Dr. Lucy Spelman Lecture in DC Area!

Posted on September 28, 2009 by nothoney

Come out and hear Dr. Lucy talk about her experience treating Rwanda’s wild mountain gorillas, plus stories from her book, “The Rhino With Glue-on Shoes.” WHO: Dr. Lucy Spelman (see bio below) WHAT: Lecture & Book Signing “Taking Care of Wild Animals, One Patient at a Time:The Rhino with Glue-on Shoes—and More” WHERE: Signature Theater [...]

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Support Wildlife Direct Today – It’s My Birthday

Posted on January 24, 2009 by nothoney

I’m going to repeat this earlier post because today is my actual birthday and I want all y’all to donate to WLD. Attend: I wrote this for the Baraza blog on Wildlife Direct. I’m repeating it here in a shameless effort to garner more donations for Wildlife Direct. I never thought, when I was much [...]

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2009: The Year of the Gorilla

Posted on January 18, 2009 by nothoney

I should’ve posted this sooner, it’s been sitting in my drafts for a couple of weeks, but here’s more information on the Year of the Gorilla from the official Web site. The idea of creating a year devoted to gorilla conservation belongs to the following groups: the UNEP Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), the UNEP/UNESCO [...]

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Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2008 by nothoney

they’re starting to open up the sky they’re starting to reach down through and it feels like we’re living in that split-second of a car crash and time is slowing down and if we only had a little more time than this time is all we have do you remember the time we and all [...]

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Gimme Shelter: A Short Film About the Horrors in Congo

Posted on December 18, 2008 by nothoney

Ben Affleck and Mick Jagger have teamed to create a short film that highlights some of the horrors of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It seems to me that Darfur gets all the news and that’s not right because about 5 million people have died in conflicts in Congo in the past few [...]

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To Make You Smile: Bears, Gorillas, and Cows

Posted on December 17, 2008 by nothoney

If you read my blog from time to time, then you know I’m a volunteer at Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary. One of my volunteer colleagues, Deb, posted this video of the farm, narrated by a 5-year-old boy and filmed about two years ago. Enjoy. Moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, are also dear to my [...]

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Wildlife Direct for the Holidays!

Posted on December 10, 2008 by nothoney

If you’re looking for the perfect holiday gift this year, why not send a gift donation to Wildlife Direct? You’ll get a cute certificate in return and help conservationists in the field in Africa, South America, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and other countries. Instead of giving more stuff, give something that matters this year. It’ll make [...]

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Happy Thanksvegan!

Posted on November 27, 2008 by nothoney

It’s Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. where we annually celebrate the arrival of white Europeans at Plymouth Rock (or thereabouts) and the beginning of subjugation and attempted extinction of the indigenous peoples and their culture. We do this by slaughtering about 50 million turkeys for just ONE DAY. That said there are many things [...]

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Nkunda’s Rebels Attack Rangers at Rumangabo Station

Posted on October 26, 2008 by nothoney

I got this news late today because I was out hiking and didn’t check the innernets. It’s very bad news from the official Web site of Virunga National Park: Fighting at Rumangabo started at 0400 today between the rebels of Laurent Nkunda and the army. It has now totally engulfed the park station and our [...]

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War in Congo’s Virunga National Park – Video

Posted on October 9, 2008 by nothoney

The people and mountain gorillas of Congo’s Virunga National Park are under fire from rebel general Laurent Nkunda’s CNDP. This video was produced by ICCN rangers at Rumangabo where the park’s headquarters are located. Rangers families are being evacuated. You can hear the mortars firing in the background. It’s frightening for the gorillas and the [...]

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