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A breathtaking beauty: the Luna Moth


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Mankind arrived here last, but call upon all natural riches, creatures and places its own. This will be a collection of places of interest, through which I wish to raise awareness about Earth and its inhabitants.

I invite you to make a joint effort and generate a difference.

I ask you to think of innovative ways to help lessen the suffering of innocent Earth dwellers. I ask you to take a look around and help your micro-cosmos become a better place for all in it.







Let Us Think


All Together for our Earth

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I invite you to make a joint effort and generate a difference

Let us think of innovative ways to ask legislators to pass bills to protect animals, to grant funds to shelters and charities and to put an end to illegal or cruel practices upon animals. Let us support the police task force that enforces the law protecting pets from cruel situations.


Let us be creative and help find a healthy alternative to logging and the depletion of natural habitats. Let us be innovative in the ways to help those who stiffen control on poachers and to those who lobby to ban greyhound racing.


Let us bring ideas to put an end to the illegal exotic pet trade, to factory farms, to hunting and trapping, to bullfighting, to cosmetics testing on animals, to experiments on animals and to the illegal and cruel practices performed on them.


Let us be inspired to create ways to put an end to puppy mills, to animals in circuses, to dog fighting, to gamefowl, to whaling, to poaching, to bear baiting, to the fur trade and to the killing of baby seals.

Let us become a strong voice to ban the Omak suicide race, horse racing, dog racing and the aerial killing of wolves in Alaska ...

The list is very long and, sadly, ever growing.

I'll be adding links to places through which you may participate to make a positive change. I encourage you to visit frequently as this is a dynamic journal.




"Wondrous Flight" by Carmen Mandel


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“The splendorous colours and patterns of a Barn Owl (Tyto alba) in full flight silently beating her wings. This beautiful nocturnal raptor captures the faintest noise with her superbly designed facial disk and complex auditory system”. —Carmen Mandel-Cesareo

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Support to Owl Rehabilitation

I donate 100% sales proceeds from this image to:
PAWS Progressive Animal Welfare Society

for their loving rehabilitation of an injured Barn Owl
and for their continuous efforts to re-instate rehabilitated wildlife to their homes.

To learn more about these magnificent creatures visit:

Owl Pages

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For the End of Primates in Outer Space

Sentient and defenseless creatures



>Support my Petition< End the Use of Primates in the Mars Space Programme


Thank you for your voice and concern.

EDGE Species


Long-beaked echidna

Photo © Jean-Paul Ferrero/Auscape International


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EDGE species are one of a kind. If they disappear there will be nothing similar left on the planet. Two-thirds are receiving little or no conservation attention.

Learn more about what EDGE is committed to




Primate Welfare


Learn about a place with extensive and remarkable
achievements, along a courageous dedication,
for the welfare of primates

Enter IPPL



Unnatural Behaviour




"When they portray animals as freaks and curiosities, devoid of context or dignity, circuses are perpetuating outdated attitudes. Wild animals in the circus are reduced to mere caricatures of their kind, exhibited just for financial gain. In this way, they corrupt our children, promoting the notion that exploitation and degradation is acceptable, even brave or funny."—David Hancocks, former director, Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo



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Forcing animals to behave unnaturally is abusive. Punishing them, using a whip and other methods of dominance is cruel. The following are examples of unnatural behaviour in circuses:
  • Swaying, rocking, continuous pacing or head bobbing: The animal is highly stressed.
  • Bald spots: A sign of self-mutilation caused by extreme stress.
  • Walking on hind legs: Quadrupeds walk on four legs (hence the name).
  • Leaping through flames: Animals have a natural fear of fire.


Maltreatment, abuse, punishment, separation of pups and cubs from their mothers and family, a sad unnatural life, confinement, lack of veterinary care, chains, abandonment and extreme reactions from overly stressed animals are a reality that must not take place.


Let us end the use of animals for amusement purposes. Support these circuses for they do not use wild animals:

  • Cirque du Soleil
  • Cirque Ingenieux
  • The New Pickle Family Circus
  • Cirque Eos

Join efforts to ban the use of performing animals. Become informed and take action:

Animals do not Enjoy the Circus


They enjoy their natural life




A Nation of No-Kill Shelters

Each creature deserves to live

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For a more compassionate world, a kind person with a big dream appeals to each of us to help preserve life and avoid millions of unnecessary deaths.

The No Kill Advocacy Center is the first organization in the USA dedicated solely to the promotion of a No-Kill nation.





Saving the Idaho Wolves




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For centuries till the present day, wolves have been stigmatized, persecuted, misunderstood and relentlessly slaughtered. Filmmakers Jim and Jamie Dutcher spent six years living with a pack of wolves in the wilderness of Idaho. They listened to the wolves and earnt their trust, while revealing the true nature of these magnificent creatures.

Read more >here


Let Us End Bear Farming

Bears need us


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A former Miss Canada with a sensitive heart needs our help to stop the horrific reality of bear bile farming in China. Let us put an end to the torture and abuse of bears (forewarning: sad graphic material).

Learn more and join efforts >here



The current status in the USA regarding legislation on protection of bears illegally harvested for their viscera is:

Art for Conservation

Talented artist members in the online art gallery:




exhibit stunning artwork portraying the natural world
while they generously donate proceeds to conservation
and animal rescue charities and organisations

Take a moment to visit this gallery and purchase
a fine piece of art knowing that you
will be supporting a good cause


Enter Art for Conservation




About Art for Conservation:
Nature photographer and conservation advocate
Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo created this gallery
to promote the artists and their supported charities




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Saving the Denali Wolves

Denali Wolves

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Let us unite voices to stop the horrific aerial killings of wolves in Alaska

Learn more about these magnificent, yet stigmatized, creatures. In certain states, legislators have implemented a win-win situation for both farmers and wolves. Visit the links below to join your voice:




Climatic Changes

Arctic Tern

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Global warming is a worrisome reality. The IPCC summary for policymakers definitively proclaimed the globe to be warming as a result of human activity.


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Wolf Conservation in Europe

Howling for Mercy

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"Wolves, like all other wildlife, have a right to exist in a wild state in viable populations. This right is in no way related to their known value to mankind. Instead, it derives from the right of all living creatures to co-exist with man as a part of natural ecosystems"

Manifesto, Declaration of Principles for Wolf Conservation by the Wolf Specialist Group, of the Species Survival Commission, of the World Conservation Union (IUCN)

For efforts made on Wolf conservationin the Highlands of Scotland visit:

Wolf Trust

For efforts made on Wolf conservationin the UK and Eurasia visit:

The UK Wolf Conservation Trust




Coral Reefs and Rising Temperatures



Coral Beauty

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Coral reefs are striking underwater worlds and teem with life. Every reef dweller finds a niche, a crevice or a hideaway place for itself among corals of the most varied shape, patterns and textures. Coral reefs also act as a natural protective barrier for coastal regions. It is one of the most fragile ecosystems on the planet.

Learn how global warming is affecting coral reefs >here.

Learn more about the beautiful corals >here.


More resources:

Coral reef conservation


Take a virtual plunge at the Great Barrier Reef >here





Steadily Facing Extinction

Monk Seal - Uncertain waters


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Nearly one in six mammal species in Europe is in grave danger of extinction.
Find out who and why >here








Deadly sports for the Albatross

Why does the Albatross lose her life?. Find out >here





We all tread on a thin line

One hundred to 1,000 times the levels in the fossil record is the current rate of disappearing organisms in our planet. Threatened with extinction are: a third of all amphibians, a fifth of all mammals and an eighth of all birds on earth. This very fact puts our own existence at risk.
Learn more >here







An End to Dog Racing



Greyhounds share the sweet, tender and calm disposition of Salukis. Greyhound and Saluki course racing are illegal in many countries, yet still legal in several states in the USA. Racing brings unsurmontable suffering to the canine racers and a life of reclusion, abuse, drugs, broken bones, sadness and abandonment. Let us join efforts to lobby lawmakers to pass a bill in all the remaining states where racing is still legal. Le us be a strong voice to put an end to the cruel practice of dog racing.

Join the efforts at:


Grey2k



Let us open our hearts to adopt a retired or abandoned ex-racer and give them the love and care they deserve. Learn more about adoption by visiting these sites:


Dumfriesshire & Cumbria Greyhound Rescue








Russian Far East Conservation

Last Great Wild


Enter the Russian Far East Conservation Fund (RFE Conservation Fund) to learn about environmental groups and conservation projects to protect the Last Great Wild.





A Voice for Migrant Falcons

Falcon Nestlings Need Protection

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In the U.S.A., the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service seeks public comment on the proposal to allow falconers to remove and possess migratory Peregrine Falcons from the wild. The Service considers taking nestlings, recently fledged young and migrant Peregrine Falcons from the wild for use in falconry.

Paradoxically, the stated mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to conserve and protect _migratory birds_. Obviously, the Service does the opposite by trading licence fees for the freedom of raptors.

Read the proposal and send your onion to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service >here


Carmen Mandel-Cesáreo is the creator of the group Art for Conservation




Assignment Earth

Puma


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Environment news, conservation efforts and both encouraging and disheartening stories here at:

A Healthier Microcosmos

Skua


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You can improve your quality of life at home with simple changes, while significantly preserving the environment.


Kitchen and Bath

A place to start with is the kitchen. All chemicals used in it can be get rid of for a healthier alternative. Use baking soda or lemon to disinfect and whiten your sink, while your drain thanks you. In the bathroom, use baking soda to clean the toilet bowl, sink and bath tub --no harsh chemicals to deal with and no harmful inhaling of vapours. Read more about healthy living >here.





Kitty Matters

Your kitty litter pan will be healthier for everyone in the household if you use other ingredients than clay, which seems to cause cancer. Even if it is still to be proven, the inhaling of clay dust by both kitty and humans is unhealthy in itself. White dust covers the entire house, making it untidy. There are several alternatives in the market for use in the litter pan, which are healthier for humans, pets and the environment. These are cracked wheat, pine and shredded paper.

A word of caution: Even if the litter package reads that it is safe to dispose of kitty waste in the toilet bowl, avoid doing so. Kitty feces carry toxoplasmosis, which enters the water system once flushed in the toilet. Lately, beavers have been found to be ill with toxoplasmosis for the first time in history.



On the Road

A green alternative on the road: hybrid cars.

Learn how they work


What is Global Warming?

An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore

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Mankind exists because the Earth traps enough heat in the atmosphere to keep the temperature within living conditions.

The Earth is an ecosystem. More carbon dioxide is now in the atmosphere than had been in the past 650,000 years. Carbon dioxide acts like a warm blanket holding the heat, hence, the name global warming.

Human activity began a change in the Earth's balance.


Learn more and become involved:

Enter StopGlobalWarming

Enter Forecast Earth




Forests and Climate



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The world's forests provide many benefits. Home to more than half of all species on land, forests help slow down global warming by storing carbon. Global warming is one of the most serious challenges that we face nowadays.

Learn more about what you can do >here

The Wild Bactrian Camel



The future of the Bactrian Camel is uncertain


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The wild Bactrian camel lives in one of the harshest environments on earth. In the absence of fresh water it has adapted to drinking salt water slush, unlike any other mammal.

Learn more about this critically endangered species >here






Ticking Time


Fragile - Handle with Care

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Small changes lead to a significant global change. Build a simple plan for yourself. Learn what you can do in your daily life to contribute to a decrease in global warming while improving your quality of life >here




Compassionate Shopping

For the end of animal testing

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We can perfectly lead our lives and spare the suffering inflicted upon animals in the cosmetics, personal care and household products industries. It takes a little time to print out a guide of those companies affiliated with the Coalition for Consumer Information on Cosmetics (CCIC) home of the leaping bunny logo.

Participating companies make a voluntary pledge not to test their products on animals during any stage of product development. The company's ingredient suppliers make the same pledge. The product is guaranteed to be 100% free of new animal testing.



Find out how to shop compassionately >here

Know the affiliated companies and buy from them >here


Learn about animal testing >here


Many lives can be spared
Much suffering be prevented

Choose your Cause

Create or sign a petition today

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We can certainly make a difference if we unite our voices. In the following site there are hundreds of subjects to read and choose from. Join the people who share your concerns or create a petition of your own.