Fast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 73 – The Northern Sportive Lemur
“If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected” Chief Seattle Not another...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 75 – The Malayan Tapir
“The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe, the less taste we shall have for destruction” Rachel Carson Looking remarkably like a cross between a...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 76 – The Black-headed Spider Monkey
“In the end, we conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught” Baba Dioum These elegant primates live almost exclusively in the...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 77 – The Northern Brown Howler
“We are living on the planet as if we have another one to go to” Terry Swearingen If you have ever been lucky enough to have heard a howler monkey calling in the wild, you will know how it got its...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 78 – The Togian Islands Babirusa
“The soul is the same in all living creatures, although the body of each is different” Hippocrates With those outlandish tusks, these wonderful creatures were always destined to be the inspiration for...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 79 – The Ka’apor Capuchin Monkey
“If civilization is to survive, it must live on the interest, not the capital, of nature” Ronald Wright Endemic to Brazil, the Ka’apor Capuchin (Cebus kaapori) is a recently discovered member of the...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 80 – The Malayan Sun Bear
“It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 83 – The Malayan Tiger
“As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together” Isaac Bashevis Singer...
View ArticleFast Fact Attack: Endangered Species No. 84 – The Long-tailed Chinchilla
Today is Worldwide Fur Free Friday When celebrating Worldwide Fur Free Friday, I felt I could not possibly ignore the plight of the long-tailed chinchilla. This little animal has become critically...
View ArticleFact Attack: Endangered Species No. 106 – The Kodkod
“Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the people of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it” Chief Seattle Found primarily in Chile and thinly in bordering parts of...
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