Dear Kerryanne,

Thanks for that. Great news. I've got some as well.
More than 30 wildlife law enforcement officials, police
officers, veterinarians and wildlife conservationists
attended a training workshop in Kenya recently to improve
their effectiveness combating wildlife crimes. Participants
travelled from many parts of Africa - Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda,DR Congo, Botswana, Zambia, Swaziland, South Africa, and Malawi, just to name a few places, to learn how to
identify and handle species commonly smuggled across Africa.
The workshop informed wildlife protectors about various
species smuggled by criminals, international regulations and
inter-agencies cooperation and enforcement. Agencies are
joining together to fight increasingly sophisticated wildlife
criminal gangs, who threaten endangered species to supply
demand for luxury goods, trinkets, exotic pets and meat.

Lexi

Thanks that is!good news.

http://www.care2.com/causes/court-approves-triple-b-roundup.html

Last week the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a temporary injunction and granted the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) the right to continue with the Triple B roundup in Nevada, which would remove around 1,700 horses from the range.

The Cloud Foundation, along with ecologist Craig Downer and Lorna Moffat, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Nevada under the premise that the BLM had no evidence that wild horses are actually damaging the ecosystem.

The BLM insists that 1.7 million acres is not enough to sustain the 2,200 horses that are currently there and wants to bring that number down to between 500 and 900 and the decided they need to do it now …during foaling season …in the midst of a heatwave.

On July 15 U.S. District Court Judge Howard McKibben ruled in favor if the BLM. Rachel Fazio, who represented the Cloud Foundation, filed an appeal and a temporary injunction was granted by Judge Richard Paez. Unfortunately, four days later Paez, Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw and Chief Judge Alex Kozinski declined to grant an emergency injunction arguing that they failed to show that lifting the injunction would cause irreparable harm.

“The BLM puts out all this rhetoric and assertions about damage to the range caused by the horses and there’s not a single document in evidence that shows that is the case,” Fazio told the AP.

The case will be heard by the federal court of appeals on August 12.

Take a minute to watch this video from the Cloud Foundation to see what the BLM has does with these mustangs and leave a comment at the White House or call 202-456-1111 asking for a moratorium on roundups until the BLM can prove its claims.

Related Stories:

Speak Up for Wildlife: Stop the Extinction Rider from Passing

Law Would Leave Nevada Littered With Dead Horses

Wild Horse Death Toll Rises: BLM Plans More Roundups

Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/court-approves-triple-b-roundup.html#ixzz1T7q6BCQW

The Deer in the Woods


Lexi

Ok my last stop for the night as always.

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The handsome, wild creatures
Of delicate, leisurely importance and status,
The long-legged, well-built deer,
Graze beautifully and alertly
In the open wilderness,
The quietly remote and barren woods
Which become fazed and partially encroached upon
By humanity’s homes and technology.
The hungry, mortal deer, with their
Acute senses of sight and smell,
Are prepared to scamper and bolt
At a moment’s prescribed and deathly notice.
The healthy, vibrant woods provide
Adequate food and nourishment
For the easily frightened deer,
Whose survival and growth depend
Upon grazing in the open patches of wilderness,
And eluding the gun-toting hunters and predators
Who threaten to decimate their
Innocent, defensible, and pre-ordained existence.
©Tim Chiu

I'd like to Thank everyone who's contributed to this thread.
Especially you Kerryanne. You give so much to each thread that
you go on. Thank You.
This thread has exceeded my expectations.
However, for me it's now run its course.
I'll see you all on other threads.

as my family crest holds the head of the deer
i feel somehow i must reply

kerryanne said..quote...""The Deer in the Woods""

adverts deleted
deer antlers grow from crowns
the sybolic nature of the deer...'in the woods'
is that of the royal in us all being set free

but lets look at your poem
in the light of the auther..""©Tim Chiu""

[noting copyright..comes via the laws of heraldry
;ny other family totum is a golden horn]

""The handsome, wild creatures
Of delicate, leisurely importance and status,""

the [leisure]..lie-sure is the key here
being in the woods..the presumption is
your there being free..not to chop it down

""The long-legged, well-built deer,
Graze beautifully and alertly
In the open wilderness,""

there is good reason for this
[thats the dreaming of why i only hold the 'head'..of the deer]

briefly summerised as...the judgement carnivors..were sent to judge the grasseaters..grain eaters and the vegans..[god said be and in they went..doing the thing carnivors are sent to do]

anyhow the deer met them in his woods
and offerd his flesh to allow..others to escape judgment

out of respect the head was left in the woods...free
and as no old needed the soft parts[eyes/brain..tongue]
it was left in toto

at the next judgment..the deer bride[a golden ox]
gave her life...but..by then
there was many old toothless elders
and now the soft parts too were consumed
in fact they were so hungry...they even ate one of her horns
[thus only the one colgen horn..i hold traditional custady over]

""edited""

""The hungry, mortal deer, with their
Acute senses of sight and smell,
Are prepared to scamper and bolt
At a moment’s prescribed and deathly notice.""

mate once you know what happend to dad
would/could..you ever trust anyone else again?

""The healthy, vibrant woods provide
Adequate food and nourishment
For the easily frightened deer,""

now hang on

*i object

ok let it go
back to the po-ehm

""Whose survival and growth depend
Upon grazing in the open patches of wilderness,""

yes we dont need for anything
all the good needed things god provides
[darn why did i delete..that other bit..that has replaced seemingly the need..for the good nurture..of gods good nature]

""And eluding the gun-toting hunters and predators
Who threaten to decimate their
Innocent, defensible, and pre-ordained existence.""

the carnivors now have guns
i am trying to hold them off
but everyone is so full of fear
they have gone deaf/blinded by the spotlight..that will soon freeze them in place...why does media serve the gun bearers.fear adenda

the carnivors are back
this time they got guns
and plan to get it all...only gods good can save us all

and the churchie watchmen..lay there fat and fast asleep
oh well my brrr-others..dream on

sip on your coolaid
and take the red pill
it wont kill the carnivors..but just might make them ill

or just stop and think
who will be sent to judge the carnivors