In this undated photo released by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, long-billed vulture chicks huddle at a breeding center in Pinjore, northern India’s Haryana state. The one of world’s most endangered birds has been bred in captivity for the first time in India, scientists said Tuesday, June 29, 2010.
AP (via Day in Pictures - Sacramento Bee)
“No hope now remains for this species. It is another example of how human actions can have unforeseen consequences”
- Dr Leon Bennun (BirdLife International’s director of science, policy and information)
Similar fate awaits many species of birds around the world including the vultures in India.
- Rawjeev
claudinegossett: via 2.bp.blogspot.com
Sky burial was once a common funerary practice in Tibet wherein a human corpse is cut in specific locations and placed on a mountaintop, exposing it to the elements or the mahabhuta and animals – especially to birds of prey. The location of the sky burial preparation and place of execution are understood in the Vajrayana traditions as charnel grounds. In Tibet the practice is known as jhator, which literally means, “giving alms to the birds.”
A red eye tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) walks along a branch in the rainforest in Colon Province, Panama
Picture: GUIDO STERKENDRIES / BARCROFT MEDIA (via Guido Sterkendries: photographer observes wildlife from the canopy of rainforests in Panama and Brazil - Telegraph)
Keep the bag ban moving! (via:allcreatures:constantflux:)
To a sea turtle, a plastic bag floating in the ocean looks a lot like dinner: a jellyfish, to be precise. That’s why the plastic bags that find their way into the Pacific pose an often fatal risk to wildlife.
And California uses 19 billion plastic bags per year.
A key committee has approved a bill to ban single-use plastic grocery bags. This one simple step could have a huge impact, but it’s going to take a big push to win the votes we need for final passage.
That’s why we need you to help us build support by e-mailing your state senator and assemblymember, using the form through the link.
Click picture to sign.
What about those creatures that cant point fingers at what we do to them?
And what about those that don’t even understand whats happening?
-Rajeev B.
allcreatures: georgefant: (via sebseballade)
Elderly Asian elephants use their trunks to pet each other at Pang La Elephant rehabilitation centre in Lampang province, northern Thailand. The centre is the country’s first nursing home for elephants and currently houses 26 elderly and disabled individuals. Photograph: Pongmanat Tasiri/EPA. via guardian uk
Two reserves, Sariska and Panna in India have been emptied of tigers. What will be the fate of the remaining tigers?
Read Prerana Bindra’s blog.
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