tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73229732009-10-14T09:08:02.357-05:00Harlannoreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-61154025961243263462009-06-28T20:58:00.004-05:002009-06-28T21:06:44.463-05:00

Pets and Women’s Shelters (PAWS)™ Program Provides On-Site Housing for Pets, Giving Victims More Reason to Leave Abusive HomesVisit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the EconomyThe American Humane Association's new PAWS™ program links the dual problems of violence against women and children with animal abuse and violence. PAWS is the first national initiative to promote

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Bottlenose dolphins off the southern coast of Spain will now benefit from shipping lane shift recommended by Earthwatch scientists Ana Canadas (Video) and Ricardo Sagarminaga van Buiten. When passing through the Alboran Sea, merchant ships and fisherman will now be required to travel 20 miles further south, reducing acoustic and water pollution.Scientists from Earthwatch, the global environmental

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Hippity, hoppity…click! So went the latest appearance of one of the world’s rarest rabbits, captured on film by a camera trap in the rain forests of Indonesia, according to researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society.In fact, the Sumatran striped rabbit—a little over a foot in length with brown stripes—is so rare that recent photos taken in Bukit Barisan National Park are only the third

Harlannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1149278050375645062006-06-02T14:49:00.000-05:002006-06-02T15:09:22.926-05:00

When most people imagine their local animal shelter, they picture a tail-wagging terrier or a calico kitten. But the Hudson Valley is home to a different type of animal rescue altogether: Catskill Animal Sanctuary. CAS is a 105-acre haven for abused horses and farm animals. Though these animals were once intimately familiar with the worst humanity has to offer, their lives now resemble a

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1148907027863689622006-05-29T07:37:00.000-05:002006-05-29T17:15:34.840-05:00

We asked Nancy Swift of The Aberdare Institute, Kenya East Africa to host this week's carnival. The Institute is located in the Frank Buck Zoological Preserve and dedicated to the welfare of endangered species through its programs of research and education.Dr. Swift's adventures are a regular feature on The Animal Broadcast Network.Carnival of the Green, started by City Hippy and TriplePundit, is

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Spirit, The Seventh Fire, if you missed it during the first national tour was a rare chance to be reunited with a Native American culture. The multimedia show scored by Peter Buffett tells the story of a modern everyman suddenly confronted with his Native American heritage.The show began its tour to coincide with the opening of the Smithonian's new National Museum of the American Indian and was

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"Everybody in the vicinity of the koalas looked as if they had seen rare glimpses of eternity."With her very first words from Koalas: Moving Portraits of Serenity author/editor Joanne Ehrich sets the stage for this beautifully crafted collection of photographs by amateur photographers and professionals around the world who have been transfixed by the sight and serenity of tiny koala, the gentle "

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1140882233335078612006-02-25T10:34:00.000-05:002006-02-25T10:51:15.976-05:00

Designer jeans, designer shoes, designer furnishings and now…designer dogs? Yes, designer dogs. I’m not referring to the little “purse” dogs that the celebrities carry around with them when in front of the camera. That term is the new catch phrase for a mixed breed puppy. An alternative phrase is “authentic multi-generational”. Come on people, you’re buying a dog that has been purposely bred

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1138397392920564352006-01-27T16:28:00.000-05:002006-05-22T18:45:56.413-05:00

We came across a great site newly named Was Someone. They were in our mailbox this morning and after a stop by to see the who, what, where, when and why they were in our mailbox we came away determined that this is a web page everyone should consider adding to their favorites.Artists team Veronica Ibarra and Carlos Thomas have collaborated to produce a "vegan" site that is a distinct cut above

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1135886600049893062005-12-29T15:03:00.000-05:002005-12-29T17:31:23.086-05:00

"Sustainable" and "zoo" are not words we often use in the same sentence but this week's official reopening of the New Orleans Audubon Zoo after the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina makes the exception.In recent years, with other zoos abandoning their residents to the ravages of nature or war, it is notable that the care takers at Audubon New Orleans stayed with their charges making every

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1132975880066580472005-11-25T22:01:00.000-05:002005-11-26T07:51:10.360-05:00

The new Georgia Aquarium, touted as the world's largest opened this week, a gift from Home Depot's co-founder Bernie Marcus. The facility boasts 6 million gallon tank, housing over 100,000 live residents representing 500 species with research facilities, guided tours and underwater viewing corridors all created for the edification and appreciation of the citizens of Atlanta and their visitors.The

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1132066862785630412005-11-15T09:59:00.000-05:002005-12-05T14:05:55.710-05:00

The first annual 'Carnival of the Green' starts this fall. From green blog to green zine the Carnival will be hosted each week by a different site. Like any carnival, we'll pull into town each Monday with a new 'greener' hosting the Carnival.You will be amazed and astounded by all the wondrous 'green' portents, alchemy and patent medicine shows; more green, sustainable and earth friendly wonder

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1125257831197104342005-08-28T14:36:00.000-05:002005-09-22T08:16:42.403-05:00

If little else was learned by native species population experts it was that "you can't keep a good cat down" which is the lesson to developers, politicians and panther specialists this season as the Florida native panther is making a come back against all odds. In 1995 the embattled Florida panther, cousin to the western mountain lion or puma, was on hard times with just 30 adults remaining in

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1113965941278566312005-04-19T21:57:00.000-05:002005-10-03T14:15:29.446-05:00

It is amazing how quickly one can go from animal defender, welfare advocate, rescue worker and our "fury/feathered brother's keeper" to, I'm gonna kill that f-----g duck!As spring approaches so to visions of human aqua-romance appear on the horizon and our thoughts turn to slow, hot evenings spent submerged in watery bliss...then come the ducks.Now the truth is we like ducks. Ducks are cool,

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1113912893193281202005-04-19T07:11:00.000-05:002005-04-19T07:14:53.196-05:00

Southern Blogs Ring, the premier source on Southern culture, manner, missive and nostalgia will be holding a group blog to celebrate being alive, southern and free all at the same time. You’re are cordially invited Saturday April 30th to attend our first neighborhood cotillion and brunch. The menu will be a light repast of Southern classics and down home cooked tales served up with Southern style

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1113759305225435972005-04-17T12:25:00.000-05:002005-04-17T12:46:42.486-05:00

The country needs to get embittered about this. Most new cars today come with life-long organic coolants, ethylene-glycol based and very poisonous to small animals. What is worse, these coolants taste and smell sweet so when they leak unto the drive or roadway small animals will be attracted to it and lap up the spill. It takes as little as one teaspoon of ethylene-glycol coolant to cause kidney

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March 25, 2005 Clearwater, Florida - There were smiles all around when Marsha Posey came to the Clearwater Marine Aquarium (CMA) to meet her newly named otter, "Mosh." Marsha and her companion, Ed Droste, owner of the Hooters Restaurant chain, bid for and won the honor of naming the otter at CMA's recent fund raiser, Art for the Animals. Marsha selected the name Mosh because it was her nickname

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photo courtesy: Allen MathesonArticle: "Vultures hold a critical position in the food chain and are renowned for their ceaseless scavenging. But their once-abundant numbers have been in decline for more than a decade."Recent evidence links the use of the drug diclofenac to manage pain in agricultural livestock to the dramatic decline in the populations of 3 species of vultures in Asia. Diclofenic

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Raina Dodson-Eimer is an animal care activist who lives and works in the American Virgin Islands, she is a research specialist at the University of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix This is her story; the story of 'Silent Slew' and 'Xavier Alexander', two horses you would most certainly want to meet, if you've a mind for and a sense of horse flesh.

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Columbia is the first and last place the endangered yellow-eared parrot has ever existed, It's habitat restricted to the wax palm forests that carpet the misty flanks of the Andes mountains in Columbia, SA. The wax palm is itself endangered because it is venerated. For centuries the fronds of the wax palm have been used exclusively for Palm Sunday observance by the Roman Catholic Church. 300

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1111152125753308542005-03-18T08:22:00.000-05:002005-03-18T18:00:59.513-05:00

Following the defeat earlier this week of an attempt to block North Slope drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge a reader writes us to say that it may not be entirely without a plus side, suggesting that because of the remote location "no one will see the damage done" by the drilling. "It will mean cheaper gas for us all...create new jobs" and so, we were prompted to do a little research. This is

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The future of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was put in jeopardy once again last week when Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, included a controversial provision to drill in the Refuge into the Senate version of the budget bill.Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)in an attempt to block the proposal has now introduced an amendment to remove the Arctic drilling

Harlannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1110742680761730062005-03-13T14:38:00.000-05:002005-03-13T16:02:27.706-05:00

For the first time since the mid 90's South African nations are considering an elephant cull to relieve the stress of over populated elephant herds on indigenous wildlife and man in the largest preserve in Africa. Kruger National Park is the size of Israel and has experienced a steady rise in the numbers of elephants from a low of 7000 in 1994 to an estimated 12000 individuals today.Birth control

Harlannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7322973.post-1110160228648835052005-03-06T20:37:00.000-05:002005-03-06T21:59:02.390-05:00

The journey begins as Park Ranger Jan Freelander and her contingent of dedicated animal wardens accompanied by Nancy Swift's team of zoologists embark on a mission to protect the elephants during their dangerous return home to the plains of Aberdare. Read Dr. Nancy Swift's previous episodes:

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Although automaker General Motors is one of the world's few genuinely socially responsible coporations; they stand behind their commitment to an employee pension fund to the tune of a colossal $291 billion, in their zeal to market brand they occasionally step in it.This week, GM's latest blunder aired with the unfortunate image of a crated pig in the bed of a GM something-or-other followed by

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