Life as a turkey - a man's journey to teaching and learning
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/my-life-as-a-turkey/full-episode/7378/
After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto’s front porch, his life was forever changed. Hutto, possessing a broad background in the natural sciences and an interest in imprinting young animals, incubated the eggs and waited for them to hatch. As the chicks emerged from their shells, they locked eyes with an unusual but dedicated mother.
Deep in the wilds of Florida’s Flatlands, Hutto spent each day living as a turkey mother, taking on the full-time job of raising sixteen turkey chicks. Hutto dutifully cared for his family around the clock, roosting with them, taking them foraging, and immersing himself in their world. In the process, they revealed their charming curiosity and surprising intellect. There was little he could teach them that they did not already know, but he showed them the lay of the land and protected them from the dangers of the forest as best he could. In return, they taught him how to see the world through their eyes.
Based on his true story, My Life as a Turkey chronicles Hutto’s remarkable and moving experience of raising a group of wild turkey hatchlings to adulthood.
My Life as a Turkey premieres Wednesday, November 16 at 8/7 c (check local listings). Visit the link above, watch this wonderful documentary, and buy the DVD to share with your family and friends.
After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto’s front porch, his life was forever changed. Hutto, possessing a broad background in the natural sciences and an interest in imprinting young animals, incubated the eggs and waited for them to hatch. As the chicks emerged from their shells, they locked eyes with an unusual but dedicated mother.
Deep in the wilds of Florida’s Flatlands, Hutto spent each day living as a turkey mother, taking on the full-time job of raising sixteen turkey chicks. Hutto dutifully cared for his family around the clock, roosting with them, taking them foraging, and immersing himself in their world. In the process, they revealed their charming curiosity and surprising intellect. There was little he could teach them that they did not already know, but he showed them the lay of the land and protected them from the dangers of the forest as best he could. In return, they taught him how to see the world through their eyes.
Based on his true story, My Life as a Turkey chronicles Hutto’s remarkable and moving experience of raising a group of wild turkey hatchlings to adulthood.
My Life as a Turkey premieres Wednesday, November 16 at 8/7 c (check local listings). Visit the link above, watch this wonderful documentary, and buy the DVD to share with your family and friends.
Hawthorne Valley Farm - Farming the way it should be
www.horthonreva
Nestled in the hills of the Taconic Range in Columbia County, New York, Hawthorne Valley Farm, along with its sister branch, the Visiting Students Program,is one of several enterprises under the umbrella organization of the Hawthorne Valley Association, a nonprofit operation dedicated to agriculture, education, and the arts. Don't miss the opportunity to visit the farm, tour the farm, and buy the wonderful products they sell in their store which features:
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As Good as Gold - Woodridge, IL
www.asgoodasgold.org
Can you believe this beautiful face is up for adoption? I've owned many dogs but I can honestly say that our Golden, McCallan, is one of the sweetest, gentlest animals I have ever encounted. In fact, in my second novel, the Golden portrayed is named Brandy. I made her an empath, someone/thing who actually feels the suffering of others/ can take on others suffering. This seemed such an easy trait to write in to this character, as I Iive it each day with my Golden who is so in tune to other people's feelings.
So thank goodness for the people who run "As Good As Gold" helping golden retriever rescues find a home, as these beautiful dogs should never want for love and affection.
Conner, to our right, is one of their dogs and look what they do for him:
Hi all – it’s Connor. I may not look like a dog who needs long-term care but everyone says I’m virtually unadoptable because I have epilepsy. I’m a youthful seven-year old who likes to go for walks, swim at the dog beach, and snuggle with my foster family. I’m good about taking my medications but, occasionally, they aren’t strong enough to stop my seizures. My foster mom and dad don’t mind taking me to the emergency clinic when I have seizures…even though they usually happen in the very early morning hours. My foster mom and dad are great – they make sure I eat well, exercise regularly, and get plenty of love. I’m such a big part of their family that when they recently got married – I was their ring bearer! I’m so lucky As Good as Gold is taking care of me and that I have an excellent quality of life. If you’d like to make a donation towards my medical expenses, please click on the link below -
http://asgoodasgold.org/component/content/article/93
Know someone who is looking for a dog - look no further than Golden Retriever Rescue - don't live in Illinois? It's not that far of a ride and finding your best friend there will certainly make it worthwhile!
So thank goodness for the people who run "As Good As Gold" helping golden retriever rescues find a home, as these beautiful dogs should never want for love and affection.
Conner, to our right, is one of their dogs and look what they do for him:
Hi all – it’s Connor. I may not look like a dog who needs long-term care but everyone says I’m virtually unadoptable because I have epilepsy. I’m a youthful seven-year old who likes to go for walks, swim at the dog beach, and snuggle with my foster family. I’m good about taking my medications but, occasionally, they aren’t strong enough to stop my seizures. My foster mom and dad don’t mind taking me to the emergency clinic when I have seizures…even though they usually happen in the very early morning hours. My foster mom and dad are great – they make sure I eat well, exercise regularly, and get plenty of love. I’m such a big part of their family that when they recently got married – I was their ring bearer! I’m so lucky As Good as Gold is taking care of me and that I have an excellent quality of life. If you’d like to make a donation towards my medical expenses, please click on the link below -
http://asgoodasgold.org/component/content/article/93
Know someone who is looking for a dog - look no further than Golden Retriever Rescue - don't live in Illinois? It's not that far of a ride and finding your best friend there will certainly make it worthwhile!
Helping to make sure giraffes are here forever
http://giraffecenter.org/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1weeblylink_new_window
The African Fund for Endangered Wildlife Kenya (A.F.E.W. Kenya) also known as the Giraffe Centre is a non-governmental, non-profit making organization, which was founded by Betty and Jock Leslie-Melville in 1979. This was in a bid to save the endangered Rothschild Giraffe, which had lost its natural habitat in Western Kenya to agriculture and there were only 130 left in the wild. Funds were raised and 4 herds of the Rothschild giraffes were moved to 4 parks namely Lake Nakuru National Park, Mwea Game Reserve, Ruma National Park and Nasalot Game Reserve.
The African Fund for Endangered Wildlife Kenya (A.F.E.W. Kenya) also known as the Giraffe Centre is a non-governmental, non-profit making organization, which was founded by Betty and Jock Leslie-Melville in 1979. This was in a bid to save the endangered Rothschild Giraffe, which had lost its natural habitat in Western Kenya to agriculture and there were only 130 left in the wild. Funds were raised and 4 herds of the Rothschild giraffes were moved to 4 parks namely Lake Nakuru National Park, Mwea Game Reserve, Ruma National Park and Nasalot Game Reserve.
Zoo Babies
Maybe it takes seeing the wonderful creatures as babies to make us realize how important it is that we protect their survival.
The UK's Marwell Wildlife recently welcomed baby Cottontop Tamarins and photographer Amy Wilton was on the scene to capture one of the little guys first days in the big world. Tamarins are the smallest of all monkeys and Cottontops grow only to about one pound. Unfortunately this tiny species is critically endangered with three quarters of its habitat in Columbia destroyed by logging and development
Be active in conservation - don't let this face disappear from the earth http://www.zooborns.com/weeblylink_new_window
The UK's Marwell Wildlife recently welcomed baby Cottontop Tamarins and photographer Amy Wilton was on the scene to capture one of the little guys first days in the big world. Tamarins are the smallest of all monkeys and Cottontops grow only to about one pound. Unfortunately this tiny species is critically endangered with three quarters of its habitat in Columbia destroyed by logging and development
Be active in conservation - don't let this face disappear from the earth http://www.zooborns.com/weeblylink_new_window
Sea Shepard
Sea Shepherd News
Saturday, February 19, 2011 A Thank-You Message from Captain Watson Thank-you. We did it! From both a medium- and long-term perspective, Japan should improve its protection of marine resources to a level meeting international standards. Japan has come under mounting criticism from the international community not only over its whaling program but also over tuna fishing. In order to avoid unjustifiable criticism from overseas, Japan should improve its whole policy on marine resource protection.
-- The Mainichi Daily News
February 19, 2011
Today we celebrate with you a victory for the oceans! Sea Shepherd has turned the tide and provoked a debate in Japan about whaling.
Five years ago the average Japanese citizen gave little thought to Japan's whaling program in the Southern Ocean. Nor did they think much about the slaughter of the dolphins in Taiji or the fact that Japanese demand for bluefin tuna has brought this species to the brink of extinction.
Sea Shepherd has changed all that through years of patient, focused, and determined actions to defend marine species from plankton to the great whales.
Our approach is unique. Aggressive but without causing bodily harm to our opponents. Effective, without breaking the law. We enforce the law. And this week we demonstrated that our brand of activism works.
This week, we drove the entire Japanese whaling fleet from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. They are on their way home!
But we did not do it alone. We did it with you! Sea Shepherd is more than the ships and crew that operate them.
Yes, the crew is important - men and women from around the world from all walks of life who volunteer their time and skills and risk their lives to defend life in the seas. They are, of course, a very important reason for the success of our missions. They are the people who directly confront the killers on the high seas. It is their passion that makes Sea Shepherd all that we can be.
The crew on the ships could not function without our onshore crew, who make up our office staff and our many shore-based volunteers. Our onshore crewmembers are in a very real sense just as important as those who go to sea. They make budgets, answer phones, process donations, conduct legal research, respond to media inquiries, create merchandise, organize benefits like bake sales and art auctions, man information tables, prepare the ships in port, solicit donations of food and services for the ships--and so much more.
But, the foundation of what we are and what we do lies firmly upon the shoulders of our supporters from all around the world. Your financial backing puts the resources into our hands that feed our crew, put gas in the tank and paint on our hull, keep our engines running, and our safety and navigational requirements in tip top shape.
It is this trinity of sea crew, onshore crew, and financial support crew that keeps Sea Shepherd at sea and keeps the harpoons away from the whales, the clubs away from the seals, the longlines and driftnets away from the fish, turtles, and sharks, and the knives away from the dolphins.
Sea Shepherd is all of us who care about our oceans and are willing to stand up and ACT, in whatever way we are able, in defense of the wondrous diversity of life in our fragile oceans.
We are all Shepherds of the Sea and those who are not should be, because the stark reality is that if our oceans die, we die! Together we fight not just for the whales, sharks, seals, sea-birds, turtles, and fish, together we fight for our own survival.
Together we are a force for good, a force for change, a force for ecological sanity, and a force to be reckoned with!
We will be honored if you would continue to stand with us as we imminently face battles on other fronts - bluefin tuna overfishing in the Mediterranean, pilot whale slaughter in the Faeroes, dolphin killing in Taiji, poaching in the Galapagos, and more.
To all the Shepherds of the Sea that made it possible for us to drive the whale killers from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, I think I can speak for all the citizens of the sea in saying "Thank-you."
Saturday, February 19, 2011 A Thank-You Message from Captain Watson Thank-you. We did it! From both a medium- and long-term perspective, Japan should improve its protection of marine resources to a level meeting international standards. Japan has come under mounting criticism from the international community not only over its whaling program but also over tuna fishing. In order to avoid unjustifiable criticism from overseas, Japan should improve its whole policy on marine resource protection.
-- The Mainichi Daily News
February 19, 2011
Today we celebrate with you a victory for the oceans! Sea Shepherd has turned the tide and provoked a debate in Japan about whaling.
Five years ago the average Japanese citizen gave little thought to Japan's whaling program in the Southern Ocean. Nor did they think much about the slaughter of the dolphins in Taiji or the fact that Japanese demand for bluefin tuna has brought this species to the brink of extinction.
Sea Shepherd has changed all that through years of patient, focused, and determined actions to defend marine species from plankton to the great whales.
Our approach is unique. Aggressive but without causing bodily harm to our opponents. Effective, without breaking the law. We enforce the law. And this week we demonstrated that our brand of activism works.
This week, we drove the entire Japanese whaling fleet from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. They are on their way home!
But we did not do it alone. We did it with you! Sea Shepherd is more than the ships and crew that operate them.
Yes, the crew is important - men and women from around the world from all walks of life who volunteer their time and skills and risk their lives to defend life in the seas. They are, of course, a very important reason for the success of our missions. They are the people who directly confront the killers on the high seas. It is their passion that makes Sea Shepherd all that we can be.
The crew on the ships could not function without our onshore crew, who make up our office staff and our many shore-based volunteers. Our onshore crewmembers are in a very real sense just as important as those who go to sea. They make budgets, answer phones, process donations, conduct legal research, respond to media inquiries, create merchandise, organize benefits like bake sales and art auctions, man information tables, prepare the ships in port, solicit donations of food and services for the ships--and so much more.
But, the foundation of what we are and what we do lies firmly upon the shoulders of our supporters from all around the world. Your financial backing puts the resources into our hands that feed our crew, put gas in the tank and paint on our hull, keep our engines running, and our safety and navigational requirements in tip top shape.
It is this trinity of sea crew, onshore crew, and financial support crew that keeps Sea Shepherd at sea and keeps the harpoons away from the whales, the clubs away from the seals, the longlines and driftnets away from the fish, turtles, and sharks, and the knives away from the dolphins.
Sea Shepherd is all of us who care about our oceans and are willing to stand up and ACT, in whatever way we are able, in defense of the wondrous diversity of life in our fragile oceans.
We are all Shepherds of the Sea and those who are not should be, because the stark reality is that if our oceans die, we die! Together we fight not just for the whales, sharks, seals, sea-birds, turtles, and fish, together we fight for our own survival.
Together we are a force for good, a force for change, a force for ecological sanity, and a force to be reckoned with!
We will be honored if you would continue to stand with us as we imminently face battles on other fronts - bluefin tuna overfishing in the Mediterranean, pilot whale slaughter in the Faeroes, dolphin killing in Taiji, poaching in the Galapagos, and more.
To all the Shepherds of the Sea that made it possible for us to drive the whale killers from the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, I think I can speak for all the citizens of the sea in saying "Thank-you."
Rescue for Love
Rescue for love is a local shelter in Westchester that rescues dogs and cats from high kill shelters. They truly are giving these animals a last chance. They often feature puppies along with well trained dogs that have been fostered.
And if you are not looking to adopt, how about thinking of them when you are looking for a gift. They have a great site where you can buy everything from a tee shirt to gift cards, all reasonable priced and all helping this wonderful organization. Shop here: http://www.cafepress.com/rescueforlove#link-productCategory-103
And visit their site for lots of useful information, including ask the vet http://rescueforlove.org/weeblylink_new_window
And if you are not looking to adopt, how about thinking of them when you are looking for a gift. They have a great site where you can buy everything from a tee shirt to gift cards, all reasonable priced and all helping this wonderful organization. Shop here: http://www.cafepress.com/rescueforlove#link-productCategory-103
And visit their site for lots of useful information, including ask the vet http://rescueforlove.org/weeblylink_new_window
CAPS
As the only national nonprofit dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals, CAPS' foremost concern is the abuse and suffering of pet shop and puppy mill dogs. Founded in 1992, CAPS actively addresses this issue through investigations, education, media relations, legislative involvement, puppy mill dog rescues, consumer assistance and pet industry employee relations.
CAPS defines a puppy mill as a "commercial breeding facility that mass-produces puppies for resale through pet shops or individuals."
http://caps-web.org/
CAPS defines a puppy mill as a "commercial breeding facility that mass-produces puppies for resale through pet shops or individuals."
http://caps-web.org/
North Shore Animal League - world largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption agency
Long Island, New York
From taking animals out of over crowded animal shelters, and saving them from certain death, to rescuing abused animals from puppy mills, North Shore does it all. But they can't do it alone. Visit their website and see how you can help them today. Remember - Not all help comes in the form of monetary donations. Helping them find a home for one of their wonderful animals is another way you can make a difference.
http://www.animalleague.org/about-us/who-we-are/weeblylink_new_window
http://www.animalleague.org/about-us/who-we-are/weeblylink_new_window
I'm too cute to be behind bars! Find me and others just as cute at the Westchester SPCA
Originally, the SPCA of Westchester was affiliated with the ASPCA of New York City, but became an independent organization in the 1920s. Today, it is the only humane society in Westchester County empowered to enforce laws relating to animal cruelty. Despite this, the SPCA gets no federal, state, or county funds. So we rely solely on the financial support of people who care about the welfare of animals. If you care about animals, they need your help and welcome donations!
Careers with animals
Thinking of a career? Work on the wild side! Check Teens for Planet Earth and see what jobs are available for the summer and for a lifetime!
http://www.teensforplanetearth.com/page/careers-2weeblylink_new_window
http://www.teensforplanetearth.com/page/careers-2weeblylink_new_window
visit the world wildlife organization and see what they are doing to help save our animals
