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16 August, 2009
08 August, 2009
Over breeding - A BIG pet peeve of mine!
Eight Belles was put down after racing with colts in the most recent Kentucky Derby. The news reported that race horses are being put down more and more due to the increasing number of injuries. According to CNN, these injuries could be due to over-breeding which is causing less soundness in the horse.
Puppy mills are notorious! Look at the country's most popular dog breeds... They all have major inheritable genetic health problems because after you breed a dam so many times, she starts to get problems and the genetic material for the puppies gets damaged or the puppy suffers structural problems and/or immune deficiencies. These problems are passed down to future generations and eventually the general population of the breed isn't like what the breed used to be like.
What is the result? Health problems and early deaths... not to mention deviating from the breed standard. The breed standard does happen to be important, because a dog's health does partly rely on its conformation.
Let's focus on the Schnauzers since my mother has one. Let's focus on the Miniature in particular since they're the most popular, and therefore most subject to over-breeding. I'll compare Pepper (my mother's) against this standard and other characteristics a Miniature Schnauzer is supposed to have as an example.
- **12-14 inches high at the shoulders (Pepper is 14.5 inches)
- **square proportion of the body (Pepper has a very slightly longer body)
- **straight and slightly downward sloping back (Pepper's back is curved or slightly "roached")
- cat feet (YES)
- double coat (YES)
- outer coat should be wiry (somewhat... most Schnauzers I see are too soft, including Pepper)
- **color should be black, black and silver, salt and pepper, or white (AKC is STUPID for leaving this one out) (YES)
- black schnauzers should be solid cold black with no markings except a little white fleck on the chest is permitted (N/A)
- salt and peppers, and black and silvers should not have white markings anywhere except on the muzzle, eyebrows, lower legs, butt, and two spots on the chest that are not to be joined as one. (Pepper's two white spots on the chest are actually joined together and have an extra joined white patch beneath them. You don't notice it, but that technically makes him a "parti" color)
- **14-20 pounds (Pepper stays around a healthy 23 pounds with NO FAT because he's bigger)
- forelimbs very straight (YES)
- rectangular elongated head half the length of the body (Pepper's head is rectangular and elongated, but not half the length of his body)
- alert expression (YES)
- small oval eyes (YES)
- guard/watch instinct (YES)
- high prey drive (YES)
- **large nose (YES)
- **a bark that sounds bigger than the dog (YES)
- signs of age appear when the dog is really old (YES, Pepper is 7 and acts like he's 2... not slowed down a bit and still very playful)
** Items need more discussion.
- height: Due to over-breeding, some Schnauzers are born with shorter legs. Opportunists seek out these poorly bred Schnauzers in effort to create a toy Schnauzer... which I'm sure will become popular little purse dogs for people like Paris Hilton... and a Schnauzer is NOT like a Chihuahua!! Chi's are cute but they're bred to be babied (kind of...) unlike a Schnauzer. Furthermore... all Schnauzers... mini, standard, giant and Russian bear (Black Russian Terrier which is NOT a terrier at all according to ANY country... just so things don't get confused) are supposed to have a squarely proportioned body. They're making long dogs out of them so that they meet the height qualification for toy, but it's not yet a separate breed. Pepper is 14.5 inches tall... His parents were also on the large side and so is his brother Rusty.
- square proportion: I'm seeing more and more longer Schnauzers these days. Pepper is one of them, although he's very close to square. I've seen WAY worse!
- downward straight back: I'm not seeing that anywhere except in show dogs.
- color: Although the colors I mentioned and their guidelines are the standard, there were liver colored Schnauzers and partis back in the day. Some people still breed these and I see nothing wrong with that.
- weight: Smaller dogs being bred means they weigh less.
- nose: I've seen my share of Schnauzers with small noses... and that's not very Schnauzery. The Schnauzer has a better nose than the Bloodhound and can sniff you out even if you go into water... They're supposed to have big noses.
- bark: The smaller the voice, the smaller the chest usually is. Pepper has a thick deep barreled chest and sounds like a medium sized dog, which is how it's supposed to be. Watch my video of him talking and then watch some minis on youtube... You'll notice a very big difference. These dogs are beginning to sound like terriers (which they are not) and little yappy yippy screachy things which they should not be.
- face: I've seen some Schnauzers who had more of a terrier face... Even their faces are changing!! That includes a flattening of the cheeks.
When we had pure champion blooded Sir Willy, no one else who saw him knew what he was except the vet and groomer, but they wanted to find out. Now the Miniature Schnauzer is the 11th most popular breed in America. Consequently, the breed is suffering and being ruined. When we had Willy, mum decided she wanted to rescue a Schnauzer, so she called a shelter to call her if they ever got one. I don't know how long it was other than a long time, but they eventually got one and called her. Dad wouldn't let her have it. Now I go to petfinder.com and see minis EVERYWHERE in shelters and foster homes, and mixes. This is so sad. I don't even feel like listing all of the genetic potential health problems minis have... I'll just mention the big notorious killer - toe cancer. Willy battled this until he had to be put down. This cancer metastasizes everywhere and fast. Breeding practices should be left to private breeders who have dogs of correct conformation/characteristics/temperament who they treat respectfully and lovingly as pets.
The Standard Schnauzer usually just dies of old age. They are much hardier because they are the least popular out of the 3 sizes. The Standard Schnauzer Club of America has a code of ethics for breeding, and breeders of this dog tend to work with each other. They do annual screenings for hip displasia, cataracts, and other inheritable conditions. They've done so well that they've nearly weeded these things out! If the breed ever becomes popular though (for instance, if people who like minis discover the standard and its hardiness), that will all go down the drain because mills will get a hold of them to meet demands and make money. I can't stand this! I'm tired of seeing terrier like Schnauzers because they're not like real Schnauzers, and I'm tired of seeing this in other breeds and species too. Humans either breed an animal to the point of destroying what it once was, or hunt it to extinction. Where's the middle? And where's responsibility?
My suggestions? Don't ever buy a pet shop puppy, spay and neuter, adopt a shelter dog, and leave the breeding to private knowledgeable small breeders.
Puppy mills are notorious! Look at the country's most popular dog breeds... They all have major inheritable genetic health problems because after you breed a dam so many times, she starts to get problems and the genetic material for the puppies gets damaged or the puppy suffers structural problems and/or immune deficiencies. These problems are passed down to future generations and eventually the general population of the breed isn't like what the breed used to be like.
What is the result? Health problems and early deaths... not to mention deviating from the breed standard. The breed standard does happen to be important, because a dog's health does partly rely on its conformation.
Let's focus on the Schnauzers since my mother has one. Let's focus on the Miniature in particular since they're the most popular, and therefore most subject to over-breeding. I'll compare Pepper (my mother's) against this standard and other characteristics a Miniature Schnauzer is supposed to have as an example.
- **12-14 inches high at the shoulders (Pepper is 14.5 inches)
- **square proportion of the body (Pepper has a very slightly longer body)
- **straight and slightly downward sloping back (Pepper's back is curved or slightly "roached")
- cat feet (YES)
- double coat (YES)
- outer coat should be wiry (somewhat... most Schnauzers I see are too soft, including Pepper)
- **color should be black, black and silver, salt and pepper, or white (AKC is STUPID for leaving this one out) (YES)
- black schnauzers should be solid cold black with no markings except a little white fleck on the chest is permitted (N/A)
- salt and peppers, and black and silvers should not have white markings anywhere except on the muzzle, eyebrows, lower legs, butt, and two spots on the chest that are not to be joined as one. (Pepper's two white spots on the chest are actually joined together and have an extra joined white patch beneath them. You don't notice it, but that technically makes him a "parti" color)
- **14-20 pounds (Pepper stays around a healthy 23 pounds with NO FAT because he's bigger)
- forelimbs very straight (YES)
- rectangular elongated head half the length of the body (Pepper's head is rectangular and elongated, but not half the length of his body)
- alert expression (YES)
- small oval eyes (YES)
- guard/watch instinct (YES)
- high prey drive (YES)
- **large nose (YES)
- **a bark that sounds bigger than the dog (YES)
- signs of age appear when the dog is really old (YES, Pepper is 7 and acts like he's 2... not slowed down a bit and still very playful)
** Items need more discussion.
- height: Due to over-breeding, some Schnauzers are born with shorter legs. Opportunists seek out these poorly bred Schnauzers in effort to create a toy Schnauzer... which I'm sure will become popular little purse dogs for people like Paris Hilton... and a Schnauzer is NOT like a Chihuahua!! Chi's are cute but they're bred to be babied (kind of...) unlike a Schnauzer. Furthermore... all Schnauzers... mini, standard, giant and Russian bear (Black Russian Terrier which is NOT a terrier at all according to ANY country... just so things don't get confused) are supposed to have a squarely proportioned body. They're making long dogs out of them so that they meet the height qualification for toy, but it's not yet a separate breed. Pepper is 14.5 inches tall... His parents were also on the large side and so is his brother Rusty.
- square proportion: I'm seeing more and more longer Schnauzers these days. Pepper is one of them, although he's very close to square. I've seen WAY worse!
- downward straight back: I'm not seeing that anywhere except in show dogs.
- color: Although the colors I mentioned and their guidelines are the standard, there were liver colored Schnauzers and partis back in the day. Some people still breed these and I see nothing wrong with that.
- weight: Smaller dogs being bred means they weigh less.
- nose: I've seen my share of Schnauzers with small noses... and that's not very Schnauzery. The Schnauzer has a better nose than the Bloodhound and can sniff you out even if you go into water... They're supposed to have big noses.
- bark: The smaller the voice, the smaller the chest usually is. Pepper has a thick deep barreled chest and sounds like a medium sized dog, which is how it's supposed to be. Watch my video of him talking and then watch some minis on youtube... You'll notice a very big difference. These dogs are beginning to sound like terriers (which they are not) and little yappy yippy screachy things which they should not be.
- face: I've seen some Schnauzers who had more of a terrier face... Even their faces are changing!! That includes a flattening of the cheeks.
When we had pure champion blooded Sir Willy, no one else who saw him knew what he was except the vet and groomer, but they wanted to find out. Now the Miniature Schnauzer is the 11th most popular breed in America. Consequently, the breed is suffering and being ruined. When we had Willy, mum decided she wanted to rescue a Schnauzer, so she called a shelter to call her if they ever got one. I don't know how long it was other than a long time, but they eventually got one and called her. Dad wouldn't let her have it. Now I go to petfinder.com and see minis EVERYWHERE in shelters and foster homes, and mixes. This is so sad. I don't even feel like listing all of the genetic potential health problems minis have... I'll just mention the big notorious killer - toe cancer. Willy battled this until he had to be put down. This cancer metastasizes everywhere and fast. Breeding practices should be left to private breeders who have dogs of correct conformation/characteristics/temperament who they treat respectfully and lovingly as pets.
The Standard Schnauzer usually just dies of old age. They are much hardier because they are the least popular out of the 3 sizes. The Standard Schnauzer Club of America has a code of ethics for breeding, and breeders of this dog tend to work with each other. They do annual screenings for hip displasia, cataracts, and other inheritable conditions. They've done so well that they've nearly weeded these things out! If the breed ever becomes popular though (for instance, if people who like minis discover the standard and its hardiness), that will all go down the drain because mills will get a hold of them to meet demands and make money. I can't stand this! I'm tired of seeing terrier like Schnauzers because they're not like real Schnauzers, and I'm tired of seeing this in other breeds and species too. Humans either breed an animal to the point of destroying what it once was, or hunt it to extinction. Where's the middle? And where's responsibility?
My suggestions? Don't ever buy a pet shop puppy, spay and neuter, adopt a shelter dog, and leave the breeding to private knowledgeable small breeders.
Go green and help the environment, and the animals you love!
Carbon dioxide emissions are at an all time high, causing global warming to accelerate faster than ever as heat is trapped in our atmosphere. Cytridiomycosis may be the amphibian's number one enemy right now, but before this deadly fungus spread from Africa, many species still went extinct due to habitat destruction and human expansion. This is still a big threat today, as it is for ALL life. Humans are causing this sad elimination of nature, and just as humans have started it, only humans can turn it around. The more people who help, the better. Do not just sit there and think to yourself that it's all going to go away, not affect you, or someone else can do it. Nothing gets done that way, so stand up and take responsibility! It really isn't difficult. There are many things that can be done to decrease the demand of natural resources and reduce global warming and habitat destruction at the same time. I'll list a few.
-Keep the human population down. If you are going to fool around, do so safely. An unplanned child is another mouth to feed. Only have a child if you are planning to do so, and be reasonable at that. Promote education on this matter in schools.
-Turn the lights off when not in use. This saves thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide.
-Turn off anything and everything that is not in use, including computers, as soon as you're done with it. If your computer needs to be left on for some reason, turn off your monitor.
-Unplug devices that aren't in use, including phone chargers. Although these devices aren't on, they still use a surprising amount of energy just by being plugged into the outlet.
-"If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown flush it down." Urine is sterile and will not dirty your toilet, so why waste water by flushing it every time?
-Use cold water to wash your clothes instead of warm or hot water. If you have heavy stains, there are products that can help with that without wasting energy and emitting carbon dioxide to heat water.
-Get a new water heater if you haven't already. If your heater is more than 10 years old, you can buy a new and more energy efficient one that will save you on your bills, and of course, help the environment.
-Get a new refrigerator if you haven't already also... This includes freezers. Again, if your fridge is more than 10 years old, it's time for a new one that's more energy (and cost) efficient.
-Take showers only as long as you need to. Fresh water is in short supplies these days and we are approaching a water crisis.
-If you are going to use pesticides, use organic ones. Remember, if you don't like bugs in or around your house, a spider is your best friend.
-Don't water your lawn if you can avoid it at all. If you do, do so manually. Automatic sprinklers running while it's raining or still wet is truly unnecessary and wasteful.
-Keep your house about 4 degrees closer to the temperature outside than you normally do, and keep your windows and doors to the outside shut unless this is your primary method of ventilation to prevent hot or cool air loss which will make your A.C. unit work harder. Remember, in cooler times such as winter, you can always bundle up!
-Use compact fluorescent bulbs. A typical light bulb will use 60 watts. A compact fluorescent bulb will produce even more light at only 15 watts. They cost a little more but they save you money in the long run with an average life span of 10 years. LED bulbs are a newer arrival and look just as promising, if not more!
-If you have the money, get solar panels and use them for your energy and electricity.
-If you have the money, get a monolithic dome house. They are as eco-friendly and energy efficient as they come due to their round insulating design. It takes very little effort to heat or cool a monolithic dome house, and they are virtually indestructible.
-Car pool. Take the bus or subway... Use public transportation. Or better yet, walk or ride your bike where you can.
-Eat to live. Don't live to eat. Other people, and animals in nature need to eat too and there is only so much to go around!
-Minimize mowing your lawn. Each time you cut your grass, ozone is released into the lower atmosphere, where it should not be. When you do mow your lawn, do so in the evening or when it's cooler so that conditions for ozone formation aren't as prevalent.
-If you have children, educate them about preserving the environment and the things they can do to help.
-Recycle. Pen and Teller may think this idea is absurd, but do you believe everything you watch? Sure it takes energy. So does dumping your trash in the landfill, but recycling saves valuable resources and space that would otherwise be occupied by landfills.
-Use both sides of the paper! If you need something to just jot down an idea or work a problem, use a piece of paper that has already been used, for instance, in the margins. You'd be surprised how far one piece of paper can go. Less paper used is less trees killed and more wild habitat saved. If you are a student whose teacher will not let you write on both sides of the paper, get involved and make your case! Have other students join in with you to change this! I had this problem when I was in grade school. I fought it and I won. It can be done!
-Don't litter!
-If you see litter, put it where it belongs... in the trash, or recycle container. It won't hurt you to get your hands a little dirty.
-Be resourceful.
-Spread this to people you know!
-Write your governor or local legislation.
-Promote hydrogen fuel. The Hindenburg story is a myth. It wasn't the hydrogen that killed those people, but rather a flammable lead paint that covered the blimp. Most people who died on the Hindenburg jumped to their death. Hydrogen is no more dangerous than gasoline, contrary to popular belief. In fact, hydrogen will not explode and gasoline will! Hydrogen has been tested many times under different circumstances and findings show that it evaporates much faster than gasoline, causing the time it burns during an accident to be much shorter. In effect, this makes it safer, if anything. Hydrogen is very easy to make by electrolysis in damns. It is a recyclable source. Hydrogen in your car + oxygen to ignite = water vapor out! It's that simple! That water vapor just goes back into the atmosphere where it enters the water cycle and rains back down again. The supply is completely reusable and you couldn't go any more green as far as fuel goes! Grass on the other hand (including corn) being used to produce ethanol is inefficient, requires vast fields for its harvest (which requires further habitat destruction), and still releases a few dangerous gases into the air. Hydrogen on the other hand, requires no more space to make than what we already have and is very efficient. A condensed pellet has been invented that can be placed in to a special fuel cell in a car. This condensed hydrogen is enough to keep you going for 5,000 miles in one tank! Don't forget about solar power, wind power, and battery power either though. Remember, if you support ethanol, you support habitat destruction.
-Keep the human population down. If you are going to fool around, do so safely. An unplanned child is another mouth to feed. Only have a child if you are planning to do so, and be reasonable at that. Promote education on this matter in schools.
-Turn the lights off when not in use. This saves thousands of pounds of carbon dioxide.
-Turn off anything and everything that is not in use, including computers, as soon as you're done with it. If your computer needs to be left on for some reason, turn off your monitor.
-Unplug devices that aren't in use, including phone chargers. Although these devices aren't on, they still use a surprising amount of energy just by being plugged into the outlet.
-"If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown flush it down." Urine is sterile and will not dirty your toilet, so why waste water by flushing it every time?
-Use cold water to wash your clothes instead of warm or hot water. If you have heavy stains, there are products that can help with that without wasting energy and emitting carbon dioxide to heat water.
-Get a new water heater if you haven't already. If your heater is more than 10 years old, you can buy a new and more energy efficient one that will save you on your bills, and of course, help the environment.
-Get a new refrigerator if you haven't already also... This includes freezers. Again, if your fridge is more than 10 years old, it's time for a new one that's more energy (and cost) efficient.
-Take showers only as long as you need to. Fresh water is in short supplies these days and we are approaching a water crisis.
-If you are going to use pesticides, use organic ones. Remember, if you don't like bugs in or around your house, a spider is your best friend.
-Don't water your lawn if you can avoid it at all. If you do, do so manually. Automatic sprinklers running while it's raining or still wet is truly unnecessary and wasteful.
-Keep your house about 4 degrees closer to the temperature outside than you normally do, and keep your windows and doors to the outside shut unless this is your primary method of ventilation to prevent hot or cool air loss which will make your A.C. unit work harder. Remember, in cooler times such as winter, you can always bundle up!
-Use compact fluorescent bulbs. A typical light bulb will use 60 watts. A compact fluorescent bulb will produce even more light at only 15 watts. They cost a little more but they save you money in the long run with an average life span of 10 years. LED bulbs are a newer arrival and look just as promising, if not more!
-If you have the money, get solar panels and use them for your energy and electricity.
-If you have the money, get a monolithic dome house. They are as eco-friendly and energy efficient as they come due to their round insulating design. It takes very little effort to heat or cool a monolithic dome house, and they are virtually indestructible.
-Car pool. Take the bus or subway... Use public transportation. Or better yet, walk or ride your bike where you can.
-Eat to live. Don't live to eat. Other people, and animals in nature need to eat too and there is only so much to go around!
-Minimize mowing your lawn. Each time you cut your grass, ozone is released into the lower atmosphere, where it should not be. When you do mow your lawn, do so in the evening or when it's cooler so that conditions for ozone formation aren't as prevalent.
-If you have children, educate them about preserving the environment and the things they can do to help.
-Recycle. Pen and Teller may think this idea is absurd, but do you believe everything you watch? Sure it takes energy. So does dumping your trash in the landfill, but recycling saves valuable resources and space that would otherwise be occupied by landfills.
-Use both sides of the paper! If you need something to just jot down an idea or work a problem, use a piece of paper that has already been used, for instance, in the margins. You'd be surprised how far one piece of paper can go. Less paper used is less trees killed and more wild habitat saved. If you are a student whose teacher will not let you write on both sides of the paper, get involved and make your case! Have other students join in with you to change this! I had this problem when I was in grade school. I fought it and I won. It can be done!
-Don't litter!
-If you see litter, put it where it belongs... in the trash, or recycle container. It won't hurt you to get your hands a little dirty.
-Be resourceful.
-Spread this to people you know!
-Write your governor or local legislation.
-Promote hydrogen fuel. The Hindenburg story is a myth. It wasn't the hydrogen that killed those people, but rather a flammable lead paint that covered the blimp. Most people who died on the Hindenburg jumped to their death. Hydrogen is no more dangerous than gasoline, contrary to popular belief. In fact, hydrogen will not explode and gasoline will! Hydrogen has been tested many times under different circumstances and findings show that it evaporates much faster than gasoline, causing the time it burns during an accident to be much shorter. In effect, this makes it safer, if anything. Hydrogen is very easy to make by electrolysis in damns. It is a recyclable source. Hydrogen in your car + oxygen to ignite = water vapor out! It's that simple! That water vapor just goes back into the atmosphere where it enters the water cycle and rains back down again. The supply is completely reusable and you couldn't go any more green as far as fuel goes! Grass on the other hand (including corn) being used to produce ethanol is inefficient, requires vast fields for its harvest (which requires further habitat destruction), and still releases a few dangerous gases into the air. Hydrogen on the other hand, requires no more space to make than what we already have and is very efficient. A condensed pellet has been invented that can be placed in to a special fuel cell in a car. This condensed hydrogen is enough to keep you going for 5,000 miles in one tank! Don't forget about solar power, wind power, and battery power either though. Remember, if you support ethanol, you support habitat destruction.
Thinking of getting a new pet?
Why not consider adoption? Adoption is a great way to take home your next pet, and I'm not just talking about dogs and cats. You can adopt horses, reptiles, hamsters, guinea pigs, rabbits, and even goldfish! You just need to know where to look. I have some links at the bottom of my page that deal with adoption. One of the best I've found personally, is www.petfinder.com. This is how I found my German Shepherd, Titan.
I know that puppy in the puppy shop is cute, cuddly, and smells like puppy, but have you considered what buying that puppy really does? It supports a multi-million dollar business called puppy mills. The parents of those puppies are not healthy, bred every heat cycle, live in tiny cramped cages (sometimes not even knowing what grass is), live in their own excrement, aren't provided enough food, water and vet care.... and are sometimes even put to death when too old or worn out to breed more. When you buy a puppy from a pet shop, that's what you support, and the business goes on. Backyard breeders (BYBs) are another concern.
If you're going to buy a pet, get one from a reputable breeder. A good breeder will let you see their facility anytime, and lets their animals be family members.
For those that are less fortunate (MILLIONS), adotion is a blessing! You save a life by adopting a pet - the life of the pet you adopt, and the life of another to take its place at the shelter or rescue. It's a good deed to do, and the pet will love you for giving him/her a second chance at life! Euthanasia isn't avoidable in a society of overpopulated pets unless we do something about it. You can help by adopting instead of shopping, and even volunteering at your local shelter. Shelters are always overrun and full, and could use an extra set of hands to help them out. Donate things like blankets, food, money, toys, paper towels, etc. There are a lot of ways to help! I'll discuss more of these in detail later. Until then, keep in mind a quote I often see but no not where it came from: "You may not be the world, but for that one animal, you are the world."
I know that puppy in the puppy shop is cute, cuddly, and smells like puppy, but have you considered what buying that puppy really does? It supports a multi-million dollar business called puppy mills. The parents of those puppies are not healthy, bred every heat cycle, live in tiny cramped cages (sometimes not even knowing what grass is), live in their own excrement, aren't provided enough food, water and vet care.... and are sometimes even put to death when too old or worn out to breed more. When you buy a puppy from a pet shop, that's what you support, and the business goes on. Backyard breeders (BYBs) are another concern.
If you're going to buy a pet, get one from a reputable breeder. A good breeder will let you see their facility anytime, and lets their animals be family members.
For those that are less fortunate (MILLIONS), adotion is a blessing! You save a life by adopting a pet - the life of the pet you adopt, and the life of another to take its place at the shelter or rescue. It's a good deed to do, and the pet will love you for giving him/her a second chance at life! Euthanasia isn't avoidable in a society of overpopulated pets unless we do something about it. You can help by adopting instead of shopping, and even volunteering at your local shelter. Shelters are always overrun and full, and could use an extra set of hands to help them out. Donate things like blankets, food, money, toys, paper towels, etc. There are a lot of ways to help! I'll discuss more of these in detail later. Until then, keep in mind a quote I often see but no not where it came from: "You may not be the world, but for that one animal, you are the world."
07 August, 2009
We are about to witness the largest extinction in our time...
Amphibians need your help!
Some are already extinct. Witness the plight of the Golden Frog!
Some are already extinct. Witness the plight of the Golden Frog!
The plight of animals is in our hands...
Whether we're talking about domesticated dogs and cats, or exotic creatures like Pandas, Polar Bears, and Golden Frogs, the plight of animals really is in our hands. Humans have walked the earth for approximately one million years, but only recently have they reeked such unimaginable havoc upon the hapless creations living day to day to survive - similar to the rest of us. Our large brains offer us many advantages, but there are some downfalls too. It is up to us to make a difference, to educate the next generation, and teach kindness and compassion to those creatures we share the world (and our lives) with. This is about compassion for nature and the animals that live in it. This is about the plight of those creatures, and the plight of humanity.
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