Originally posted on Mungai and the Goa Constrictor:
“Living wild species are like a library of books still unread. Our heedless destruction of them is akin to burning the library without ever having read its books” John Dingell Possibly one of the most persecuted animals in history, this majestic and noble creature has suffered a…
Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 112 – The Polar Bear
Originally posted on Mungai and the Goa Constrictor:
“Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It’s our reality” Bill McKibben Global warming – Is it really a myth or an absolute reality? Is it part of the natural climatic cycle or a panic…
Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 111 – Dorcas Gazelle
Originally posted on Mungai and the Goa Constrictor:
? “We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing we set back the progress of humanity” Rachel Carson The small and graceful Dorcas gazelle continuously falls prey to…
Earth Hour – 29 March 2014
Originally posted on Mungai and the Goa Constrictor:
? Today, Saturday 29th March 2014, billions of people in over one hundred and fifty countries (that means over seven thousand cities) will turn out the lights. A World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) initiative, dating back to 2007, has once again united the world in an…
Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 110 – Przewalski’s Horse
Originally posted on Mungai and the Goa Constrictor:
“A horse is a thing of such beauty. . .none will tire of looking at him as long as he displays himself in his splendor” Xenophon By the early part of the twentieth century, huge numbers of Przewalski’s foals had been captured by exotic animal traders, the…
Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 109 – The Philippine Eagle
Originally posted on Mungai and the Goa Constrictor:
“To cherish what remains of the Earth and to foster its renewal is our only legitimate hope of survival” Wendell Berry I always think of the mythical Phoenix when I see this beautiful and critically endangered bird. Not in as much as its story has any real…