Whale Wars

"You haven't lived until you've found something worth dying for." That is the motto of the Sea Shepherd, The ocean vessel trying to stop Japanese (What a surprise right?) whalers from slaughtering the largest mammal in the sea into extinction with cruel and torturous tactics.

Eventually the ocean will be empty. We will harvest everything until it is all gone.

Whale wars will be on it's second season starting June 4 at 9 on Animal Planet.

Join the crew of the SEA SHEPHERD as they face off with the whalers using everything in their arsenal.

Whaling is another form of fishing that should be outlawed. There is no real reason to harvest whales other then greed. We are a world that can produce fish in fisheries and not from our oceans.

http://animal.discovery.com/tv/whale-wars/

Hard Candy

I have been using Hard Candy Cosmetics (Along with Urban Decay) for years and recently they were bought out by another company, making them easier to find and not so expensive.
They are still a CRUELTY FREE- VEGAN company and you can find them at Walmart.
They used to be a "Prestigious" cosmetic with salty price tags and quality all natural product. The product from what I have used is still quality and all natural, only now they are a lot more in expensive. They have changed up thier packaging which is fun and colorful with most being biodegradable paper. And some is plastic. Plah.
Give it a try and see what you think.
I hate to break it to you, but all those pricey dealers in Macy's and Dillards are NOT cruelty free cosmetics. You would think as expensive as they are, they would be, but unfortunately, you are just paying for a big name.

http://www.hardcandy.com

Stop Puppy Mills

Watch Animal Planet Monday May. 17th at 10 to see an under cover investigation on Petland.

Exposing the connection between your local pet shop and puppy mills.

Just about every month a puppy mill is raided here in Pennsylvania and unfortunately a lot of the time the dogs are so ill or so feral that they can not be put up for adoption.

From the HSUS site.

Can you imagine forcing your pet dog to live his or her entire life in a small wire cage with no human companionship, toys or comfort, and little hope of ever becoming part of a family? That is what life is like for a puppy mill breeding dog.
Help stop this cycle of cruelty that contributes to pet overpopulation and the suffering of countless dogs by signing the pledge today!

Celebrating Animals Confronting Cruelty!!

Sign the Puppy Mill Pledge here:

http://action.humanesociety.org/site/Survey?SURVEY_ID=1840&ACTION_REQUIRED=URI_ACTION_USER_REQUESTS&autologin=true

This website has graphic pictures and video, but if you want to see where that $700 purebred puppy that was for sale at your local pet shop came from....chances are it was from a place like this.

http://www.dcr.net/~humane/Puppy_Mills2.html

Happy Mother's Day

To all my friends who are moms, whether your kids be feathered, furred or screaming.

You're the BEST!

Love Always, Theresa & The ZoO

One more time..

I know I have mentioned this documentary several times, ok, A LOT! It is so worth repeating....and it is so important to get the word out there.

Japan is set to needlessly slaughter another 23,000 dolphins again starting this September if they raise the temporary ban on bottlenose dolphin fishing. Join in the fight for these wonderful creatures to keep the ban on permanently.

The Cove was recently shown at the Tokyo film festival and is starting to make a difference, but we need to hit this head on and not back down.

If you have not watched this film, do so. It is not 2 hours of brutal death, it is so informative and opens up a world of secrets and horrific torture that not even the people of Japan know about. It is jaw dropping. And you won't believe why they do it. Please do not be afraid to watch. It will change you. Make YOU more aware and wanting to get out there and do something.

Dolphins are considered to be smarter then humans and are self aware, which means they can recognize themselves and others, including their human trainers. They are aware of their environment and are aware when their babies are murdered in front of them. They know what is coming.

Take time to go to this website.

http://www.takepart.com/thecove

TakePart now to help shut down the cove for good!!!

This documentary has won many prestigious awards this year including an Oscar and a Genesis Award.

Lafeber

I recently called this company to see if they had any coupons they could send me, the nice lady on the other end of the phone kindly said no, but that she would send out some samples....well today UPS stopped by and handed me a ginormous box of samples. 4 pounds worth!! Avicakes, nutriberries of all sizes!! : ) How wonderful!

I am so grateful of this small gift that will go a long way. Ziggy has been on Lafeber food since she was little. And every bird I have ever had has been supplemented with it, only because birds can be picky. It has an expiration date on the package, which is good to check for on all your anmal food. Seed can slowly lose its nutritional value as it dries out, so it is important to freeze what you cannot use as soon as possible.

I wanted to send out a HUGE THANK YOU to Lafeber and the nice lady there who kept her word!!

And to anyone out there who has birds, I reccommend feeding this quality food.