THE GLOBAL PLIGHT OF NON-HUMAN BEINGS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THE EARTH A BETTER PLACE FOR THEM BY CHANGING OUR BEHAVIOR.
ANIMALS: WAY SMARTER THAN WE GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR BEING!
They're so much smarter than we give them credit for.
Posted by The Dodo on Friday, February 12, 2016
CANNED HUNTING: UNDERCOVER FOOTAGE AT AUSTRIAN HUNTING FAIR...
This undercover footage filmed at an Austrian hunting fair shows just how easy it is to organise a canned lion hunt in South Africa! Want this stopped once and for all? Sign our petition calling on the South African government to ban this so-called sport: www.cannedhunting.com
Posted by FOUR PAWS UK on Thursday, March 10, 2016
BRIEF VIDEO: SEA OTTER GIVING BIRTH AT MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM
It’s not every day you get to watch a sea otter pup come into the world! But when a pregnant wild otter took shelter in our Great Tide Pool Saturday, we had a unique opportunity to see it happen. Sea otters can give birth in water or on land. You’ll notice that mom starts grooming her pup right away to help it stay warm and buoyant—a well-groomed sea otter pup is so buoyant it’s practically unsinkable! For more video of the birth (spoiler alert: the miracle of life is graphic!) check out our YouTube channel: http://mbayaq.co/1R0v6oD . Besides keeping the pup afloat, grooming also helps get the blood flowing and other internal systems revved up for a career of chomping on invertebrates and keeping nearshore ecosystems, like the kelp forests in Monterey Bay, and the eel grass at Elkhorn Slough, healthy.Our sea otter researchers have been watching wild otters for years and have never seen a birth close up like this. We’re amazed and awed to have had a chance to witness this Monterey Bay conservation success story first hand in our own backyard. Welcome to the world, little otter!
Posted by Monterey Bay Aquarium on Sunday, March 6, 2016
POWERFUL VIDEO: THE LIE WE LIVE
The Lie We Live from Spencer Cathcart on Vimeo.
VIDEO: A MESSAGE FROM JANE GOODALL ABOUT HUMANITY
A message to humanity from Dr. Jane GoodallA message to humanity from Dr. Jane Goodall
Posted by CloakedTruth on Monday, January 11, 2016
VIDEO: PONSO, THE WORLD'S LONELIEST CHIMP, GREETS A VISITOR 'IN THE NEWS'
'World's loneliest chimp' welcomes human visitor with huge hug #NewsBeatNature
Posted by NewsBeat Social on Saturday, February 20, 2016
WATCH REPORTER TOTALLY DESTROY TROPHY HUNTERS
Watch Reporter Destroy Trophy Hunters!
The Safari Club is holding their annual Killvention in Las Vegas this week, where you can bid on hunts to kill exotic animals all over the world. Local reporter George Knapp gives them a well deserved spanking in this blistering commentary. Watch and share. Little Men Hunt Big Game. To learn more about the prostest that was held you can follow CompassionWorks International #cecilthelion
Posted by Go Vegas Dog on Saturday, February 6, 2016
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VIDEO: KERALA TEMPLE ELEPHANTS. TORTURED AND BLINDED
Elephant's musth period coincides with festival season of Kerala.To prevent the natural musth, drugs are administered to el.Now the el need only slight provocation to turn violent.Mahouts will be their first targets.To prevent el from seeing them when they turn violent, mahouts destroy el eyesight by various techniques. They destroy at least one eye of el and make other eye partially blind.One is to drop the eyes with the juice of 'appathin seed'.Rarely they use the knife-edge thotti to pierce and destroy eyes.They do this away from everyone when they take el to distant festivals and workplaces. If the retina is destroyed vision will be lost.If anyone asks about the wound they will say it was due accidental touching of stick. Beating of el head with thotti and iron rod leads to loss of vision.Each beating is taken on the soft head of el which is the vital part of el.El will wriggle with pain when beaten with iron rod.It will affect internal organs of els. The nerves to eyes are affected badly.Repeated beating leads to blood clotting of veins and it gets destroyed.Darkness will fall on eyes.It is the right eye, which is damaged most. Because mahouts beat mainly the right side of head. One of the biggest els in Asia thechikattukavu ramachandran has his one eye swollen and protruded out.
Posted by Rajeev N Kurup on Saturday, January 2, 2016
THE SAD TRUTH BEHIND ANIMAL SHELTERS (2 Short Videos & Detailed Text)
#1 72 Hours to Euthanization
Your pet has 72 hours, from when you drop him, or her, off at an animal shelter to be adopted. After that, there is a 90% chance that the animal will be euthanized. If the dog is a puppy, it may get a stay of execution, but not for much longer. The more crowded the shelter is, the less time your dog or cat will stay alive to even be viewed for adoption, and have any chance at life.
#2 8 Million Animals are Euthanized in Shelters Each Year
Because of overpopulation of animal shelters, 8 million animals are euthanized each year. There are just too many animals being dropped off at the shelter, or found abandoned on the streets, way more than are being adopted. The shelters cannot keep up with the number of animals and therefore have to put down hundreds of animals per day. If people who voluntarily dropped their dogs off at shelters knew the alarming rate of animals being put to death, they may think twice about how the animal just didn't fit their lifestyle anymore.
#3 Most People Only Adopt Puppies
The sad fact about animal shelters is that most people that come in to adopt are looking for puppies or kittens. There are not enough people to adopt the many dogs and cats that are turned into the shelter each day, as it is. Add that to the fact that only the babies are actually being adopted, you have way too many animals left over, and that's just what they have become to society ... leftovers to be thrown in the trash.
#4 Big Dog Breeds Are Pretty Much Dead The Minute They Walk In
Big dog breeds, such as Rottweilers, Dobermans, Shepherds, Huskies, Great Danes, Pitbulls, and more, are pretty much a goner from the minute they are dropped off at a shelter. These breeds are low on the list of adoptees, especially if they show any signs of aggression. People looking to adopt a dog are too afraid of these breeds to take them home and give them a home. Without raising this kind of dog from a puppy, owners shy away from the risk they could be taking on.
#5 Pets Become Very Depressed Behind Bars
Just like people, pets don't like being caged behind bars. From the minute they are dropped off they cry for their owners, and beg to be let out of the cage. Loneliness sets in as they receive no human contact or interaction. The animal becomes confused and depressed, living with constant anxiety as it waits out its days in a cold, cage. Left in the dark, alone at night, is the worst time for these abandoned animals.
#6 Atrocious Condition of Cages
The living conditions for most animals in shelters is atrocious. They pee and poop where they eat and sleep, and live with it most of the day. Once a day a powerful hose flushes their excrements from the cage, wetting and soiling them in the process. Insignificant amounts of food is pushed into the cage at feeding time, with no interaction. The animals are left cold, hungry and lonely, as they wait to be adopted before time runs out.
#7 Kennel Cough and Other Infections
Most animals will develop kennel cough or other infections as they suffer in the shelter with hopes of being adopted. With no medication provided for them they get worse, and are taken to the euthanasia room to be put down. As sad as that sounds, for some it is better than other animals who are left to suffer, getting skinnier and more run down, until they practically die on their own, or are finally euthanized.
#8 No Sedation Used During Euthanization
Most people believe that the method used to put their dog to "sleep" in a shelter is the same method used at a vet. They couldn't be more wrong. At a vet, they typically use a two shot method, with the first shot being a strong sedative so the animal feels no pain when the lethal injection is administered. In shelters, because of financial issues, just the lethal does is administered, causing pain and a slow, agonizing death.
#9 The Long Walk
When a dog is finally let out of his cage, it is most likely going to be his last walk. Obviously, the animal is excited, wagging it's tail and expecting only good to come out of this, but as they hit the door way to the "death room," their bodies stiffen, and they pull back on the leash. As if knowing what's to come, they begin to freak out, refusing to enter the room, often having to be restrained.
#10 Tossed In The Trash
The euthanasia process in shelters is inhumane to say the least, but what they do afterwards is just as appalling. As if the animal meant nothing to this world, the carcass is tossed in the trash. Piled up like garbage, they are kept in a freezer, until picked up like trash to be disposed off. Most likely they end up in the dump, or worse yet, experimented on. Most dogs that go into a shelter will come out this way, and this way only.