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I have just been introduced to the topic of "deep ecology" and they what ifs of human interaction with all kinds of different ecosystems. For example, I volunteer to help maintain a habitat that supports the conservation of the endangered karner blue butterfly. In the process, the suppression of natural wildfires occur. I am for conservation, but do ask myself, when we are helping one form of ...

A really Green rattler. S colorado. on the front range. GREEN,GRANULAR SKULL SCUTES>viridis? cross? my prfile under fauna. Check it out and let me know what you think. TTHankssss.,

Hi all, i am just looking to meet new people who work at zoos or have have a passion for animals. right now i am in the zoo filed and most of my friends and family are not into my type of field and you cant really relate. michelle

Tim wrote: Don’t worry about the refuges. The millions of dollars we’re spending ..ping the climate ’crisis’ will save more wildlife than providing them with actual habitat ever will. By a funky lightbulb save a polar bear, buy a Prius well...it’s almost like that Wal-mart ceased to exist. Maybe if instead of waiting on the government to fix things we took it upon ourselves to do something? If...

I just bought an Iguana and I have been holding him quite a bit but he doesn’t seem to be calming down any. Every time I reach for him in the tank he gets real scared and tries to whip me with his tail. When do you think he will calm down? I have had him for about a week now..........

Hi everyone, I’d like to share with you some pictures of my new Indian Star tortoise female. I’ve not measured her myself yet, but she’s around 6 to 7 inches (they can start laying eggs at 7.5). The seller says she had been in possession of an older man for four years until the last several weeks when he sold her (and the others); but she’s definitely wild caught, from India. I was lucky ...

I live in a tiny TX county with only about 7,500 residents and the little town I live in is a relatively touristy area (drive-thru wildlife park, dinosaur park, state park, rodeos, etc). Recently I became very interested in proposing a plastic bag tax to my city council in August, in order to curb pb use. Several American cities have banned pbs, but none, so far, have taxed them. In 2002 ...

This came up in a different forum and seemed worth a post of its own: What sort of risks have you taken for wildlife (to see it/photograph it/rescue it/feed it a Christian)? Was it worth it?

I recently visited Alaska and ended up hiking near Alyeska Ski Resort about 40 miles south of Anchorage. I found these tracks and am pretty sure they are mountain lion tracks. From what I’ve read mountain lions are very rare there. Any thoughts? Kellye http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseacti on=viewImage&friendID=282203864&albumID=509734&ima geID=10123812 http://viewmorepics....

I’M REPOSTING THIS FOR A FRIEND AND IN BEHALF OF THE LITTLEST VICTIMS OF THIS AWFUL FLOOD [QUOTE]Jen wrote: as im sure most of you know about the floods that happened here in eastern iowa. Thousands of people lost there home,thousands are still displaced. So many of these people had pets .The community college opened up an area as a temporary shelter for the animals but i just heard on the ...