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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. August 25, 2011 Scientists report that oil surfacing a mile from the site of the sunken rig matches that of the oil from the Deep Horizon disaster site.

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Second Annual National Family Pack Walk

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What began as a regional event in Los Angeles in 2011 has expanded to include a series of local Pack Walks around the country between September 24 – 30, led by North Shore Animal League America national shelter partners and Mutt-i-grees Curriculum schools.

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Grey-breasted Mountain Toucans in Oyacachi Ecuador

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The road went past some ruins that had been abandoned by the town people some 100 years ago and it followed the river gorge for 10 km on its way down to the Amazon. Carved tree at Oyacachi It was very sad to see such rich vegetation being destroyed by the action of humans merely surviving.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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The adults move to flocks, there may be two or three of them, that hang out mostly far off shore in the larger part of the lake, abandoning their embayments or otherwise protected areas. Breeding and wintering locations of Common Loons in western Maine (Rangeley and Moosehead Lakes region), USA, that received PTTs in 2011 and 2012.*.

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