Hello everyone! I know I have been gone a long time but my life has been super busy. This is urgent, and heartbreaking but I need help. I am soon to be joining the military and I am afraid that I can not keep my lovely Nova.. No one else is able to care for her while I’m away. I just want to get her into a home with an owner that would love her as much as I have. Please message me if you have any questions.
She is 10 months old. So she is still a playful puppy. We are located in Riverside, California. She is house trained. She’s a very loving, kind, always happy dog. She is full of energy, so she does need daily exercise ( she loves going to dog parks). She is good with all dogs in a public setting but when at home it is preferred that she be with other big dogs. She can be stubborn, so she does need a strong leader that is willing to work with her and show her that she can’t just do whatever she wants. She is up to date with all of her shots and she is spayed. If you have any further questions please contact me! Thank you so so much everyone
Leading conservation charity World Animal Protection has renewed its plea for the tourism industry to put an end to abusive elephant rides and shows, calling on leading travel brands to join the growing list of companies who are opposed to the practice.
Making the call on World Animal Day, the charity says 63 travel companies have now signed up to its elephant-friendly tourism pledge, signifying a major shift in attitude in the industry. (read rest here)
Urban bird: Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona.
Volunteers working with the Rio Salado Audubon Center have constructed over 200 artificial burrows throughout the park. The owls normally occupy and re-purpose burrows dug by small mammals like ground squirrels.
A good part of wildlife photography has to do with being in the right place at the right time. Whether it’s from an educated hypothesis or random luck, photographer, David Lazar, sure has timing on his side. Though Lazar is based in Australia, the…
Scientists are calling for an immediate ban on live salamander imports in the U.S. to try to prevent the spread of a fungal disease that could potentially devastate wild North American salamanders.
Almost half of the world’s known salamander species live in North America, and many are already threatened or endangered. Salamanders may be inconspicuous, but they’re important to the ecosystem — they eat disease-carrying insects, are a key link between the aquatic and terrestrial food webs, and may even aid the global carbon cycle. Some species produce antimicrobial compounds, and others are being studied to learn how humans might someday regrow limbs.
They’re also in danger from the chytrid fungus. When the Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis fungus, or Bd, was discovered in 1998 in parts of Australia and Central America, scientists could only watch as species after species of frogs and salamanders disappeared in what has become a worldwide die-off. Vance Vredenburg, a biologist at San Francisco State University, has seen firsthand what chytrid can do to amphibians. He calls it “absolute decimation.”
A five-day-old seal became separated from its mother and stranded in a field of cows at an RSPB sanctuary on the banks of The Wash in Lincolnshire. She was saved by a birdwatcher who spotted her plight and took her to a local nature reserve where she will be released back into the wild once she has recovered from her ordeal.
Thousands of Kittiwake chicks are literally living life on the edge, as they nest perched on the small ledges of the granite towers of the the Tyne Bridge - which during the months of June and July is host to the world’s largest inland seabird colony.
