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8 New Easy Ways to Save Animals

justaddwild@gmail.com (Justaddwild) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:31:00 +0000

Here are some simple things that you can do this festive season to save animals!
1. Go vegetarian for just one week!
2. Make a donation to the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to assist them in saving whales from illegal whaling! Visit www.seashepherd.org to make a donation.
3. Sign up for the Elated Newsletter by emailing karen@elated.co.za or visiting www.elated.co.za.
4. Become a member of Beauty Without Cruelty!Annual subscription is only R 100, and a ten year subscription is R 500. The banking details are available at www.bwcsa.co.za. (Fax your name, address, contact details and deposit slip to 086 648 6949 or email mwvliet@mweb.co.za.)
5. Make at least one completely vegan dish for Christmas.
6. Put a “Say NO to Animals in Pet Shops” bumper sticker on your car (or someone else’s.) (The stickers are available for free from sarahharrison123@gmail.com)
7. Write to a freedom fighter in prison!Sarah Whitehead was sentenced to two years for removing a beagle from a garden where it was kept muzzled in a wooden cage and regularly beaten. The beagle is happy and safe in a new home.You can write to her at the following address:Sarah Whitehead (VM7684)HMP BronzefieldWoodthorpe RoadAshfordMiddx TW15 3JZUnited Kingdom Visit www.vpsg.org to find out about the other Animal Rights prisoners in the United Kingdom.
8. Send this list to friends and family! For more information on any of these, or to give me feedback, you can email me on sarahharrison123@gmail.com.

justaddwild@gmail.com (Justaddwild) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:56:00 +0000

1. Anti Fur Protest and Pledge There will be a protest against fur outside the Firs Shopping Centre in Rosebank, Johannesburg, on 29 November! Please do come! Its so important to make a statement about fur! For more info, and to rsvp, click on the event on this groups page.You can also contact Merinda on merinda@4ourpaws.org.za or 083-377-3219.If you would like to sign the pledge not to wear / use fur, email Lejane (lejane@bunnyhuggers.co.za).

2. Help Save Starving Animals Earlier this year we sent out an urgent appeal asking you for your help to save SanWild’s animals from starvation. To read the full appeal kindly please visit our main website at www.sanwild.org Go to the How you can Help page to find Special Appeals / Drought Appeal.Since December 2007, SanWild has had no rain and since the inception of the Trust in 2000, it is the worst year ever for our rescued animals.Initially many animals started dying as a result of the prolonged drought. Mortalities occurred in a variety of species including zebra, blue wildebeest, impala, kudu and warthog. However with the help of a number of our private donors, Opticon Pty Ltd and Unitfrutti in South Africa and the SPA (Société Protectrice Des Animaux) in France we managed to turn the tide of imminent death for many of SanWild’s animals.One simply cannot explain the feeling of joy of seeing animals return slowly but surely from death’s door. The poor physical condition of many of the animals, especially the kudu and warthogs slowly improved week after week as game pellets were put out at various points to supply additional feeding for the animals. To date they are still alive and are continuing their daily struggle for survival with your and our help.However as our attempts to assist starving animals increased and more and more feeding points were created out of necessity, the number of starving animals increased and the species diversified. This in effect also meant that the number of game pellet bags put out every day increased drastically. In return our expenses to purchase the bags of game pellets increased sharply. Baboons, vervet monkeys, elephants, rhinos, red hartebeest, eland, bushbuck, mountain reedbuck, nyala, common duiker and others now visit the feeding points daily. How does one only allow only a certain animal species to feed when other species too are in a struggle for survival? At SanWild we have to allow all animal species struggling to survive the opportunity to live.As the drought continues to hold SanWild in its deathly grip, we urgently need to appeal for your compassionate financial assistance again. The normal rain season for our area will resume again from the end of October and once the 1st good rains had fallen the natural conditions will change drastically within a period of 14 days when sufficient natural food should be available to once again sustain SanWild’s animals. However no definite time frame can be put on when we will receive our 1st good rains, but taking into account statistics over the years, we should receive rains by no later than the 1st week in December 2008.This means that we need to take urgent action to raise at least $5000.00 that will be sufficient funding to purchase enough food to continue to feed the starving animals until the rains come. In anticipation of being successful to find enough donors’ funding or income from our private Savannah Bush Camp, we have placed an order for another truck load of game pellets to be delivered by the 10th November 2008.We therefore would like to urgently appeal for your continued support and financial assistance to ensure that animals that have come to depend on supplement feeding to cling to life, can continue to rely on our support until the rains had fallen and nature produces enough food to once again help them build up their strength and physical condition. Without this help, their physical condition will again deteriorate to the point where they will die. This will be so tragic bearing in mind how hard they have fought to cling to life; the hardships they had to endure and are still enduring; when life is so close by.

When it is a matter of weeks to when nature will once again be kind to her wild children.Although the supplement feeding at the various points have saved animals from dying, it has simply not been sufficient to allow the animals to grow healthy and strong again; it is merely enough to keep them at a level where they can cling to life and we need your support as a matter of great urgency. The animals simply cannot get by at this crucial stage without the continued support and supplement feeding until the rains had fallen.

We would therefore greatly appreciate all donations, no matter how big or small. All help will be greatly appreciated.Direct donations can be made into our trust account at:ABSA, Danie Joubert Street, Tzaneen. Account number 9111221180, Branch Code 334349 For international transfers: Swift Code: ABSAZAJJ, IBAN Code ZA632005On-line donations can be made from the 3rd November 2008 via a secure payment gateway on our brand new interactive website at www.sanwild.com . Please go to the Adoptions / Donations and use the dropdown box to find DROUGHT APPEAL.In addition to appealing for donor funding SanWild will be giving 10 visitors the opportunity to visit SanWild and book your stay in our Savannah Private Bush Camp in 2009 at a discounted rate. To view the camp you can visit our main website page at www.sanwild.org Savannah Private Bush Camp. A short video about SanWild can be found on the SanWild Movies Page.SPECIAL OFFER:You can now book your 6 nights, 7 day stay in the Savannah Private Bush Camp for only R4800.00 per person (South Africans). International Rate: $480 USA or € 400.00 per person fully inclusive. Should the given period above exceed your intended stay, you can now book your stay at a daily rate of R890.00 per day (South Africans) per person. International Rate: $90.00 or € 75.00 per person per day fully inclusive. This is a great opportunity taking into consideration that the 2009 rates for the Savannah Private Bush Camp will be set at R1450.00 per person per day. International Rates: $145.00 or €120.00 per person per day fully inclusive.

TO QUALIFY FOR THIS SPECIAL OFFER:You have to confirm your provisional reservation by no later than 10th November 2008. Confirming your actual dates can be reserved until 31st January 2009. Full payment for your provisional reservation needs to be made by 30th November 2009. Reservations are made on a 1st come 1st served basis. You can take up your reservations anytime subject to availability. All reservations made from 1st January to 15th December 2009 will be accepted.

This special offer expires on the 10th November 2008. For more information or to book your stay please phone our reservations office on +27 (0) 21-9871493 or email reservations@sanwild.org SanWild’s animals would greatly appreciate your help in their hour of need. Please help us to help them.Kind regardsLouise JoubertFounder TrusteeSanWild Wildlife Trust+27 (0) 833103882www.sanwild.org & www.sanwild.com

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justaddwild@gmail.com (Justaddwild) — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:42:00 +0000

A regular occurrence at the Mfuwe Lodge in the South Luangwa National Park in Zambia where the main building was unwittingly erected on the Elephant's traditional migration path through to some wild mango trees on the property. The herd of a dozen or so elephants walk through the lodge's reception area at least twice a day for about 4 weeks and then sporadically for about another 3 weeks to feed on the trees. No 'incidents' reported to date!

JUST ADD WILD - what we do!

justaddwild@gmail.com (Justaddwild) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 07:21:00 +0000

Just Add Wild is an established agent for amateur & sem-pro photographers, nature sound recorders and videographers world wide. We believe, through experience, that there are a tremendous amount of amateur/hobby photographers who have wonderful abilities and skills. We want to now create a platform for amateurs to have the opportunity to promote their work.

We use our extensive network of media contacts to generate interest in our client’s material as well as communicate with the major wildlife conservation and preservation societies. We have become a trusted source of quality photography and will now use this platform to release your work to the world, on both the direct consumer frontto the professional arena.

This forum is open to everyone worldwide and includesthe wild side of life within the universe. We apply this to any area of flora, fauna, natural activity which involves and is directly related to the natural world in the universe.

I Come In Peace

justaddwild@gmail.com (Justaddwild) — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:32:00 +0000

'I Come in Peace.'

If you don't already think animals are far more spiritually advanced than we humans, think again. Stuart Brown describes Norbert Rosing's striking images of a wild polar bear coming upon tethered sled dogs in the wilds of Canada's Hudson Bay. The photographer was sure that he was going to see the end of his dogs when the polar bear wandered in.The Polar Bear returned every night that week to play with the dogs.

The photos are in sequence are of what took place that day. Nature is amazing - protect it guys!

The curious bear approaches and instinctually the wolves fear him.

A gentle pat to say hi

Like life long friends

Catching up and tenderness

Hugs and love

Just plain awesome