This Sunday! Don’t miss it! If you’ve never heard of the Trust or visited their Web site, then get over there and adopt some orphaned eles and rhinos. I’ve adopted two – Wasessa and Taveta – and get progress reports monthly along with a printable original water color by Angela Sheldrick. Here’s the details on [...]
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In late September the Milgis Trust rescued a baby elephant from a well in the Milgis Lugga, saving him from certain death by flooding. I was so touched by this little ele’s story that I immediately visited the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Web site and adopted him. I know now that I was one of [...]
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The event mentioned in this DawnWatch Alert is the one I attended last Monday. I’m reading the book, “Thanking the Monkey,” now and I cannot recommend it highly enough. Karen said during the evening at Poplar Spring that the book is not really for the committed but for the curious. Well, this committed person has [...]
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Over at Ethics and Animals you’ll find a very good post about the Sheldrick WildlifeTrust’s statement against the CITES decision to allow China to trade in ivory, along with a link to a petition. Thanks to them and Joanne for alerting me to this statement from an important elephant conservationist. You can find the petition [...]
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CITES and its partners in crime today signed the death warrant for tens of thousands of African elephants by approving “China as a ‘trading partner’ for over 100 tonnes of stockpiled ivory from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe.” The decision “has left many conservationists and wildlife managers stunned and appalled,” reports Born Free. I’ll [...]
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Recently, the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species decided to reverse the ban on ivory trade. This is very bad news for elephants. I’m going to copy the latest post from Dr. Paula Kahumbu, the CEO of Wildlife Direct, that explains what’s happening and how China is gearing up to trade big-time in ivory, [...]
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Honestly, I do not understand how a human animal can be so insanely cruel to any non-human animals as seen in PETA’s latest undercover video. It’s heartbreaking and nauseating to watch, but watch you must because we cannot turn our eyes from the torture the other animals suffer at our hands. People who shill for [...]
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