Every time there is an international tragedy, there is an outpouring of global support. While it’s sad that it takes such disastrous events to make us feel like one world instead of many countries, it is simultaneously heartwarming to see the lengths that people will go to in order to help those in need, regardless of location. But what happens
Read moreCrikey! I was infatuated by Steve Irwin, the crocodile hunter, while I was growing up. The way he could highlight an animal and change our negative perception was remarkable. During a summer vacation in elementary school, my family was lucky enough to go camping at my aunt and uncle’s camp site. It was located in the remote Arrowhead camping grounds
Read moreby Lisa Barrett In a previous blog post, I wrote about how Asian elephants are endangered and that there are only about 3,000 left in the wild. I discussed how, in reality, the best way to conserve them is through education about conserving (and mitigating the decline) of extant populations while giving current captive populations the best life possible. In
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It was the summer of 2009, and I was watching Whale Wars, one of the newest hit series on Animal Planet at the time. The Japanese whaling fleet had just harpooned a whale and they were hauling it up onto the deck of their ship. I remember being horrified as I watched them cut up the whale. There was blood
Read moreby Lisa Barrett No Breeding, No Buying At about this time last year, I, along with the rest of the Think Elephants International (TEI) research team, was anxiously awaiting the arrival of a new “family” member. Elephant births are cause for huge excitement at the camp for two reasons. First, female Asian elephants only have four to five calves in
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Skyla, my newly adopted puppy, had been living with me for over a week before I even found out she was a “vicious” animal. I was walking her down the road when I noticed this lady staring at us. I could not tell if the lady was mad or scared, so I smiled and politely said hello. She greeted me
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Besides the countless hours I spent working on my research in Rwanda this past summer, I had the lucky opportunity to do some traveling when my parents came to join me at the end of my project. First and foremost on my priority list was to trek up to see the mountain gorillas, made famous by Dian Fossey and also
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Since my return from Rwanda, and my hopefully-not-once-in-a-lifetime visit with the Mountain Gorillas, I have been meaning to watch the documentary Virunga on Netflix. I finally made time for it as a study break during my final exams period, and boy, am I glad I did. Because of those same finals, this will be a pretty brief post, but I
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I cannot deny the fact the baby monkeys are irresistibly cute. They seem so much like a human infant, it’s difficult not to instantly fall for them and fight the urge to care for them. BUT there are real dangers to keeping monkeys as pets – not just for humans, but for the monkeys themselves too. Primates are highly intelligent, emotionally
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