Archive for October, 2008

OMG, Super Cute Baby Animal Videos

I was messing around today on YouTube and stumbled upon an adorable baby seal video. So I figured, why not do a post with as many baby animal videos as I can possibly find? Sounds fun huh?

I’m such a sucker for lil’ baby animals…

On all of these videos I’ve included the information from the producer and links to their causes just below each video.

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A Cute Baby Seal Pup

Cute, eh? Sadly, in Canada close to 300,000 poor, defenceless baby seal pups (most between
2-WEEKS and 3 months of age) are brutally murdered every year in the annual, government-sanctioned commercial seal hunt – all for the sake of fashion, vanity, politics, money and greed. Many are even skinned alive while conscious.

(What kind of heartless human being could even think of doing such a thing!?)

Polls consistently show that most Canadians oppose this ‘hunt’, but still the Canadian government and fishing industry refuse to end it.

This senseless killing MUST STOP NOW! Everyone with a soul & a heart knows that its extremely cruel, barbaric, unethical and inhumane. (Its just wrong on so many levels, and you know it!!)

These beautiful creatures have every right to live life and need all the help & support they can get.

For more details & to find out how to help please visit these websites:

www.StopTheSealHunt.com
www.HarpSeals.org
www.ProtectSeals.org
www.Boycott-Canada.com
www.SeaShepherd.org

btw for myths & facts about Canada’s COMMERCIAL baby seal slaughter, go here:
http://www.hsicanada.ca/seals/seal_myths_and_facts.html

p.s. Ignore all the trolls on here who are trying to justify/support it – this unnecessary BABY seal slaughter is UNJUSTIFIED – there are absolutely NO excuses for it whatsoever.

Some people may argue that its ‘traditional’. Well ”tradition’ is NO excuse for brutality, cruelty & suffering. Tradition does not automatically give a person a right to do something. In fact, tradition is NO good reason for ANYTHING! Slavery was once ‘tradition’ -wanna keep that fine tradition alive !?!

Some people might also argue that it provides ‘jobs’ for local communities. But this is another stupid, ignorant reason for allowing such barbaric and cruel slaughter of beings that are denied life just because somebody somewhere might want to wear their skin. In Nazi Germany, the construction of gas chambers & ‘death camps’ probably provided work for someone. The ‘job excuse’ is not a moral or sound reason for allowing the unneccessary slaughter, cruelty & suffering of hundreds of thousands of innocent, helpless living beings.

Clearly anyone who participates in this cruel, barbaric activity is a very sick, evil, twisted & sadistic individual who lacks any ethics & morals.

On top of that it is neither a ‘hunt’ nor a ‘harvest’ (seals are NOT fish, everyone knows that – do they look like fish to you !?! ) – its a cruel, unethical, inhumane, barbaric & unnecessary SLAUGHTER of totally helpless, defenceless & intelligent BABY marine MAMMALS for their FUR (understand that humans are biologically classified as ‘mammals’ too).

All that stuff about seals eating all the cod has been proven to be complete bullshit too & is another UNjustified reason. It is scientific fact that seals actually keep the ecosystem alive through what they eat & cod only accounts for about 3 % of their diet. The reason there’s no cod left is simply because of OVERFISHING BY GREEDY HUMANS (and who says cod ‘belongs’ to humans anyway !?!). http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/no-cod-blame-the-seals

No need for any kind of ‘cull’ either (the planet is overpopulated with humans, does that mean we should ‘cull’ humans !?!). Nature tends to even things out on its own, and humans don’t have the right to take away life just because they can or want to. Its already been a very bad year for the seals as it is – IFAW.org has predicted a 100% mortality rate for seal pups born this year (due to poor ice conditions from global warming, thousands have already drowned or died immediately after birth). They need to be PROTECTED – *not* exterminated!

BTW – Despite what some ignorant folk on here may say, yes it IS a slaughter of defenseless & helpless BABY seals. As soon as they begin to shed their fluffy white coat — as young as 12 DAYS old — these BABY seals can be ‘legally’ hunted by sealers (and just because its ‘legal’ it doesn’t make it morally/ethically ‘right’ either).

In fact most of the seals killed are only 2-WEEKS to 3 months old; 97 percent of the seals killed over the past three years have been LESS than 3 months old with the majority being JUST a FEW WEEKS old i.e THEY’RE BABIES!

At the time of slaughter, many of these pups have not yet eaten their first solid meal or taken their first swim.

Sealers (the seal killers) prefer to kill BABY seals because their skins are in “prime” condition and fetch the highest prices.

Here’s a rather appropriate quote from Gandhi:

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by how well its animals are treated.”- Mahatma Gandhi

Cute baby tiger

Cute baby tiger “Hadiah” Baby Sumatran Tiger Cub at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. In the Nursery (44sec). Female, Born 12/12/2006
Produced by Ryan Hawk.

Baby elephant

http://www.zsl.org Elephant baby at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo – she’s an asian elephant who’s 4 months old.

Baby Rhino

See our gorgeous baby white rhino at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, born December 2007.

http://www.zsl.org

PANDA BABIES

PANDA BABIES PLAYING with SLIDE

Baby Kangaroo

Bet you all havent seen this before

Baby Koala Bear Climbs Over Mum

A baby koala bear at the Hamilton Island Koala Park climbs over its mum who is happily chewing on eucalyptus leaves

(More videos coming soon!)

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Eco Video News of the Day


(I’m having some major technical issues with this video, so I’ll have to you the link instead of having you watch it on the site…sorry!)

Click here to watch the video

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Remembering Steve Irwin, ‘The Crocodile Hunter’



“Whatever you want to do in this world, it is achievable.  The most important thing that I’ve found, that perhaps you could use, is be passionate and enthusiastic in the direction that you choose in life, and you’ll be a winner.”
~ Steve Irwin

(More photos of our trip to Australia Zoo and video clips of ‘The Crocodile Hunter’ are found below.)

November 15 is Steve Irwin Day.  I want to take a moment and share with you how this amazing man changed my life.

I started watching the Crocodile Hunter when it first started airing.  I was just a teenager at the time and I believe Steve’s documentaries shaped my purpose in life.

Every week I’d sit down with my dad, who was also enthralled by Steve, and we’d watch as Steve swam near crocodiles, handled venomous snakes, and screamed “Crikey, she’s gorgeous” in his thick Aussie accent.

For starters, I have some wonderful memories with my dad, who has now passed, that I owe to Steve and his show.

But after watching every Crocodile Hunter episode I learned how just one person can truly make an enormous difference.

I have never seen anyone as passionate about anything as Steve was for conservation.  His passion for saving wildlife was absolutely infectious.  Steve turned that passion into action and thanks to him, millions of people have experienced the true beauty of nature and why it needs to be protected.

Steve taught me how important every single animal is and how every animal deserves its place in the world – whether fuzzy and cute or scaly and scary.

Steve also taught me how precious life is and that you should never waste a second of it.  Steve dedicated his life to protecting all life on earth and his legacy will live on forever.

Several years ago I had the honor and privilege of visiting Australia Zoo.  It was a life-long dream of mine to visit the place that encompassed everything that I had learned from Steve.

I’ll never forget the beauty and care that went into every exhibit.  As I walked through every enclosure I could easily sense that every animal was loved just like family.

I’ve included some pictures from my trip below, as well as some video clips of my favorite Crocodile Hunter shows.

So how do I remember Steve Irwin?

He helped shape my passion for wildlife conservation and in turn, I’ve dedicated my life to help save our planet and all the creatures who inhabit it.

Steve knew that when one person stands up for what they believe in, others follow.

Thank you Steve Iwin, your legacy inspires me everyday.

How you can help:

Learn more about Steve Irwin Day

Learn more about Australia Zoo

Donate to Wildlife Warriors

How do you remember Steve?

Please feel free to share your stories in the comment section below.

Photos from our trip to Australia Zoo:

[Getting greeted by an Asian Elephant as you walk in to Australia Zoo]

[Just a few of the Koalas at Australia Zoo]

[The Tiger Show at Australia Zoo]

[One of the many crocodiles at Australia Zoo]

[The Croc Show at Australia Zoo]

[My fiance Jason petting a kangaroo at Australia Zoo. Yes, you are actually encouraged to pet the kangaroos!]

Video clips from some of my favorite Crocodile Hunter episodes:


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