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POPSMy cousin, killed in plane crash, read remarks This clip is extra special to me due to the fact that it pertains to my cousin, Theodore Parker III and his career in helping to save traces of rainforest in Bolivia and Peru. Ted was killed in a small airplane crash while conducting field research in South America. Ted's work is yet valued today to science and he is missed greatly.
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POPSMillions of Missing Birds, Vanishing in Plain Sight "In our everyday economic behavior, we seem determined to discover whether we can live alone on earth. E.O. Wilson has argued eloquently and persuasively that we cannot, that who we are depends as much on the richness and diversity of the biological life around us as it does on any inherent quality in our genes. Environmentalists of every stripe argue that we must somehow begin to correlate our economic behavior — by which I mean every aspect of it: production, consumption, habitation — with the welfare of other species. This is the premise of sustainability. But the very foundation of our economic interests is self-interest, and in the survival of other species we see way too little self to care. We look around us, expecting the rest of the world’s occupants to adapt to the changes that we have caused, when, in fact, we have the right to expect adaptation only from ourselves."
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POPSPennsylvania Court Finds Animal Abuse Is Legal You tell me, if you don't think this constitutes animal abuse?!? I'm shocked and horrified at the "not-guilty" verdict. It's simply horrendous! A sickening verdict. Grrrr..... # birds overcrowded in wire cages so small, they cannot spread their wings, # hens left to suffer from untreated illnesses or injuries, # birds with their wings, legs, or feet entangled in the wires of cages, unable to access food or water, # injured or dying birds removed from their cages and left in the aisles without access to food or water, # birds impaled on the wires of the cages with many found already dead as a result of the painful immobilization, and # hens living in cages amongst decomposing bodies of other birds. “If these animals had been dogs or cats, there’s little doubt this case would have resulted in a conviction. There is a clear double standard here, and that hypocrisy is troubling.”
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POPSsomething to smile about hope this works. the elusive species has not been spotted between 1965 and 2004 due to its limited range and habitat, seen recently in Venezuela and in the region of north Eastern Colombia.
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POPSAudubon study: common bird populations collapsing Due to habitat fragmentation and loss as well as the effects of climate change on migration routes, the populations of some common North American bird species have dropped 80% in the last 40 years. Several prior clips from {{arifsali}} and {{dorine1722}} have already looked at this story: see http://snipr.com/1nd7l
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POPSTrifecta of misery: unnecessary, unhealthy, unkind...foie gras Let's ban foie gras from the menu and serve "la muqueuse du jour" instead, at $24 per serving. Doesn't that make your mouth water? As the author of this article states so well: " Not long ago it was common to beat horses unmercifully, or to bag puppies and kittens and drown them in the river. A slow-dawning enlightenment birthed the idea that brutality to animals is wrong." "It didn't lead to rampant vegetarianism. It didn't give animals the vote." "Neither will banning unnecessary, unhealthy, unkind foie gras."
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POPSChickens Are People Too! *LOL* I've had lots of pet chickens. My last one, Molly was a fiery little "Red Dwarf" with an awesome attitude! She was queen of the roost even over all the cats. Aah, I loved that funny hen. *LOL* Anyway! I'm not a vegan. I believe chickens are "meant" to be eaten by us, just as we one day will be food for others, be it worms or Azaleas. (or White Pointers, if you're an Aussie. Ha ha!) The point is respect. Treat animals with dignity and respect and be thankful for the nourishment they provide. We're all just part of the food chain. Don't waste or squander, but be thankful for the food you are lucky to have. (Not all are as lucky as us, to be able to eat every day.) Check out all the cool comments from fellow clippers on the clip about plants having feelings , for some really cool thoughts on consciousness and awareness and interconnectedness. Mind-expanding! Molly died of old age, by the way...
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POPSIncredible Edible Egg Find out what all those words on the egg carton really mean. More terms defined at the source. I had no idea that free-range and free-roaming weren't defined.
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POPSI Can See You...Can You See Me? The Puerto Rican Parrot has green feathers with black edges, a red forehead and white ovals around the eyes. The underside of its feathers have a slightly different hue with the wings' underside feathers, which can be seen during flight, being brightly blue and the tail's being yellow-green. Sexual dimorphism is not present in this species. Aside from invasive DNA-sexing sexes can only be distinguished by behavioral differences during the breeding season. Puerto Rican Parrots are secondary cavity nesters; they nest in tree trunk cavities that cannot be made by themselves. The species mainly nests in palo colorado trees (Cyrilla racemiflora) with other trees, such as the laurel sabino (Magnolia splendens) and tabonuco (Dacryodes excelsa) used to a lesser extent. Puerto Rican Parrots reach sexual maturity at 4 years of age in the wild and at 3 years in captivity. The species usually mates for life
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POPSNigeria culling more birds due to avian flu "More than 600 Nigerian animal health officials have been trained under a scheme funded by the European Union and the Food and Agriculture Organisation to undertake a nationwide surveillance to track bird flu. The experts will be deployed nationwide later in January, agriculture officials said." Chilling words: “Any farm with any sign that looks like avian influenza, we simply depopulate and pay compensation”. Poor birds. If the fear is so great that the virus will mutate and jump to humans, shouldn't the humans who have had any potential contact with "farms with any sign of avian flu" be culled, just in case?
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