Tomorrow is Peace Day: Peace Day 21 September. Great site to browse through! Here’s more info. We’re building the biggest call for peace the world has ever seen: Global Truce 2012 – and we want you to be part of it! Each year, 21 September marks Peace Day; a day for wide-scale community action, and…
Fable of the Porcupine
Sharing this fable from a friend. It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realising the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions. After awhile, they decided to distance themselves…
Blog: ‘Cove’ Star Urges Dolphin-Watching, Not Killing (Associated Press) | SaveJapanDolphins.org
In celebration of Dolphin Day – 1 September – here is an article from Associated Press on Ric O’Barry’s attempts this year to stem the bloodshed in Taiji (in English and Japanese). Blog: ‘Cove’ Star Urges Dolphin-Watching, Not Killing (Associated Press) | SaveJapanDolphins.org. Great to see so many Dolphin Day events happening around the globe!
Development threatens endangered Quoll
The last stronghold population of Spotted-Tailed Quolls in Southern Queensland is in danger. Proposed development of a mega-resort in the Elbow Valley region of SE Queensland will push the Spotted-Tailed Quoll to extinction. Development Company Joyful View Garden Real Estate proposes to develop over 2090 acres of land into a mix of permanent resident and…
The other ‘R’ Word
We hear a lot about rights these days: human rights … animal rights. Particularly after the recent exposure of the barbaric treatment of cattle in an Indonesian abattoir. But there’s another ‘R’ word we don’t hear enough of. Human beings are the most evolved species on the planet. We have been able to infiltrate every…