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Blue whale sighting finds mysterious giants of the deep

2011-12-24T17:24:00.000-08:00

Photo: Allen J. Schaben, MCT

Click Here >>> Blue whale sighting finds mysterious giants of the deep | StarTribune.com

U.S. Activists: Protect Captive Tigers from Illegal Trade | World Wildlife Fund

2011-09-02T06:34:00.000-07:00

U.S. Activists: Protect Captive Tigers from Illegal Trade | World Wildlife Fund

WWF - Wildlife Trade - What we are doing

2011-08-20T08:58:00.000-07:00

WWF - Wildlife Trade - What we are doing

Criminals will face jail term if they breach wildlife laws - Northern Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

2011-08-19T21:59:00.000-07:00

Criminals will face jail term if they breach wildlife laws - Northern Ireland, Local & National - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Last seen.....

2011-08-13T14:21:00.000-07:00

Here are some wildlife animal that have NOT been seen since.......

The Great Auk ~ last seen 1852

Broad-Faced Potoroo ~ last seen 1875

Marsupial Wolf ~ last seen 1936

Dodo ~ last seen 1665

Steller's Sea Cow ~ last seen 1768

Reference -Can We Save the Tiger by Martin Jenkins

Top 10 Animals that could be extinct in 10 years:

according to WWF

TIGER
Polar bears
Pacific Walrus
Magellanic Penguin
Leatherback Turtle
Bluefin Tuna
Mountain Gorilla
Monarch Butterfly
Javan Rhinoceros
Giant Panda

AHS student learns protecting the planet starts at home

2011-08-12T16:46:00.000-07:00

AHS student learns protecting the planet starts at home

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: 40 years to save Britain’s wildlife

2011-08-12T09:06:00.000-07:00

Express.co.uk - Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: 40 years to save Britain’s wildlife

US officials conducting dead bird study in Gulf - Florida Wires - MiamiHerald.com

2011-08-07T10:56:00.000-07:00

US officials conducting dead bird study in Gulf - Florida Wires - MiamiHerald.com

Endangered Species

2011-07-13T10:42:00.000-07:00

Endangered Species ~

Is an population of animals or plants that because of changing environmental circumstances, human carelessness (hunting, pollution), strinking natural habitats and/or of its few numbers, risk becoming exinct!

No longer to be seen LIVE on this earth! NEVER......GONE 4ever!
It is estimated that over 25,000 species (animals & plant life) become extinct each year.

by AnimalsAreGreat247

As of 2011, there are 1,170 animals species worldwide that are endangered, half of which reside in the United States.

by MultiKez2010

WWF World Wildlfe Fund

2011-06-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

WWF's - Its mission statement for over 45 years has been the conservation of nature. Using the best available scientific knowledge and advancing that knowledge where they can, they work to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth and the health of our ecological systems.

Get involve today!

Anyway, anyhow.......just get involved!

WWF World Wildlife Fund Home page

>> Wildfinder <<

Interpretation........Jesus is coming back to US

2011-06-07T09:42:00.000-07:00

One of these days the skies gonna break and everything will escape and I'll know
One of these days the mountains are gonna fall into the sea and they'll know
That you and I were made for this, I was made to taste your kiss, we were made to never fall away
Never Fall Away
One of these days letters are gonna fall from the sky telling us all to go free
But untill that day I'll find a way to let everybody know that you're coming back (mmm) you're coming back for me
Cause even though you left me here I have nothing left to fear, these are only walls to hold me here
Hold me here, hold me here, hold me here
Only walls that hold me here
One day soon I'll hold you like the sun holds the moon and we will hear these planes overhead and we won't have to be scared
Cause we won't have to be scared
Cause we won't have to be scared

You're coming back for me
You're coming back to me

Come Back to me

by Civil Twilight - Letters From The Sky

Still Lovin' my wildlife friends........

2011-06-05T14:27:00.000-07:00

Yes, its been a bit. Busy on my other sites. Close to end of the school year for Andreas. Simply, plenty going on, Life.......huh?

Just wanted to drop a few lines, hope this summer we all can get out and do a little something GOOD for our environment & wildlife conservation. ( Whale wars- SAVE the whales HERE.....yeah baby!)
Its heating up already......>>Read up on it HERE<<

Hope everyone have a most beautiful day. Looking to get back into some uplifting & informative blogging!

Heres A Good wildlife video

"I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest." --John Buchan

Peace

African Cats...is about life ~ Both Big cats & humans

2011-04-26T11:57:00.000-07:00

   Yes, I did go see "African Cats" this weekend with my son. Why wouldn't I? You know I love bigs cats. Love the cinematographic. And of course, the main characters.....lions & cheetahs. Sadly missed, were the tigers! Maybe thats next...hints!

   It was interesting to watch my son soak in all the wonder of life in this movie. As my son, he watched plenty of wildlife show with dad.

   Seeing as we recognized that this was the big screen version of "Big Cats Diary" from the BBC wildlife show on Animal planet, but he was really enjoying & learning.

   The interactactions of the adults & cubs, closely mimicking our human life. Surviving & protecting! As I explained to him later, even though (Sitas) the mother cheetahs cubs were young & playful. It was equally important for them to learn the survival tactic of their environment & elements.

   Our childlren sometimes don't fully understand the importance of education and its benefits to surviving on this planet. He definitely put a piece of the puzzle together as a result of this show.

   Big ups. and yet, another movie showcasing our wildlife!!! Yayyyy

Things you can do for your EARTH on "EARTH DAY" and beyond!

2011-04-16T12:48:00.000-07:00

Search Amazon.com for ways to save the earth

With Earth Day fast appoaching, we really need to pay close attention to what is happening around us. Our planet is in dire need of help. One person can make a difference if you only try.

Serious issues with our planet!

1) Wildlife Extinction ~ 25% of our wildlife is threaten to be extict, 1 in 4! Again, what are we leaving our childrens children? Not to leave out the lasting effect on humans. (We ALL have a purpose, there MUST be a balance). Many people fail to realize just how interconnected all species on this planet really are.

2) Deforestation of the Rain Forest ~ Between May 2000 and August 2006, Brazil lost nearly 150,000 square kilometers of forest and since 1970, over 232,000 square miles of Amazon rainforest have been destroyed.

-- Tropical forests regulate global and regional climate-systems by acting as heat and water pumps. They release moisture into the atmosphere which returns to the ground as rain.

-- Scientists now say that the rainforest ecosystem in the Brazilian Amazon is a net absorber of carbone dioxide, and helps to protect the earth against the greenhouse effect.

-- Tropical forests cover only twelve percent of the land-area of the Earth, yet they are home to between 50 and 90 percent of the world's species.

-- Rainforests are a vital source of medicines. Today, less than 1 percent of the worlds tropical forest plants have been tested for pharmaceutical properties, yet a quarter of all modern medicines came originally from rainforests.

-- Rainforests also offer a bounty of foods. Foods that we use today which originated in rainforests include coffee, cocoa, many fruits and nuts, spices, rice, and other products such as rubber, gums, resins, dyes, tannins and cane. Of an estimated 75,000 edible plants found in nature, only 150 enter world commerce and only 20 (mostly domesticated cereals) stand between human society and starvation.

3) Polar Sea Ice Loss ~ Scientific American warns that “human fingerprints have been detected” on both the Arctic and Antarctic regions.

4) Decreasing fish Stock ~ Per the World Resource Institute ~ Millions of people across the world depend upon fish as a major staple in their diet. Fish are an important element of the human food supply, and fishing is an important factor in global employment. Current harvest trends and fishery conditions put both of these at risk.

5) Over Population ~ As our population and needs grow, we are leaving less and less room for wildlife. It took nearly all of human history – from the first days of man on earth until the early 1800’s – to reach a global population of 1 billion. In just 200 years, we’ve managed to reach 6.5 billion.

It is so very important to do the RIGHT THINGS NOW!

Here are a few action that you can take to do your part:

Turn down the heat
Carpooling
Travel ecologically
Avoid using standby settings on your electronics
Buy reusable, recycle, avoid plastic bags
Print on both sides of paper
Do something to protect of Rainforest
Do something, anything to protect our exotic (wildlife) animals
Don't leave water running
Ride a bike (going to your local store, do you work close to home)
Collect old battery
Care for our water supply

Green your Home

Pay attention to the way you consume - Everything you buy, eat and use has come from the EARTH. Be aware of how, when, where and what you do with them!

Not sure what you can do ~ 50 Ways to Save the Earth by Anne Jankeliowitch & Philippe Bourseiller

Is Hollywood helping bring Wildlife preservation to world attention? Yay!

2011-04-09T14:26:00.000-07:00

   Recently took my son to the movies "Dairy of a wimpy 2 Kid, Rodrick rules", funny but I'm just a big kid anyway.

   Anyhow, as we are watching the previews, it came to my attention that an awful lot of them involved animals. Now, I've known that animals & children increase the "appeal factor" of shows & movies. But, when "RIO" was playing, it hit me...Hollywood is actually helping put the wildlife preservation plight in the lime light! HOORAY!

  Of course, its two folds, they will make $$$$, but rest a sure, big $$$$ are going to help our wildlife.

I know many of you will go see "African Cats", others please attend and help support these big cats habitats. This "Earth Day" April 22 & 26, 2011

If ONE person.............

2011-04-06T08:43:00.000-07:00

If ONE person just took the time to make a difference.....WILL you ALSO be that ONE person! :^)

Why should you be that ONE?

Climate change, pollution, destruction of rain-forests (deforestation) , major wildlife habitats, the decline & extinction of thousands of species of animals and plants.......really, need more be said?
Get our governments to decide that wild species and our environment will not be allowed to compete with special interest groups or industrial lobbyists >>> http://goo.gl/Wdr8w

And just for the sake of it........ a little personal touch

This song, by Sade "Pearl' is one of my fav. For the last few days now, this song has been echoing in my head???
My guess, is the relationship to Africa's wildlife, the struggle of females ( like our wildlife, they are way way under appreciate for their TRUE VALUE to our society! Thats a whole nother blog in its entirety)

Really listen & feel the words......its pure passion!

2nd Annual Wildlife Photo Contest - Understanding radioactivity levels -

2011-04-02T13:13:00.000-07:00

Wildlife photo contest! Vote for your favorites via Defenders of Wildlife’s second annual photo

Why should/do we need to SAVE & PROTECT our remaining wildlife population!

IMPACT YOUR WORLD TODAY......Help others in need!

SIMPLE........Explanation of Radioactivity levels

Japan levels rises..........

*SPECIAL* Wildlife Artworks, Throws & Prints ~ Many items to choose from

What can you do? HELP ASSIST JAPAN

2011-03-21T11:11:00.000-07:00

LET'S NOT GIVE UP HOPE!

As we mingle along our everyday life. As the days lingle on..........

It will become easier to forget just how devastating this event is. As the media continues to run footage of this disaster over our airwaves......we will become numb to real issues that will exist for years to come. The human beings.........children, mothers, fathers, sons & daughters. the elderly, sick & yes the animals that will NEED to recover well beyond our sights and sounds.

Please keep a vigilant heart & mind for the people of Japan --- whos to say it can't happen to anyone of us!

Japan Nuclear Meltdown Earthquake Tsunami Tokyo Diary 2011 March 21, Monday

Earthquake Tsunami Tokyo Diary 2011 March 18, Friday

One final note: As these events have unfolded this last week. I'm reminded of my thoughts as a child........

that this is the only known planet that supports our way of LIVING ( Air,water & soil for food). When will we see ( realize) just how embryonic humans begins & animals are in the big scope of life. Any day an event much much greater than what has happened in Japan, could strike anywhere on this planet.............Yet, everyday humans massacre, brutalize one other over selfishness & greed. We all live on just one planet. When............will we become humanize! What will it take for us to comprehend..... "We are all just fragile begin"

My prayers go out to us all

Impact Your World >>> http://goo.gl/G4ST7

EVEN A DOG HAS COMPASSION!

WWF HAPPY 50th........

2011-03-09T15:25:00.000-08:00

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Thank you WWF World Wildlife Fund for all the years of dedication to the survival of not only our wildlife but also our planet!

Fifty years ago, a small but dedicated group of concerned scientists, naturalists and other leaders joined together to found World Wildlife Fund and our mission to save our Earth's wildlife from extinction.

In its first year, WWF focused on five projects that included work with the bald eagle, the Hawaiian sea bird, the giant grebe of Guatemala, the Tule goose in Canada and the red wolf in the southern United States. Today, five decades later, WWF's work has expanded to more than 11,000 projects in 130 countries.

Visit WWF and help the next 50 year>>> http://goo.gl/v0eUT

My Wildlife artwork & collectibles >>> goo.gl/CbYx9

Updates.........Wildlife

2011-02-26T14:38:00.000-08:00

In earlier blogs entries, I wrote that this oil spill will continue to do damage long after the site is plugged.
Is this a result of that spill???

Search Amazon.com for wildlife preservation

2011-02-11T14:00:00.000-08:00

Online College Degrees picks my SOWsaveourwildlife.com blog as one of their top 100 animal perservation blog.

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Stop by site to see some very great animal welfare blogs.

Animals can not speak for themselves........Will we as humans step up?

2011-02-06T13:44:00.000-08:00

To a PERSON whose mind is free there is something even more intolerable in the sufferings of animals than in the sufferings of man. For with the latter it is at least admitted that suffering is evil and that the person who causes it is a criminal. But thousands of animals are uselessly butchered every day without a shadow of remorse. If any person were to refer to it, he would be thought ridiculous. And that is the unpardonable crime. ~Romain Rolland, Nobel Prize 1915

Make your New Years resolution to help protect our wildlife.

2011-01-07T19:51:00.001-08:00

Support World Wildlife Fund's click HERE!

In an earlier stage of our development most human groups held to a tribal ethic. Members of the tribe were protected, but people of other tribes could be robbed or killed as one pleased. Gradually the circle of protection expanded, but as recently as 150 years ago we did not include blacks. So African human beings could be captured, shipped to America and sold. In Australia white settlers regarded Aborigines as a pest and hunted them down, much as kangaroos are hunted down today. Just as we have progressed beyond the blatantly racist ethic of the era of slavery and colonialism, so we must now progress beyond the speciesist ethic of the era of factory farming, of the use of animals as mere research tools, of whaling, seal hunting, kangaroo slaughter and the destruction of wilderness. We must take the final step in expanding the circle of ethics. ~ Pete Singer

LET'S DO OUR PART.............

2011

2011-01-06T20:47:00.001-08:00

Hoping everyone had a wonderful holiday and the new year has started off with many blessings. This year I have a new toy. I'm going mobile! YAY.....! Which means I will be able to blog a lot more. Look for more info on what's happen in the world of "Endangered Wildlife." Looking forward to doing my little part.

The Tiger a most majestic animal - Big Cat Beauties of Nature

2010-11-21T14:19:00.000-08:00

TIGERS have fascinated people all over the world.

In the Chinese zodiac, this is the Year of the Tiger — You see, each year of the Chinese lunar calendar is associated with an animal. There are 12 animals with each animal reflecting key characteristics that are likely to dominant that year.

While many Asian countries having been celebrating 2010 as the Year of the Tiger which began February 14, of this year. These beautiful big cats are under an extreme threat of extinction. As few as 3,500 tigers exist in the wild in Asia where they are threatened by poaching, illegal trafficking, habitat loss & climate changes .

There are 6 out of 9 species of tigers left on Earth. All 6 of these remaining species are considered to be endangered. Most of the species have less than 1,000 of them remaining. Believe it or not, but there are more tigers in captivity then in the wild. Recent studies estimates that between 3,500 and 5,000 remain in the wild. While, roughly 8,000+ are in captivity ( Zoos, conservations, reserves, circus, etc.,). An undertimed number are also being privately kept by regular citizens worldwide as pets. As with many states here in the US, the government has few regulations on individuals keeping tigers in captivity, who owns them, how their treated, where they are, or what happens to them when they die.

3 tiger sub-species have gone extinct since the 1940s and a 4th, the South China tiger, has not been seen in the wild in over 25 years. With an entire population of tigers, that has become an international scandal, vanishing from a forest sanctuary (Sariska Tiger Reserve) in the Indian state of Rajasthan because of poaching. With illegal trafficking in tiger bones, furs and skins suppling demands in much of Asia. The future for these animals does not look very promising.

As one of the most majestic animals on the planet, it hard to swallow that these Big cat beauties of nature are on the verge of extinction. The Sumatran tiger will disappear in a few years unless poaching, trading and the destruction of its forest habitat are halted immediately. The reason for these acts are not just pouchers selfish greed of money (which does account for hugh portion to these tigers extinction. For some villages in different parts of the world it is their only source of income), but many anicent customs such as the use of tiger parts in medicine contribute to the demand in the black market arena. Some using their heads as trophies, their fur as rugs and/or wall hangers. The chopping down of forests so the tigers can not survive also a factor.

Experts are seeing a last glimmer of hope, only if conservation and protection are implemted and enforced. Also thought has to be into protection against inbreeding so that the genetic pool of these animals are not compromised in the process.

WWF is releasing a new interactive map of the world's top 10 tiger trouble spots www.worldwildlife.org/troublespots and the main threats against tigers. WWF is also launching a campaign: Tx2: Double or Nothing to support tiger range states in their goal of doubling wild tiger numbers by the next Year of the Tiger in 2022.

Mike Baltzer, Leader of WWF's Tiger Initiative says "Tigers are being persecuted across their range -- poisoned, trapped, snared, shot and squeezed out of their homes. But there is hope for them in this Year of the Tiger. There has never been such a committed, ambitious, high-level commitment from governments to double wild tiger numbers. They have set the bar high and we hope for the sake of tigers and people that they reach it."

A recent meeting leading up to the Vladivostok Summit held in Hua Hin, Thailand, has all 13 tiger range countries committed to the goal of doubling tiger numbers by 2022. This Summit will be co-hosted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and World Bank President Robert Zoellick. WWF and other members of the Global Tiger Initiative are also sure to assist in all areas to ensure that this goal is fulfilled.

"We may not get another opportunity like this with so much political will from the tiger range countries and attention from so many institutions and people around the world," said Sybille Klenzendorf, Director of the WWF-US Species Program. "The situation for tigers is a sobering one, but if we seize this moment and maintain it for the long term, the next Year of the Tiger may give us real reason to celebrate

INTERESTING FACTS:

The tiger is one the largest of the four big cats,

Tigers tend to be loners.

They tend to go their own ways except when mating. A female can produce up to 4 cubs approx. 16 weeks after conception. Her cubs are born blind. While nursing milk from the female up to 8 weeks. Another issue is that less than half of their offspring live to be 2 yeas of age, Those that do survive usually live about 10 - 15 years in the wild. In captivity they can live about 20 years on average. Tigers have fully developed canines by 16 months of age. They have the largest canine teeth of all land-eating animals.

As with lions, male tigers may kill a female's cubs if the cubs are the offspring of another male. This ensures that the female will come into oestrus and bear the new male's offspring. Cubs will stay with their mothers up to 24 months at which time they will set out to find their own territories.

A mother will have to bring back to her den up to 3 times the amount of food she normally gathers.

The patterns of stripes help to identify themselves just like human's fingerprints. Tigers can come in black, with white and yellow stripes. The stripes also help them to camouflage during the day or night, while lighter shades in snowy places. The Sumatran tiger has the most stripes of all the tiger subspecies while the Siberian tiger has the fewest.

Their whiskers are sensitive to help them to avoid rocks, trees and othe obstacles.

They can live in different types of environments..... jungles, swamps, forest, cold & snow! In the winter a tiger can doubles its fur coat. Tigers can swims in lakes and water holes.

Their night vision can be 6 times better than that of humans, this aids them to hunt at night. Sleeping animals are easier to hunt. Tigers are extremely calculated when it comes to hunting. But it may take them 15-20 attempts to get one meal, because other animals runs almost as fast as them.

Tigers are capable of leaping more than 30 feet, an added advantage when it comes to finding and attacking their prey. Biting its prey in the nerve cord on the spine. Klling their quickly: Their main diet includes large animals such as: antelope, deer, buffalo and wild pigs, but they will also hunt fish, monkeys, birds, reptiles and even baby elephants. Occasionally, tigers kill other tigers, leopards and even bears.