Garry Rogers

LATEST ARTICLES ( 2800 )

• Speak up for California’s Tricolored Blackbirds – Audubon California

  

  Ask the Fish and Game Commission to protect our Tricolored Blackbirds Responding to an alarming drop in the rare bird’s numbers, the California Fish and Game... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Cowspiracy: The Sustainability Secret–Livestock Impacts

  

  Livestock Impacts GR: The Earth could get along just fine without us. If anyone can think of an ecosystem function that requires our presence, I would like to... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Predator Derby Planned for Salmon, Idaho

  

  Predator Derby Photo: National Geographic GR: The BLM is proposing to issue a special 5-year, December 15 to January 15, recreation use permit for a predator... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Tell Seventh Generation to Stop Promoting Animal Testing

  

  Animal testing does not protect human health or the environment from exposure to harmful chemicals. “Please write Seventh Generation and tell it that reform of... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Endangered Species Condoms

  

  “The world’s population now numbers more than 7 billion, and we add another 227,000 people to the planet every day. More people means less room for wildlife. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Save Reservoir Animals from Intentional Water Drainage

  

  Target: Mayor Percy Bland of Meridian, Mississippi Goal: Relocate fish and other animals that are dying because of the intentional draining of their native... Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Why the White House Posted a Video Linking the California Wildfires to Climate...

  

  Firefighter Keith McMillen at a controlled burn in Washington state. (David Ryder/Reuters) Wildfires are tangible. Carbon dioxide is not. Read more

  Posted on 06 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Sala Burning: Worst Fire in 40 Years Rages in Sweltering Sweden

  

  Originally posted on robertscribbler: (Sala Fire on August 5, 2014 as seen in this LANCE-MODIS satellite shot. For reference the fire front in this shot is abou... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Water Costs up 1,000% Where Half of US Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts Grow

  

  Drought and Human Demand Wiping Out Natural Water Resources GR: The rising cost of vegetables and the crops fed to livestock may alter the diets of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• We’re Eating Pangolins Off the Face of the Earth

  

  by Alicia Graef July 31, 2014 “While we’ve been focused on the poaching crisis that’s threatening the future for charismatic animals like elephants, rhinos and... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• England: 8/8/14 Is ‘World Cat Day’ – The BUAV Exposes Cats Born To Die In UK Lab...

  

  “On the 8th of August, cat lovers around the world will celebrate a day dedicated to all things fantastic and fascinating about felines. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Chinese Must Pay More for Tiger Penis, Rhino Horn, and Other Endangered Animal...

  

  Source: Vice News. “Rare animals are widely used in traditional Chinese medicine for supposed health benefits, and are also consumed as a mark of status. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Divers Pull Fishing Hook from Jaws of 6ft Shark

  

  A pair of amateur conservationists film themselves removing a fishing hook from a shark’s mouth off the coast of Jupiter, Florida Source: www.telegraph.co. Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Scientists Explain How Arctic Warming is Wrecking Our Weather and Pushing World...

  

  Must-watch video that includes direct observation and analysis of Arctic tipping points provided by a number of the world’s top climate scientists. You don’t... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Indigenous Seed Savers Gather in the Andes, Agree to Fight Climate Change With...

  

  As climate change makes it more difficult to practice agriculture in their ancestral homelands, indigenous communities are exchanging seeds in hopes of finding... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• White House OKs Underwater Seismic Surveying

  

  By Karen Garcia, Sardonicky Photo by Hannes Grobe (talk) “This is the propaganda that lulls the public into thinking that a meaningless balanced approach which... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• US FWS Ending Neonic and GMO Use in Most National Wildlife Refuges

  

  These elements of “industrial agriculture” are not needed at refuges. Pressure to ban neonictinoid pesticides and mobilization against GE crops has been growing... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Wisconsin: A Sadist’s Paradise

  

  GarryRogers:Traditions that were never moral now have ultimate consequences for many species. Originally posted on Our Wisconsin, Our Wildlife: It’s not just... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Hallmark is Selling Ivory….as a Perfect 14th Anniversary Present

  

  Source: Condofire Hallmark is selling ivory….as a perfect 14th anniversary present “Hallmark is promoting IVORY as a 14th wedding anniversary gift on their... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT

• Why Killing Wildlife Is Very Bad For Our Health

  

  “A just-published study in the online journal PLOS Biology says that shrinking biodiversity means a rise in tropical diseases including malaria and dengue fever. Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 ANIMALS & WILDLIFE, BOOKS, ENVIRONMENT