Raising the awareness about the human impact on the lives of animals

For 12 hours, two herds of wild South African elephants slowly made their way through the Zululand bush until they reached the house of late author Lawrence Anthony, the conservationist who saved their lives.The formerly violent, rogue elephants, destined to be shot a few years ago as pests, were rescued and rehabilitated by Anthony, who had grown up in the bush and was known as the “Elephant Whisperer.”


“A good man died suddenly,” says Rabbi Leila Gal Berner, Ph.D., “and from miles and miles away, two herds of elephants, sensing that they had lost a beloved human friend, moved in a solemn, almost ‘funereal’ procession to make a call on the bereaved family at the deceased man’s home.”

“If there ever were a time, when we can truly sense the wondrous ‘interconnectedness of all beings,’ it is when we reflect on the elephants of Thula Thula. A man’s heart’s stops, and hundreds of elephants’ hearts are grieving. This man’s oh-so-abundantly loving heart offered healing to these elephants, and now, they came to pay loving homage to their friend.”

beautiful

Wow this is such an outstanding story Carol.
I am deeply moved by it.
What a wonderfull farewell for Anthony from his beloved elephants friends.



Love from me
mudra

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Doctors Speak Out Against Animal Testing

"The genetically engineered monkey experiments now underway at Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) bear as much resemblance to bona fide medical research as a circus sideshow does to a legitimate museum. Fall for the hype, and you'll believe OHSU's bizarre assembly line of designer 'monkey models' will actually help cure Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, cancer, and who knows, even male-pattern baldness.

Apparently, OHSU is undeterred by the dismal results from decades of genetic engineering of mice, who have been inserted with human genes to study human cancers and other human diseases. What did we learn? That treatments which may work in transgenic mice fail in humans. Nothing relevant to treating human disease has resulted."


"Animal experimentation is not necessary. It is expensive. It is inaccurate. It is misleading. It consumes limited resources. And further, it is detrimental to the very species it professes to be working to help -- humankind."

-Dr.s Ray & Jean Greek, Sacred Cows and Golden Geese, 2000, p 223

-Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President-Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, January 2001

Wow! That was an amazing story! If it were up to me, it would be highly illegal for humans to hurt or kill animals (except for rare and extenuating circumstances). I realize that nature can be a mother -- but We the People of Earth should not make things worse. I have HUGE problems with suffering and killing. Why are the most obvious things so difficult to grasp???

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/05/16/1941821/thai-police-seize-tiger-parts.html

Thai police seize tiger parts said to be for China

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/05/16/1941821/thai-police-seize-tiger-parts.html#storylink=cpy


Thai police say they have seized the carcasses of tigers and other big cats believed to have been destined for consumption in China.

Police Lt. Col. Theerapat Tharithai says a Thai man and a Vietnamese man were arrested Wednesday in a raid at a house in Bangkok's suburbs. He says police had trailed them from southern Thailand after receiving a tip-off.

Theerapat says the carcasses of one complete Bengal tiger, two halves of another, one panther and a fishing cat were found in freezers. He says the suspects told police the carcasses were smuggled from Malaysia and were destined for China.

Thailand is a major market and transit point for wildlife products, such as tiger parts and elephant ivory.





In this picture released by FREELAND Foundation, officers from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation examine a dead tiger's paws after the animal was seized during a raid, in Bangkok on Wednesday May 16, 2012. Thai police seized the carcasses of tigers and other big cats believed to have been destined for consumption in China in a raid on Wednesday.

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Tommaso Ausili - THE HIDDEN DEATH

To reach the top of the food chain is a long process that begins with an end – the end of an animals life. Between a living animal and any piece of meat, whether nicely packaged or displayed behind a glass counter, is the abattoir.

This sort of ‘disassembly line’ is hidden away in anonymous buildings surrounded by high fences, usually far from the city centre and amazingly silent from the outside. Out of sight, skilled workers accompany the animals towards the last moments of their life, following cold, surgical procedures. In the corridor of death, walking the last steps that lead into the so-called “trap”, the animals seem to be aware of their impending fate. The smell of death is in the air; the fear spreads amongst the animals waiting their turn as they see the one in front of them disappearing through an iron door. The subsequent shriek of terror and the desperate clanging of hooves are an inextinguishable sign that, even for irrational animals, once through that door no creature comes out alive.

burgundia wrote:

arent you afraid to be banned someday . People do not like to hear that. It makes them to be afraid of UFOs. imho. Great quote. Excellent quote!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070465/Shin-Nippon-Biomedical-Laboratories-investigated-horrific-abuse-test-monkeys.html

They would wince, scream, tremble and shake': U.S. lab investigated for horrific abuse of test monkeys

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2070465/Shin-Nippon-Biomedical-Laboratories-investigated-horrific-abuse-test-monkeys.html#ixzz1xtdxLFQ0





The monkeys are said to be subjected to repeated forms of torment and torture and are said to be roughly handled by many workers at the lab

PETA'S COMPLAINT ABOUT SHIN NIPPON LAB

'Employees at SNBL used excessive force in their handling of monkeys, particularly when putting monkeys into squeeze cages, wherein a sliding cage wall is pulled forward to restrain the monkey against the front of the cage.
'Employees would use so much force that monkeys suffered with bloodied noses and bruises to their bodies. Sometimes, the monkeys would suffer broken fingers and toes.
'Careless workers frequently injured monkeys by slamming the cage doors onto their tails. Some tails would become bent or deformed, and would be left that way, while other tails were broken so badly that they had to be amputated.
'Many studies at SNBL require that blood be drawn from the animals at frequent intervals - generally, at the following time points after the animal receives the test drug: 1 minute, 5 minute, 10 minute, 15 minute, 30 minute, 1 hour, 2 hour, 4 hour, 6 hour, 8 hour, 12 hour, 16 hour, 24 hour, 36 hour, 48 hour, and so on. According to the whistleblower, by the 30 minute mark, the animals' veins would have ruptured and for blood draws past this point, veterinary technicians poke and dig into the arm or leg many times to get blood - resulting in much swelling, redness, and bruising.
'In one set of experiments, monkeys were attached to their cages with a metal tether which was surgically attached to their bodies and, through which ice cold saline solution and test compounds were continuously infused into the monkeys’ veins.
'The monkeys were hooked up in this manner for many months; they would shiver and chatter their teeth non-stop through this time.'










PETA said when it came to drawing blood from the monkeys, they would 'wince, scream, tremble and shake, and try to defend themselves'

ALIVE THEN DEAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5OnFJ2ttWw

Yes, at some point of life, everything does die including us humans. But this list i have put together makes one wonder, "Were these deaths of a "natural" cause or was there some "mysterious weapon" that has helped eliminate some of our food source?
One thing that you will pick up as you read this, is to do with oxygen levels but then to have bird life, just dropping out of the sky, some with their wings out stretched as if they were still in flight, it makes you wonder, "What "stringed instrument" (sarcasm) could have such an effect?"

Love Always
mudra

Amazing Indians - India's Dolphin Man- 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5aeuttdFac


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mudra