There are exciting new volunteer vacations popping up these days. One of the leaders of the industry, Earthwatch, has announced two new research-based voluntour opportunities. In Northern Thailand, near Chiang Rai, be part of groundbreaking cognitive research of Asian elephants to help professionals understand how they communicate, recognize family members and places, and how they [...]
Posts Tagged ‘endangered species’
21 Dec
One More Generation, Keeping the World’s Species Around
One More Generation (OMG) is a non-profit that was founded by 9-year-old Carter and his 7-year-old sister, Olivia. Finding out that there are over 1,000 animal species on the endangered species list was as alarming to them as it is to all the rest of us…but the difference is these two decided they had to [...]
8 May
Happy Birthday!
It’s a Boy! Two actually… The Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem New York is one of those places that makes me most proud of the area where I live. They are truly extraordinary people who staff and volunteer there, and the programs they have with the “Ambassador Pack” of gray wolves as well as [...]
14 Feb
Love is In the Air
The Wolf Conservation Center in South Salem, New York is one of my faves. Wolves are magical. In addition to their ambassador pack of stunning Gray Wolves that help educate people and teach them not to fear these regal beings, the Center is also home to more than 20 Mexican Gray Wolves and Red Wolves [...]
29 Aug
Tiger Poaching
My apologies, in advance, if this makes you as sick to your stomach as it does me. This story came out this week from Jambi, Indonesia. There was a rare and highly endangered Sumatran Tiger at the Taman Rimbo Zoo…Sheila was her name. After hours, brutal poachers broke into the zoo’s tiger enclosure after having [...]
6 Jun
Bat Signal Alert
Defenders of Wildlife is a pretty astounding organization working tirelessly to protect a huge array of species around the world. It can be pretty harrowing to read updates and their newsletter about the slaughter of wolves, the plight of starving polar bears, and so many more, but I encourage you to support them. From DOW [...]
