Earth Day

Happy Earth Day everyone!!! Not to sound cheesy but,Today, lets all do something good for the earth. For instance, you could organize a beach or park clean up,or plant a tree! trees are amazing things.They get rid of carbon dioxide,and give us oxygen. You could use both sides of a peice of paper ( do this whenever you can) and turn lights off you don't need to see by. try to go biking or something outside! Overall, have a good earth day!

Peace!


Reduce
Reuse
Recycle

-Poodle

p.s. in honor of earth day my blog will be green for a couple days

What the Heck Happened to Animal Planet?

When I was little,I was in LOVE with animal planet (for those of you who don't know,it is a TV channel).I used to plan my day around it.I would watch growing up wild in the morning with my mom,and watch Jeff Corwrin , most extreme, and Steve Irwin  right before dinner. I used too look forward to "wild kingdom" every Saturday (or was it Sunday?it has been so long). Now, they decided to become "Surprisingly Human" with shows like "call of the wild man" and "the monster inside me" (which I will never ever watch it freaks me out,not gross,just scary).The only half decent show is Tanked, but that is pretty much all about humans. I don't watch animal planet at all anymore.All I watch is cartoon network and Disney. I searched the web and found that many people feel the same way I do.What happened to good old animal planet?!?!? What the heck did it go!?!?!

Comment if you agree and/or want to see a change in their programming

-Poodle

Disappearing wildlife

When I grow up I would like to be a conservationist ( I would also like to be an artist to but that is not relevant to this post), but with in the next 10-15 years,most wild places will be swallowed up by human population growth.All that's left will be preserves constantly fighting so they won't be swallowed up,too.The only people who can stop it are you,me,and everyone who gives a crud.I found this site, http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/25/top-25-photographs-from-the-wilderness-5/?source=hp_dl1_newswatch_25_wilderness_photos_20130126 

which looks like a good environmental site so take a look at it.that is were I found this picture.It is of a Iberian Lynx.I love this picture.

I have to go so peace! Look at the site!turn lights off when you leave the room! Be green!

-Poodle

And NPR no less.....

So, there is this radio station called NPR and my grandpa listens to it alot.It is generally a good station (for a news station)I had the radio on a couple of days ago, and I heard them interviewing a guy about wolves.Today a minute ago,I read about the same conversation on a blog (howlingforjustice, see blogs I like)I remember the interviewer saying something about wolves as trophies,I don't remember the exact words(if you want a more detailed account go to howling for justice)but it went something like this

dude being interviewed(I'm so specific :P):blah blah blah hunting blah

NPR lady:So...hunters blah....would say blah blah I want this wolf for my trophy

Me: you don't need a TROPHY for goodness sakes!how would you feel if people hunted you so they could have you as a trophy!!

so,yeah.I have a horrible memory so that is all I remember.Sorry bout that.It is amazing how many people in the U.S don't know about this.They know about the panda,and the tiger,and that's all good but they should fight for the wolf as well,they live right outside your door!(depending on which part of the states you live in)

Hopefully you,my blog reader,will figure out a way to help.

- Poodle

earth fun fact of the day!

I know I haven't done this in a while,so here it goes!

So, when you brush your teeth at night,do you leave the water running?If not,then good for you! If you do leave it on, try to work on that. Only 2% of the earth's water is drinkable,use it wisely.



- Poodle, voice of wisdom  :P

 photo from: eere.energy.gov

Bobcats

Alright,I know I haven't been doing much about the environment lately so here is an environmental post.(kinda)

So, you know what bobcats are right? If not,here is an epic picture of one.Bobcats live in North America and are small felines about the size of a large house cat.This is were the problem is.You see, people think that they can be domesticated just like regular house cats but this is not the case. Eventually they might claw their "owners" (they have really strong claws) probably accidentally and then they would be declawed.Then they might resort to biting cause,hey,you declawed them what do you expect?Then they aren't manageable enough and are thrown back in the wild. How are they going to catch their food or climb trees without claws?Some starve or are taken on to preserves like the one I went to. I saw two bobcats there, named Cash and Santa.That was pretty much there life story.Here are a few bobcat factoids.


1. Bobcats can take down full grown deer.

2.They first appear about 1.8 million years ago.

3.In some areas, they are still trapped for their beautiful fur.

4.There are some 1 million in the U.S alone.

5.They live from 10 to 12 years

6.They can leap up to ten feet!

7.They are named for their "bobbed" tail.Cool right!?


picture courtesy of :http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/004/cache/bob-cat_480_600x450.jpg

Photo by Norbert Rosing (nice photo Norbert!)

Adios,

        Poodle

Extinction

hello everyone!Another depressing post, I can tell you are excited!So you guys all know about how the dinosaurs all went extinct?Well that was called a mass extinction and scientists think we are in one now.A mass extinction is were many species go extinct.Most of the time it is because of some environmental disaster or environmental pressure (I will explain what those mean in another post) but the one we are having right now is caused by human activity.Human activity is were humans do something that affects the environment like farming, fishing, or logging.Did you know that every second a football field sized chunk of the rainforests is cut down?Approximately 30,000 species are lost every year.We need to preserve all species because if one becomes extinct,the whole ecosystem pays.

lets say that one bug goes extinct.Then the population of the voles that eat that bug go down,and the owls start paying to and the ecosystem collapses


One thing that you can do is help raise awareness!!!!raise awareness about any environmental crisis you can!then whoever you tell will tell someone and so on!

Please help,

- Poodle

Photo courtesey of :the-best-top-desktop-wallpapers.blogspot.com

( i added the text)

Wildlife heroes

hey everyone,whats up?I just got this book at the library called wildlife heroes.It is about conservationists who accomplished alot for the environment.it was really cool and i learned alot about some endangered species.One of my favorites is the fossa.i bet you are wondering what that is right?If you do know, great!A fossa is a smallish cat like animal.it is technically not in the cat family,but in a family of the mongoose.They are the largest predator in Madagascar and their IUCN status is vulnerable.You no the cat like creatures in Madagascar (the movie)? That's what these are.I really like fossas and want to help them and maybe study them.I hope you do to.The picture below is of a fossa and I might draw one later!

 from : a-z-animals.com



from: http://i.pbase.com/o4/59/811459/1/99785164.9Okf1L46.babyfossa.jpg



 from : http://im.glogster.com/media/4/14/96/56/14965627.gif

 from: zooborns.com
if you go to that site and click on fossa scroll down to a video of 2 really cute baby fossas just being fossas.



-poodle

The amur leopard

Hullo everyone!I have this book called going going gone about endangered species of animals and plants.One of the most endangered in the book was the Amur leopard.They live ONLY by the Amur river somewhere in Asia.I am pretty sure it is kinda cold up there so they have longer coats than normal leopards and this could be a reason that they are hunted .Another animal by the Amur river is the Amur tiger which is also critically endangered.You can help these animals by donating to world wildlife fund .I hope you do.There are only around 30 left.There used to just be 5 so that is pretty good but still...



I hope you help save this beautiful animal from complete extinction.



picture from:http://amurleopards.net/amur.jpg



- Poodle

Desertification

I bet your are wondering what the heck desertification means.Desertification is when could soil becomes useless and becomes a desert.Usually humans make that happen.70% of grasslands and forests are at risk from desertification!!!!!here are some causes and ways to help stop it

                        Causes                                                                Ways to stop it

                overpopulation                                                      Help protect native plants
                                                                                             (tall plants help loads!!!!)
Purposfull fire(which kills of native plants) 
                                                                                            Sand fences stop the desert from growing
                   Irrigation                                                          
                                                                                                       Use alternative fuel!!!   
                                                                                                       (like solar power)   



-   Poodle

PLEASE READ: WOLVES URGENTLEY NEED OUR HELP

In Montana,There is now a BOUNTY for killing wolves!100 dollars per wolf!Including pregnant wolves and cubs.How can you kill a life that hasn't even really begun?or kill something so young and fresh and happily blissful?How can you put a bounty on a life?how?I don't know how these heartless people can live with themselves.


 photo courtesy of :http://i649.photobucket.com/albums/uu216/Vanilla420/WolfCub.jpg

 photo courtesy of :http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Wolf-Cub-wolves-175882_414_314.jpg



photo courtesy of :http://imgur.com/arWAO




picture courtesy of:http://dickpetrie.com/wolfcubs.jpg