Tag Archive for 'animal protection'

Help Save Saigon the Elephant

april published on February 17, 2010 in zeitgeist. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

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Hey SuperForest,

How about starting your day (or night) with a good deed? The beautiful creature pictured above goes by the name Saigon – and she’s Australia’s last circus elephant. She’s 55-years-old now and is still making the rounds, doing shows and spending long periods in cramped enclosures surrounded by an electric fence. As you can imagine, this is no way for this fabulous gal to be living.

Animals Australia is calling upon Perry Bros Circus to retire Saigon from circus life and to a facility where her behavioural needs can be met, and where she can enjoy quality of life for the first time in her life.

Click on the button below to sign the petition and help save Saigon.

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Thank you!
April

Kinship With All Dolphins

jordan published on September 28, 2008 in Uncategorized. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , .


Have you ever been on a date where you have so little in common with the other person that you find yourself asking them 3rd grade questions like “if you could be an animal, what animal would you be?” No? Well try it sometime, it may just turn your night around. Me, I’d choose a dolphin.

They are amazing animals. I have rarely felt more awestruck and humbled than when swimming alongside them in the wild.

If you’ve never done this before, it’s an incredible experience. One of those 1001 must do’s before hitting the big jackpot in this game of life. Speaking of which, I’ve just added lion cuddling, personal jet-flight, and wingsuit gliding to my list.

But what I never knew before about dolphins and just found out (thank you Neal), is that they can do this:

Ok, so humans can do that too…but we can’t play with our rings or bounce them through the water. How do dolphins do it? Theories abound, but no one’s really sure. The one thing I do know is that it looks really, really fun. They’ve got to be at least as smart as we are.

So make sure you buy dolphin safe tuna, so that this won’t ever happen!

-jordan