companies the polar bears are suffering. Polar
bears are starving, drowning, being run out of their habitat, feeling the effects of global warming, and being hunted. Our government is doing very little to help protect this majestic species. Please, the polar bears need your help: Sign the petitions below to help them:Ask ConocoPhillips not to Drill in Polar Bear HabitatPut Polar Bears
FirstTell the Bush Administration to Protect Polar Bears
and Their HabitatSave the Arctic RefugeHelp Save the Polar Bears from Global WarmingTell Your Senators to Put Polar Bears FirstChill the Drills: Protect Alaska's Polar BearsChill The Drills: Save the Polar BearsPlease Act Now to Save the Polar BearsTell Congress to Protect the Polar Bears: The Polar Bear Seas
Flying Penguins 2008-04-01 22:57:17 This come from Environmental Graffiti New Blog:BBC camera crews discovered something absolutely incredible… They were filming a colony of Adélie penguins on King Geoerge Island, around 750 miles south of the Falkland Islands, when the weather took a turn for the worse. Instead of the penguins huddling together, as you’d normally expect, they did something absolutely fascinating. They took off and flew thousands of miles to the South American tropical rainforests to bask in the winter sun. The program, part of the new BBC natural history series, Miracles of Evolution is being presented by ex-Monty Python star Terry Jones, who said: The film reveals nature’s stunning glory in exciting and unexpected ways, so much so that it defies belief…Not only does it create a vivid and emoti Read more:Flying
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Defenders: Survey 2008-03-31 02:00:32 Defenders of Wildlife is taking a survey: 2009 Defenders Calendar VoteHelp us choose the cover photo for our 2009 calendar, which will be sent to 1.5 million people... and seen by many more. The winning entry will appear in homes, doctor's offices, office cubicles and classrooms around the country.A: Gray Wolf surveying the tundra, Denali National Park, Alaska Photo (c) Thomas Mangelsen B: Timber Wolf pup in forest undergrowth, Minnesota Photo (c) Jim Brandenburg C: Timber Wolf resting on the forest floor, Minnesota Photo (c) Jim Brandenburg Go to the Link Here to Cast Your Vote!
Ban Snares 2008-03-31 01:37:56 Scotland Left HangingPLEASE Sign the Petition to BAN SNARES:Ban Snares: Take ActionPhotos:Photos of the Victims Click HereAbout Snares:Common Q's & A's About Snares= Click HereWhat are snares? Inhumane.Snares are thin lengths of wire that are used to trap wild animals perceived to be 'pests'. Although their purpose is to immobilise predators, snares have the potential to cause extreme suffering to animals and in some cases a painful, lingering death through disembowelment, decapitation or even losing a limb. Indiscriminate.Snares are unselective. Any animal is at risk from a snare including protected species such as otters and badgers as well as deer, hare, livestock and even domestic cats and dogs. In use.Snares are used by some farmers to try to catch rabbits, and by gameke
Save the Wolves 2008-03-31 01:35:01 Help Save the Wolves
End Aerial Hunting of WolvesHelp protect our Wolves... Petitions and Learning Centers:Stop Aerial Hunting: Protect the Gray WolfSupport National Wolf Recovery PlanSpeak-Out Against the Delisting of WolvesProtect the Gray Wolf From Hunting in the Northern RockiesSupport the PAW Act - End Alaska's Aerial HuntingUrge Alaska's Governor to End the Aerial HuntingSpeak for Southwest WolvesGray Wolf Protections Prematurely LiftedLearn more about the Wolves:Defenders of WildlifeInternational Wolf CenterRalph Maughan's Wildlife NewsRunning With the WolvesWolf Lover
End Dog Cruelty 2008-03-30 22:13:39 Animals Matter to Me: Make them Matter to the GovernmentStop Dog Meat TradeDemand Better Treatment for Breeding Puppies and DogsToughen Dog Fighting LawsOur Pets Deserves Safe FoodSupport the Charitable Remainder Pet Trust ActSupport the Animal Welfare Accountability ActSupport 'Buck Bill's' - The Pet Safety and Protection ActEnd Georgia Dog FightingIt's Not Cool to be CruelGraphic Video Footages: Dog Cruelty
Dog Meat TradeDog FightingWill Smith: It's Time to End Dog Fighting
Companies and Animal Testing 2008-03-30 22:06:02 Below are links to sites that list the companies that DO NOT test on animals:Compassionate Shopper GuidePETA Guide to Pet Food Companies
Ask Us Why GuideBelow are links that give you the guides to companies that DO and that DO NOT test on Animal
s:Tag'n'Wag ListCaring ConsumerPW2: Bad CompanyGet Some Facts:Born Free Fact SheetStop Animal Testing
Go Cruelty Free
Help the Primates 2008-03-30 21:27:17 Petitions to Help Save Primates:Project R&R: End Chimpanzee Research in the U.S. [US Only]Project R&R: End Chimpanzee Research in the U.S. [Non-US Only]Project R&R: End Chimpanzee Research in CanadaDeclaration of the Great Apes Urge Aflac to Pull Orangutan Ads Tell KCI Airport that Chimpanzee Abuse Doesn't FlyStop Chimpanzee ResearchClick Daily to Help the Chimpanzees:Race for the PrimatesSave the Chimps for FreeRainforest SiteRace for the RainforestEcology FundLearn More:Save the PrimatesGreat Ape ProjectProject R&RJane Goodall InstitutionPrimate Conservation Inc.Friends of WashoeChimfunshi Wildlife OrphanageNo More Monkey BusinessWildlife DirectChimps Deserve BetterAnimal TestingStop Animal TestingDiaries of Despair Video: Warning: Contains Graphic Footage [Animal Testing
Jane Goodall Institution 2008-03-30 18:53:58 Below is from the Jane Goodall Institution: Ways You Can Help: Welcome to JGI’s action center! We’re going to expand this section in coming weeks, but in the meantime we offer a few ideas to help you take positive action for people, animals and the environment. Note: We know making a positive impact – especially when it comes to the environment – can seem like an impossible job. For that reason we’ve included some meaningful actions that are, well, embarrassingly easy. They're marked with this badge Live Greener Shut off the water when brushing your teeth. This is one of Jane Goodall’s mos
Help Sea Life 2008-03-30 18:44:46 Petitions below to help save Ocean Life:End Whaling in JapanSave Deep Sea WildernessPush for an Ocean TreatyFree the Dolphin ActionShark Trust: Survival of Sharks and RaysWhales Not WhalingSave the WhalesHabitat Protection for Leatherback Sea TurtlesProtect Loggerhead Sea TurtlesStop Mercury Pollution from Chlorine PlantsEmail Your Local Grocery StoreMake World Ocean Day OfficialProtect Oceans from Climate ChangeHelp Save Endangered Sea TurtlesProtect Endangered Shark and Prevent FinningStop the Bush Administration: Save the Dolphins Learn More:Save the Bottlenose DolphinsSave the Taiji DolphinsSave Our DolphinsSave the WhalesSave the Whales AgainSave Whales - Not WhalingSave the Sea TurtleSave the Sea
Bear Baiting 2008-03-30 18:41:59 *Warning* this video contains very upsetting and graphic scenes of unnecessary animal abuse and cruelty and should be viewed with caution, viewer discretion is strongly advised.This is a sad and shocking video produced by WSPA (World Society for the Protection of Animals) exposing the disgusting, savage, and very cruel practice of bear baiting.Bear baiting involves pitting an innocent bear (which has cruelly had it's teeth and claws removed) tying it to a post and pitting it against a frenzied onslaught by two dogs (pit bull terriers) where the innocent and helpless bear has to try and fend them off and fight for its survival.Bears in this savage blood sport suffer horrible abuse, such as ripped noses, mouths and permanent scarring; after the event is finished, both the bear and the dogs a
Petitons To Help Animals 2008-03-30 16:51:41 Various Petitions that are in need of being signed to help animals:Urge the San Francisco Zoo to Close it's Tiger ExhibitTell TNT that Cruelty isn't EntertainmentChickens and Turkeys Deserve Humane Treatment TooDowned Farm Animals
Need Your HelpTell Allergan that Mice Do Not Need to Die for BOTOXUnplug Internet Hunting: Canned HuntingChoose Compassion as Your FashionFarm Animal Stewards for Federal PurchasesProtect Wildlife from Highly Toxic ChemicalsSupport the Captive Primate Safety Act
The Circus 2008-03-30 16:05:15 Former Ringling Brothers Circus
Employee Speaks Out Watch more videos at PETA.org.Circus Tiger: This Will Make You Mad Other Videos:Carson and Barns Circus CrueltyWhips, Lies and VideotapeElephants in Circuses PSAPetitions:Sign Here to Stop Circus CrueltyStop Circus CrueltyHelp Remove Tonka and Luna from Traveling with Ringling Urge AAA to Stop Corporate Promotions of Ringling BrothersTell TNT What You Really Think of It's Ringling Reality Show Learn More:Circus TigersCircuses.comMercy for Animals ASPCA Circus Cruelty Outlaw Animal CircusFight the CircusAnimal DefenseAnimals in the Circus: A Lifetime of MiseryCircus is No Place for AnimalsIDA: Circuses
No title 2008-03-30 14:18:39 Please help the PETA by signing the petitions below:Tell Gucci to Stop Clubbing SealsSeals Massacred for Their Skin: Help Save ThemKentucky Fried CrueltyPetSmart CrueltyTyson's Workers Caught Torturing Birds and Urinating on Slaughter LineSave The SheepBelow are PETA's undercover videos: Warning GraphicA Shocking Look Inside Chinese Fur Trade: Skinned Alive!Pledge to go fur-free at PETA.orgMeat.org: The Website the Meat Industry Doesn't Want You To SeePetSmart SuppliersPrimates Tortured
No title 2008-03-30 11:14:08 HSUS MySpace Page | Take the Quiz!I think the older I get the more I love and respect the HSUS [Humane Society of the United States]. Each year, they help bring us awareness to countless cruelties and help to prosecute horrible criminals. HSUS is in the field when disaster strikes to rescue stranded animals. They are always their when you need them. HSUS is helping to pass laws to protect our beloved pets and animals in the wild. And, let us not forget, HSUS also helps stop the factory farms from being cruel.This isn't much of a blog post today, it's a 'plug' for the HSUS. Please support them by donating if you can. Other things you can do to help is signing petitions/pledges that is in great need of being signed:Protect the SealsTell Wendy's to Warm up to Animal WelfareMost Misrepresent
Help The Tigers 2008-03-30 07:16:38 Below are a few petitions I have found to help save the Tigers
. Please Read and Sign...Thank YouAct Now to Save India's TigersSave The Tiger ChampaignSave The Tigers PetitionsPetition The UN to Help the TigersPlease Remember to Click Daily to Help the Big Cats:Race for the Big CatsRainforest SiteBig Cat RescueEcology FundLearn More about the Big Cats:Indian Welfare SocietyTiger FoundationTiger LinkSave the Tiger Fund21st Century TigerBig Cat RescueBig Cat SanctuarySave China's TigersWild Tiger Fund
Care for the Wild 2008-03-30 04:33:38 Please sign: these are important petitions that need to be signed at Care For The Wild International:Badger Culling PetitionCanned Hunting PetitionChinese Fur PetitionHelp Protect the ElephantsStop the Sea Turtle Slaughter
Help the Bears and Mr. Kadyan 2008-03-29 07:02:10 Bears all around the world are in trouble and need our help. Please read the websites for information about each heartless cruelty and then sign the petitions. Please visit The Last Danceto learn more and hear Jane Goodall speak out against the cruelty done to the Dancing Bears.Another place to learn more is from Wildlife S.O.S. Shri. Naresh Kumar Kadyan updates us on the Dancing Bears: To Date: India is under control with the Dancing Bears - 5 wild species are banned - lion, tiger, bear, panther & monkey. Few NGO comes forward with the proposal of rehabilitation of Kalenders & dancing bears with the financial help of International community where as PFA HARYANA played a key role towards motivation.In India you can not find dancing bear openly on roads & streets as per past pra Read more:Bears
Free To Give 2008-03-29 05:35:56 A reminder to click daily at these sites:Big Cat RescueBig CatsHelp Pets in NeedBaby SealsSave the Dolphins and Other Sea AnimalsRace for the PrimatesHorse LoversSave the ChimpsWildlife HabitatBird HabitatAnimal RescueBelow is a cross-post from my Natural Thangs Blog:Welcome to my new blog. If you find time please check out the websites I have linked to this blog. I have linked to some of my favorite Websites and Weblogs.I also urge you to please visit the Free: Click or Play to Donate Sites I have linked. It only takes a few minutes a day to click daily at these sites; in doing so, you will help to donate to eliminate hunger, violence, abuse, destruction and more.The Free Rice and Free Flour sites are not for clicking once a day but instead you play a fun quiz game to help feed the hungry
2 Kittens Need Your Help 2008-03-29 02:18:00 Please if you can spare anything for these 2 kittens.......... they may loose their eyesight.A cross post from the Bideawee Site on these sweet babies:Meet Sweetness and her five delicious little kittens: Flan Flan, Sorbet, Mousse, Pudding, and Tiramisu. Several times a day, Sweetness chirps a hello and her kittens hustle to crowd around her. She then promptly grooms each one of them as they nestle together for a family catnap.Their names and faces may give you a tooth ache, but their story is, sadly, not nearly as sweet. Rescued from the city shelter, Sweetness and her kittens faced tough odds of survival there. Although measures are in place to curb potentially fatal diseases, illnesses are common in municipal shelters and even something as relatively harmless and treatable as an upper
Free Baby Mendes 2008-03-29 02:17:24 About the Mendes
Calf Ranch:Mendes Calf Ranch is located in Tipton, California, part of Tulare County. The facility raises approximately 12,000 dairy calves at a time, from up to 80 different ranches, for the first several months of their lives.Calves are confined while their mothers are being milked at different dairy “factory farms.” The babies undergo a quick growth process at Mendes — intended to prepare them for the harsh demands of being milking cows themselves once they leave.Footage obtained for ALDF by East Bay Animal Advocates shows that calves at the Mendes operation are unable to lie down naturally or turn around without contorting themselves. Crates are often covered in feces, and calves struggle to reach out through breaks in the walls to have any sort of physical conta
Bullfighting is Bullcrap 2008-03-29 02:16:53 Please watch the video, read the websites about this 'sport' and sign the petitions.The written dialog in the video is in Spanish - if you don't read the language it's fine - the visual reality is what is most important.This is horrible and painful to the bulls - and in the end the bull will always die making the Matador look like a 'hero'. This 'sport' needs too end. Bulls are dying not for food, but for entertainment.Anti-Bullfighting ActionBan BullfightingWorld Wide Bullfighting PledgeMake Bullfighting Illegal in Catalonia
Dolphin Song 2008-04-18 06:32:11 The Widget above is from Wild Dolphin
FoundationGreat gift idea: Adopt a DolphinFilms Online: Click Here to watch the film from Oceanic Preservation Society Click Here to watch the film from Glumbert Petitions: Help Save Dolphins No More Dolphin Capture Keep Tuna Safe for our Families and Dolphins End Dolphin Slaughter in Japan Stop the Dolphin and Whale Killing in Taiji Save Our DolphinsHero To DolphinsKeep the Caribbean Dolphins Wild and ProtectedLearn More: Save the Dolphins CampaignBlue VoiceThe Dolphin DefenderHSUS: Global Dolphin DayWWF: New Zealand Dolphins Under ThreatSea Shepard Conservation SocietyDOW: DolphinsThe Dolphin InstituteSeacologyDolphin Research CenterImaging FoundationAct for Dolphins: PodcastAct for Dolphins: WebsiteDolphin WorldACS Online: DolphinsGreenpeac
World Week for Animals in Laboratories is Here! 2008-04-24 11:41:16 Today: Call-In Day: Urge NIH to End Cruel Animal Experiments Many people find this hard to believe, but the U.S. government continues to sink millions of dollars each year into funding cruel and outdated experiments on animals to test the effects of nicotine and tobacco. Please join IDA during this week's observance of World
Week for Animals
in Laboratories
(WWAIL) to call attention to this outrage and speak out in opposition. IDA's Up in Smoke campaign highlights the futility and inhumanity of nicotine experiments on newborn and pregnant animals. These are some examples: - Since 1992, Elliot Spindel at Oregon Health and Science University delivers steady doses of nicotine to pregnant monkeys through pumps implanted into their backs. The babies are cut out of their mothers' wombs in order
Art, Examined 2008-04-28 09:00:00 Art, Examined During the last month, I've received a torrent of email about Costa Rican artist Guillermo Vargas featuring a starving street dog as “art” in a Nicaraguan gallery. According to accounts we've received, Vargas picked up the poor creature and displayed him in the gallery—attempting to make the point that such an animal on the street would go unnoticed, but in a gallery setting would be a spectacle. A local animal welfare group says the dog escaped after a day in the gallery. This and other widely circulated photos show the dogpurportedly used in the exhibit. Vargas's supposition about the shock value of his exhibit was prophetic. But even more so than he could have imagined, or bargained for. The image o
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