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<span style="font-size: x-large;">World Rhino Day 2013: Why these creatures need our attention</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Zoos, organizations and preserves around the world will mark World Rhino Day 2013 on Sunday, Sept. 22, with events in the U.S. and overseas. The idea is to raise awareness about protecting rhinoceros from deadly poaching that continues to threaten animals in Africa and Asia. Rhino horns are valued on the international black market for their purported "medicinal" values -- something rhino organizations work hard to combat. Here's a glimpse of these lovely and endangered creatures, including a baby rhino born in Chicago's zoo.</span></div>
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King is a baby Eastern black rhinoceros born in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo on Aug. 26. He made his public debut Sept. 17, with his mother, Kapuki.<br />
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King's father, Maku, 27, is on breeding loan from Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas, and his mother, 8, is on loan from the Brookfield Zoo in suburban Chicago.<br />
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The endangered Eastern black rhinos are a subspecies of black rhinos indigenous to eastern Africa. King weighed 60 pounds and measured 30 inches as a newborn.<br />
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White rhinos are the second rhino species in Africa. South Africa, home to 75% of all rhinoceros in the world, lost 668 to poachers in 2012 -- a figure 50% higher than 2011. Even parks and private game reserves report casualties.<br />
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Early this year, &Beyond, a luxury Safari company based in South Africa, funded transfer of six white rhinos from the Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa to Botswana.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black;">The team works on helping transport the endangered animals. The relocated rhinos are tracked regularly for research via collars and microchips.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;">The greater one-horned rhinoceros lives in forests and flood plains of India and Nepal. A rhino swims in early September flood waters at the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary in Assam, India. Assam is home to the world's largest concentration of the rare rhino.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 14.44444465637207px; line-height: 17.98611068725586px;">Despite worldwide efforts to stop poaching, the practice continues. Indian forest officials found the body of a one-horned rhinoceros, which was killed and de-horned by poachers. It happened in Kaziranga National Park on Sept. 18.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;">Volunteers across the globe work to raise awareness over the plight of rhinos worldwide. Zimbabwean artist Mathias Chirombo, who works in South Africa, paints a sculpture of a rhino. Chirombo and three other artists will have their works auctioned off next month to raise funds in the fight against rhino poaching.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Britain's Prince William, left, and soccer star David Beckham met in London on Sept. 12 to film public service messages on illegal wildlife products. The messages focus on reducing demand for rhino horn and ivory and will air globally, with targeted outreach in China and Vietnam, later this year. The campaigns have been undertaken by WildAid and the Royal Foundation's United for Wildlife collaboration.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: x-large;">Graca Machel/Mandela - please help us to save the rhino of South Africa!</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Graca_MachelMandela_please_help_us_to_save_the_rhino_of_South_Africa/?pv=6" style="background-color: black;">http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Graca_MachelMandela_please_help_us_to_save_the_rhino_of_South_Africa/?pv=6</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: x-large;">Stop South African Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, from petitioning CITES to open the rhino horn trade</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_South_African_Minister_of_Environmental_Affairs_Edna_Molewa_from_petitioning_CITES_to_open_the_rhino_horn_trade/?pv=3" style="background-color: black;">http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_South_African_Minister_of_Environmental_Affairs_Edna_Molewa_from_petitioning_CITES_to_open_the_rhino_horn_trade/?pv=3</a></div>
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<a href="http://forcechange.com/14676/help-end-rhino-poaching-in-south-africa/" style="background-color: black;">http://forcechange.com/14676/help-end-rhino-poaching-in-south-africa/</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Save the Rhinos!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"> ( *Same petition as Avaaz, but included as it has attached a lot of good information about Rhinos. )</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Shop--ToDo/Activism/SaveTheRhinoPetition.htm" style="background-color: black;">http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Shop--ToDo/Activism/SaveTheRhinoPetition.htm</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: x-large;">Rhino Poaching may be an African Tragedy, but it is a Global Responsibility ~Forever Wild - Save the Rhino Campaign</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/foreverwild/" style="background-color: black;">http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/foreverwild/</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Petitioning HM Government Ministry of Justice </span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Published on September 9, 2013 </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: large;">by Marc Bekoff, Ph.D. in Animal Emotions</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Sentience in nonhuman animals (animals) is a "hot" topic receiving attention from a wide range of researchers with different interests and agendas. For the purpose of this essay and as I've done before, I'm defining "sentience" as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentience">the ability to feel, perceive, or be conscious, or to experience subjectivity</a>" (for wide-ranging discussion please click here.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Based on the overwhelming and universal acceptance of the Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness (please see "<a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201208/scientists-finally-conclude-nonhuman-animals-are-conscious-beings">Scientists Finally Conclude Nonhuman Animals Are Conscious Beings</a>") I previously offered what I call a <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201306/universal-declaration-animal-sentience-no-pretending">Universal Declaration on Animal Sentience</a>. I didn't offer any specific location for this declaration because with very few exceptions, people worldwide, including researchers and non-researchers alike, accept that other animals are sentient beings. The Universal Declaration on Animal Sentience can be a deep, personal, and inspirational journey that comes from our heart and also has a strong and rapidly growing evidence-based foundation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">I also stressed that it is important to note that the <a href="http://www.wspa-international.org/wspaswork/udaw/">Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare</a> is based on the indisputable fact that animals are sentient and that they can suffer and feel pain, as is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon</a> and the rapidly growing field of <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/animal-emotions/201305/compassionate-conservation-green-conversation">compassionate conservation</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">SENTIENCE ON THE BRAIN : </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Here, I simply want to call attention to three recent essays that are essential reads in the broad area of animal sentience (for more discussion please see "<a href="http://www.livescience.com/39481-time-to-declare-animal-sentience.html">After 2,500 Studies, It's Time to Declare Animal Sentience Proven</a>"). The first is an essay by Helen Proctor who works for the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) called "<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/2/4/628">Animal Sentience: Where Are We and Where Are We Heading</a>?" and the other one, by Helen S. Proctor, Gemma Carder, and Amelia R. Cornish titled "<a href="http://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/3/3/882">Searching for Animal Sentience: A Systematic Review of the Scientific Literature</a>" is a comprehensive review of available literature. Both are available for free.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">The other essay called "<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10539-012-9351-1#page-1">Science, sentience, and animal welfare</a>" by Robert Jones of the Department of Philosophy at California State University in Chico, is a detailed comprehensive review (please contact the author at rcjones@csuchico.edu). Professor Jones concludes, "... even the most progressive current welfare policies lag behind, are ignorant of, or arbitrarily disregard the science on sentience and cognition." I've also noted this is other many essays (please see and and). Basic facts about sentience and empathy in birds and rodents for example, that have been available for a while, still have not been incorporated into the Federal Animal Welfare Act in the United States. However, they are very important in the growing field of <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltobias/2013/05/09/compassionate-conservation-a-discussion-from-the-frontlines-with-dr-marc-bekoff/">compassionate conservation</a> (see also). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">THE STATE OF THE ANIMALS IN 2013: ANIMAL SENTIENCE IS NOT SCIENCE FICTION</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">For those very few skeptics who remain uncertain of animal sentience these papers should convince you that detailed scientific data from numerous studies show that a wide-range of animals are sentient beings, and for those who know this to be the case, these essays provide wonderful resources to share widely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">It's time to recognize what we know about animal sentience and to use it on the animals' behalf. Animal sentience is a well-demonstrated fact, not science fiction.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-40687437698722196342013-03-28T01:38:00.001-07:002015-01-11T12:57:32.173-08:00Ernest Haeckel <span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Haeckel">Ernst Haeckel</a></span><br />
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<b>I don't have permission to use imagery from these artists, so please view their</b><br />
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<b>All three of these women are masters of their craft, and all three possess an ability</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.nonhumanrightsproject.org/?gclid=CM6Oy8aFvrYCFYxaMgodR2kAaA">The Nonhuman Rights Project</a> seemed like it should be included here. </b><br />
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<b>I applaud these artists, as they aren't just another pretty face.</b><br />
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<b>Kate MacDowell</b><br />
<a href="http://www.katemacdowell.com/"><b>http://www.katemacdowell.com</b></a><br />
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<b>Beth Cavener Stitcher</b><br />
<a href="http://www.followtheblackrabbit.com/"><b>http://www.followtheblackrabbit.com</b></a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Cavener_Stichter"><b>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beth_Cavener_Stichter</b></a><br />
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/cwu7cus"><b>http://tinyurl.com/cwu7cus</b></a><br />
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<b>Sue Coe</b><br />
<a href="http://www.graphicwitness.org/coe/enter.htm"><b>http://www.graphicwitness.org/coe/enter.htm</b></a><br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Coe"><b>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sue_Coe</b></a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-51032048680010683662013-03-23T08:29:00.001-07:002013-03-23T08:49:24.459-07:00JOHN WILLIAM WATERHOUSE<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Waterhouse">John William Waterhouse</a><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-78608899566021857382013-03-08T14:36:00.000-08:002013-03-08T14:36:20.146-08:00Zorro the Magnificent by Keiko T. Olds<b><span style="font-size: large;">This is our beautiful Mssr.Boingo, also known as Zorro.</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;">Our Friend, <a href="http://activistarts.blogspot.com/p/artist_3090.html">Keiko</a> has captured his spirit.</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">I'm in Awe, Keiko.</span></b><b><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you!</span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-83945982870358452862013-03-06T09:11:00.001-08:002013-03-06T11:17:23.932-08:00ARTHUR RACKHAM <span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Maybe a Mermaid is actually a Whale. Maybe a Mermaid is actually a </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dolphin.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<b>Keiko T. Olds</b><br />
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<b>Keiko is an Artist, an Animal Rights Activist, and an Environmental Activist.</b><br />
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<b>During a recent conversation, she shared the following details of her life with me.</b><br />
<b>She is a vegetarian/vegan and she backs and agrees with most organizations dedicated to</b><br />
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<b>We spoke briefly of these organizations, and the following three were prevalent during the discussion:</b><br />
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<a href="http://The Humane Society"><b>The Humane Society</b></a><br />
<a href="http://worldwildlife.org/"><b>World Wildlife Fund</b></a><br />
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<b>Also, we discussed the annual dolphin drive hunt in Taiji, Japan, and Keiko gave me permission to quote her as saying that she absolutely did not condone this practice and that is should be halted immediately forever more.</b><br />
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<b>In this same conversation, Keiko also addressed the consumption of cats in Korea and the fur trade in China. Her point of view was that a dietary change driving the practice was in order, which are my sentiments exactly.</b><br />
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<b>I asked Keiko to choose three pieces of her art that resonated most powerfully for her, and if she would share with us the reasons that compel her to create the images she chooses to depict.</b><br />
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<b>This is what Keiko shared as her creative mission statement:</b><br />
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<b>I take my friend's pet photos and draw them. But I talk to my friend about their pet's personality to determine the background. For example, my friend had a pet that came from Okinawa, so I created an Okinawa beach scene in the background.</b><br />
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<b>Another example can be when I looked at my friend's adorable cat, it reminded me of the cat from Alice in Wonderland, so I created a scene from the story and added it to the background.</b><br />
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<b>The number one goal when I draw a picture is to make the animal look like they're having a good time. That is what inspires me to draw. I would very much love to draw your cat. I am already thinking about a background.</b><br />
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<b>I believe that I will never forget Keiko's statement here:</b><br />
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<b>"The number one goal when I draw a picture is to make the animal look like they're having a good time. That is what inspires me to draw."</b><br />
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<b>As an Artist and Activist myself, I have hit the proverbial wall of doubt when contemplating the delivery of a creation to the viewer. After becoming more involved with activism, I began to seriously question my approach to the imagery that I had been inspired to create. Could I continue to generate images that some might title "Mermaids" after becoming aware of the horrors of the Cetacean Capture issue?</b><br />
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<b>My "Mermaid" images began as a vehicle to depict respect for Sea Life or Sea Creatures, and the human form in said images is to convey a deep connection to the life around us, and hopefully encourage a spirit of conservation for those lives.</b><br />
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<b>So, unless we all start sporting fish tails and finned ears, I don't see that these images encourage a human to support or condone the practice of capturing a Cetacean to be held imprisoned in a small tank for entertainment purposes.</b><br />
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<b>As Keiko has so eloquently pointed out, she is inspired to create by the emotion of happiness. Her work does indeed embrace imagery of happy animals.</b><br />
<b>That is what she wishes for them to be.</b><br />
<b>Her Activism compels other people to join her in the quest to end cruelty to animals, so that they will live safely in a state of happiness.</b><br />
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<b>I believe that is the goal that every Activist strives to bring about.</b><br />
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<b>It has been my distinct pleasure to meet Keiko and have this opportunity to get to know more about her.</b><br />
<b>Please enjoy her <a href="http://activistarts.blogspot.com/p/artist_3090.html">art</a>, and may it inspire you to visualize a happier world for our animals and to take every action possible to make that a reality.</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-39381111257187775992013-02-23T13:18:00.001-08:002013-02-23T21:05:07.388-08:00The future of the black rhino<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i><a href="http://www.albrecht-durer.org/">By Albrecht Durer</a></i></td></tr>
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<b>The "black" (or hook-lipped) rhino is one of two African species of rhinoceros (the other being the "white" or squared-lipped). This species is typically smaller (1,900-3,500 lbs) and has had a long-standing (if perhaps exaggerated) reputation of being extremely aggressive.<br /> </b><br />
<b>The black rhino has been classified as "Critically Endangered" by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUCN">IUCN Red List</a>. Out of seven sub-species, only the eastern black rhinoceros and the south-central black rhinoceros are definitively noted to have established populations in the wild. The overall number of black rhinos has been <a href="http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/rhinoceros/african_rhinos/black_rhinoceros/">estimated by World Wildlife Fund</a> to be 4,880 as of February 2013. With hundreds being poached annually, swift actions must be taken to ensure the survival of the species.<br /> </b><br />
<b>One project undertaken by WWF in late 2011 was the incredible "Flying Rhino" effort. South-central black rhinos were transported by helicopter airlift to new territories in an attempt to strengthen the population.</b><br />
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<b><br /><br />Another recent breakthrough in understanding the black rhino occurred during the filming of BBC Nature/Discovery's <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p010jc6p"><i>Africa</i></a> documentary series. The film crew were the first to capture the much-fabled nightly "gatherings" of rhinos. This footage sheds light on the "secret life" of this creature, long believed to be hostile and unsociable.</b><br />
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<b><i><b><i>Africa</i> </b></i><b>also featured a touching segment of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Attenborough">Sir David Attenborough</a> meeting Nicky, a baby black rhino at the <a href="http://www.lewa.org/">Lewa Wildlife Conservancy</a> in Kenya. Nicky has recently been the subject of headlines all over the world; he was born blind and Lewa launched a <a href="http://www.crowdrise.com/BabyRhinoProject/fundraiser/lewawildlifeconserva">fundraising campaign</a> to secure funds for a cataract surgery that doctors believe may give him vision for the first time.</b></b><br />
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<b><br /><br />We have made remarkable progress in understanding and interacting with this elusive species. It is imperative that a safe haven be created for them so much more can be accomplished in generations to come.</b><br />
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<b>--Margret Cecily <a href="https://twitter.com/rhino_defenders">@rhino_defenders</a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-16961342323756167222013-02-22T18:17:00.001-08:002013-02-23T21:52:32.014-08:00An analysis on WWF's decision to avoid graphic imagery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>As reported on February 19th, 2013 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/business/media/world-wildlife-fund-anti-poaching-campaign-avoids-violent-images.html?_r=0">via the New York Times</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wildlife_Fund">World Wildlife Fund</a> is launching an anti-poaching campaign, and they have chosen to avoid using graphic imagery.</b><br />
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<b>Let's focus on the following statements:</b><br />
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<i><b>“Individuals are really turned off by graphic images and we don’t need to show gratuitous violence to really show what is happening to species around the world,” Mr. Macko said.<br /> </b></i><br />
<i><b>“We look for our advertising and marketing to be inspirational, and we think that is best done when we show the promise of the future and what we aim to protect.”</b></i><br />
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<b>Social media has exploded with graphic content. It has become nearly impossible to view news or research the illegal trade without a visual assault of a mutilated elephant, rhino, tiger, and so on. The decision made by World Wildlife Fund to break away from this trend--and the fact that they have been held in high regard by the public for many years--shows that we <i>can</i> transmute the current slaughter into a powerful, positive, and productive reminder of the actions needed to remedy this crisis.</b><br />
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<b>There's also an issue of graphic imagery desensitizing the mind to such violence. <a href="http://phys.org/news8756.html">Psychological studies on video games</a> have suggested that:</b><br />
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<i><b>"Most of us naturally have a strong aversion to the sight of blood and gore," Bartholow said. </b></i><br />
<i><b>"Surgeons and soldiers may need to overcome these reactions in order to perform their duties. But for most people, a diminished reaction to the effects of violence is not adaptive. It can reduce inhibitions against aggressive behavior and increase the possibility of inflicting violence on others."</b></i><br />
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<b>Where does one draw the line between allowing the public to see the truth and sensory overload? Perhaps a good example would be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_attenborough">Sir David Attenborough</a>'s 1979 program, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_on_Earth_%28TV_series%29"><i>Life on Earth</i></a>.</b><br />
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<b>Attenborough had obtained permission to visit <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dian_Fossey">Dian Fossey</a>'s mountain gorilla sanctuary in Rwanda. The program featured incredible segments of Attenborough personally interacting with the gorillas. It was then later briefly reported that one had tragically been poached--with one glimpse of the remains--and Attenborough and his crew became witnesses to Fossey's heartbreaking reaction. This was just a small part of his television series, but it was enough. An outpouring of public reaction led to the founding of the conservation group <a href="http://www.fauna-flora.org/closerlook/international-gorilla-conservation-programme">The International Gorilla Conservation Programme</a>:</b><br />
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<i><b>Did you know?<br /> </b></i><br />
<i><b>FFI was a founding force behind the International Gorilla Conservation Programme. In the 1980s, FFI Vice President Sir David Attenborough helped raise £500 to plant the seed which eventually grew into a world renowned, multi-partner conservation programme. See the video below for more information.</b></i><br />
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<b>Please do not allow these creatures to just become statistics, or be remembered only as victims of crime. It can only be for the greater good to take time to focus on life in its natural, beautiful state.</b><br />
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<b>--Margret Cecily <a href="https://twitter.com/rhino_defenders">@rhino_defenders </a></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-80068494307005334892013-02-19T09:24:00.001-08:002013-02-21T15:23:45.099-08:00SULAMITH WULFING<b><br /></b>
<b>Throughout North America and Europe, there are thousands of people who, haveing seen her cards and posters in scattered gift shhops, bookstores or stationary counters, have become entranced by the work of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulamith_W%C3%BClfing">Sulamith Wulfing</a>. Yet virtually no one knows who she is, where she is from, when the paintings were done, nor, most importantly, why. Her style and subject matter are undeniably unique, and anyone who has sold her cards can attest to their popularity, yet she has had no recognition in the artistic world or press, no museum holds a Wulfing original, and distributors have never put much attention into advertising her works. In a culture that yearns more and more for the spiritual and tranquil, her peaceful visions have had to find their own way to her devoted admirers.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>My drawings are a visual representation of my deepest feelings ~ pleasure, fear, sorrow, happiness, humor. And, to people attuned to my compositions, the may well be mirrors for their own experiences.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It is because of this that I have left the explanation of the drawings completely to the view, so that they are not bound by my interpretation of what each picture should be.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">For me it is not a matter of creating illustrations to fit nursery rhyme themes. My ideas come to me from many sources, and in such harmony with my personal experiences that I can turn them into these fairy compositions.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">My Angels are my consolers, leaders, companions, guards. And dwarfs often show me the small ironies and other things to make me smile even in life's most awesome events.</span></b><br />
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<b>Intoduction adapted from Michael Folz</b><br />
<b>The Fantastic Art of Sulamith Wulfing</b><br />
<b>Edited by David Larkin</b><br />
<b>Published by Peacock Press/Bantam Book</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-45588615469349329672013-02-18T08:44:00.001-08:002013-02-19T16:09:58.980-08:00Arion and the Dolphins<br />
<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arion">Arion</a>,</b><b> the son of Poseidon (Neptune) and the nymph known as Oneaia, lived in Corinth, where the ruler, the tyrant Periander, loved to hear him sing and play the lyre. Arion went on to Sicily, to compete in a musician's competition, which he easily won. He gained not only the victor's wreath to bring back to Corinth, but also money and other gifts from those who had heard him play the lyre so well.</b><br />
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<b>He boarded a ship with all his treasures, but the sailors did not intend to take him home to Corinth. When the ship was far from land, they stood around him and explained politely that he would have to die, because they could not risk stealing his treasure and allowing him to live. Arion begged for one last favor, to sing a final song.</b><br />
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<b>He stood at the very front of the ship, singing in praise of the gods, then leapt overboard. The sailors looked overboard but could not see him. He had spared them the trouble of killing him, or so it seemed. </b><br />
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<b><br /></b><b>A school of <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/cove-guardians/what-you-can-do.html">dolphins</a> </b><b>had heard his wonderful singing and swam all around him, nudging him until he climbed onto the back of the largest of them. Then they all went speeding through the water, overtaking the ship on its way to Corinth. Arion arrived days before the ship. The dolphins made sure that everyone had time to witness his arrival, plunging through the sea like prancing horses. Arion told his story to the tyrant Periander, who waited for the ship to arrive and then sent for the sailors. "Where is my dear Arion?" he asked them. "He is still in Sicily," they replied, "and he asked us to tell you that his beautiful songs are so well liked there that he intends never to leave the place." Periander then confronted the men with the living Arion, and passed a sentence of death upon them.</b><br />
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<b>Arion lived a long and happy life, and according to some stories, the gods placed the Lyra constellation in the sky at his death to commemorate his truly wonderful talent with the lyre.</b><br />
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<b><br /><i>Edited by Dave Parker</i></b><br />
<b><i>Adapted from ~ Mythology: Myths, & Legends & Fantasies</i></b><br />
<i>Global Book Publishing</i>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-40891811149424648232013-02-15T08:53:00.001-08:002013-02-19T11:42:30.342-08:00 GIUSEPPE ARCIMBOLDO<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-36224587986046581102013-02-13T09:32:00.002-08:002013-02-13T14:56:35.484-08:00Everyday is a Good Day to be an Activist<b>The reasoning behind that statement applies on more than one level.</b><br />
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<b>Reason number one is relatively self-evident. Activism is designed to protect, defend, and conserve.</b><br />
<b>For our intents and purposes here, we'll use the term "animal rights activism."</b><br />
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<b>When we defend the right to healthy existence of an eco-system, we are actually </b><b>defending </b><b>the rights to exist for the fauna that resides within that eco-system.</b><br />
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<b>From my personal vantage point, that would define an "environmental activist" as </b><b>an "a</b><b>nimal r</b><b>ights activist" as well.</b><br />
<b>Let's call it "win-win" for all life impacted by the actions of the activism.</b><br />
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<b>An example of this premise comes to mind, and that is the recovery of the American Bald Eagle.</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_Eagle">The history of the plight of the Bald Eagle</a></b><br />
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<b>By banning <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT">DDT</a>, which was proven to be the environmental toxin that thinned the Eagle's egg</b><b>shells or rendered them sterile, the Eagle population began to rebound.</b><br />
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<b>We also learned that DDT affected far more than the Raptors.</b><br />
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<b>The Bald Eagle's recovery wasn't a casual, "wait and see," occurrence -- it has been attributed to the activism of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson">Rachel Carlson</a>, an American biologist and author of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Spring">Silent Spring</a>, published in 1962, and is credited with being the signature event </b><b>in the birth of the environmental movement.</b><br />
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<b>So, I will reiterate that every day is a good day to be an activist.</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2469059173209511829.post-52253284603128529432013-02-12T17:03:00.002-08:002013-02-13T15:12:43.068-08:00 PAUL HOWARD MANSHIP<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>A certain man had a donkey, which had carried the corn-sacks to the mill indefatigably for many a long year; but his strength was going, and he was growing more and more unfit for work. Then his master began to consider how he might best save his keep; but the donkey, seeing that no good wind was blowing, ran away and set out on the road to Bremen. "There," he thought, "I can surely be a town-musician." When he had walked some distance, he found a hound lying on the road, gasping like one who had run till he was tired. "What are you gasping so for, you big fellow?" asked the donkey.</b><br />
<b>"Ah," replied the hound, "as I am old, and daily grow weaker, and no longer can hunt, my master wanted to kill me, so I took to flight; but now how am I to earn my bread?"</b><br />
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<b>"I tell you what," said the donkey, "I am going to Bremen, and shall be town-musician there; go with me and engage yourself also as a musician. I will play the lute, and you shall beat the kettledrum."</b><br />
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<b>The hound agreed, and on they went.</b><br />
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<b>Before long they came to a cat, sitting on the path, with a face like three rainy days! "Now then, old shaver, what has gone askew with you?" asked the donkey.</b><br />
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<b>"Who can be merry when his neck is in danger?" answered the cat. "Because I am now getting old, and my teeth are worn to stumps, and I prefer to sit by the fire and spin, rather than hunt about after mice, my mistress wanted to drown me, so I ran away. But now good advice is scarce. Where am I to go?"</b><br />
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<b>"Go with us to Bremen. You understand night-music, so you can be a town-musician."</b><br />
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<b>The cat thought well of it, and went with them. Then the three fugitives came to a farm-yard, where the rooster was sitting on the gate, crowing with all his might. "Your crow goes through one," said the donkey. "What is the matter?"</b><br />
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<b>"I have been foretelling fine weather, because it is the day on which Our Lady washes the Christ-child's little shirts, and wants to dry them," said the rooster; "but guests are coming for Sunday, so the housewife has no pity, and has told the cook that she intends to eat me in the soup to-morrow, and this evening I am to have my head cut off. Now I am crowing at full pitch while I can."</b><br />
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<b>"Ah, but red-comb," said the donkey, "you had better come away with us. We are going to Bremen; you can find something better than death everywhere: you have a good voice, and if we make music together it must have some quality!"</b><br />
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<b>The rooster agreed to this plan, and all four went on together. They could not, however, reach the city of Bremen in one day, and in the evening they came to a forest where they meant to pass the night. The donkey and the hound laid themselves down under a large tree, the cat and the rooster settled themselves in the branches; but the cock flew right to the top, where he was most safe. Before he went to sleep he looked round on all four sides, and thought he saw in the distance a little spark burning; so he called out to his companions that there must be a house not far off, for he saw a light. The donkey said, "If so, we had better get up and go on, for the shelter here is bad." The hound thought too that a few bones with some meat on would do him good too!</b><br />
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<b>So they made their way to the place where the light was, and soon saw it shine brighter and grow larger, until they came to a well-lighted robber's house. The donkey, as the biggest, went to the window and looked in.</b><br />
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<b>"What do you see, my gray-horse?" asked the rooster. "What do I see?" answered the donkey; "a table covered with good things to eat and drink, and robbers sitting at it enjoying themselves." "That would be the sort of thing for us," said the rooster. "Yes, yes; ah, how I wish we were there!" said the donkey. Then the animals took counsel together how they should manage to drive away the robbers, and at last they thought of a plan. The donkey was to place himself with his fore-feet upon the window-ledge; the hound was to jump on the donkey's back; the cat was to climb upon the dog, and lastly the rooster was to fly up and perch upon the head of the cat.</b><br />
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<b>When this was done, at a given signal, they began to perform their music together: the donkey brayed, the hound barked, the cat mewed, and the rooster crowed; then they burst through the window into the room, so that the glass clattered! At this horrible din, the robbers sprang up, thinking that a ghost had come in, and fled in a great fright out into the forest. The four companions now sat down at the table, well content with what was left, and ate as if they were going to fast for a month.</b><br />
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<b>As soon as the four minstrels had done, they put out the light, and each sought for himself a sleeping-place according to his nature and what suited him. The donkey laid himself down upon some straw in the yard; the hound behind the door; the cat upon the hearth near the warm ashes, and the rooster perched himself upon a beam of the roof; and being tired with their long walk, they soon went to sleep.</b><br />
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<b>When it was past midnight, and the robbers saw from afar that the light no longer burned in their house, and all appeared quiet, the captain said, "We ought not to have let ourselves be scared out of our wits;" and ordered one of them to go and examine the house.</b><br />
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<b>The messenger, finding all still, went into the kitchen to light a candle, and, taking the glistening fiery eyes of the cat for live coals, he held a lucifer-match to them to light it. But the cat did not understand the joke, and flew into his face, spitting and scratching. He was dreadfully frightened, and ran to the backdoor, but the dog, who lay there, sprang up and bit his leg; and as he ran across the yard by the straw-heap, the donkey gave him a smart kick with its hind foot. The rooster, too, who had been awakened by the noise, and had become lively, cried down from the beam, "Cock-a-doodle-doo!"</b><br />
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<b>Then the robber ran back as fast as he could to his captain, and said, "Ah, there is a horrible witch sitting in the house, who spat on me and scratched my face with her long claws; and by the door stands a man with a knife, who stabbed me in the leg; and in the yard there lies a black monster, who beat me with a wooden club; and above, upon the roof, sits the judge, who called out, 'Bring the rogue here to me!' so I got away as well as I could."</b><br />
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<b>After this the robbers did not trust themselves in the house again; but it suited the four musicians of Bremen so well that they did not care to leave it any more. And the mouth of him who last told this story is still warm.</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com