http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml H.E.A.L.: H.E.A.L. News Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:22:03 -0500 http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/6f62216b1509c6af4341fc0de63f91f6_4a2b161c.writeback Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:21:32 -0500 In Washington DC, on march 3rd, Persident Obama put a hold on a regulation that the Bush administration had put in place. The regulation limited the scientific reviews of enviornmentally harmful products and structures. Dams, for instance, may interfere with the migration patterns of salmon. There are also persticides and household cleaning agents that are harmful to animals once they mix in with rain water. Obama believes in preserving our planet for our children, and he expects us to be able to help both our economy and our ecology. An enviornment first President is something the world is in dire need of, so perhaps things will being to look up for our planet/ http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/2edd784904acbfcf84c6bc2c06b9bb74_4a2b1520.writeback Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:17:21 -0500 Summary of news article published in the Seattle Times: Puppy mills are a sick and hideous tragedy affecting many a dog right under our noses. Renee Roske has been running one since 1996, adn the authorities have given her nothing but warnings and $50 fines. In Snohmoish County, Roske was running what officials and nieghbors allege to be a puppy mill. her parents have been aiding her in Skagit County, where there are no dog breeding laws. Puppy mills are operations in which the owner/breeder puts their own profit before the welfare of the dog, and the dogs are forced to live in an extremely inhumane enviornment, How did Roske get away with this for 13 years? When her breeding license was revoked, she took the charges to court and, when everything appeared to be in line, the license was reinstated. Personally, I have to wonder if she realized how utterly wrong her "breeding program" was. And mroe importantly, if authorities and neightbors knew, why did no one stop her sooner, before the lives of innocent dogs were lost? http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/c9f0ec316a7be4426a77e2b8820324cf_478aca2a.writeback Sun, 13 Jan 2008 20:34:18 -0600 Sorry we haven't been doing stuff, but we've been really busy. If you get NG kids, check out the flip side of the October issue. It's all about Eco-friendly stuff. http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/fa8945f9e7f147de46ce5ed80f63eff5_47266405.writeback Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:51:49 -0500 Major problem! In South Dakota, there are these prarrie dogs. They eat all the grass meant for these cows farmers are raising. (I may point out that they are only going to be killed so as to be made into Big Macs for the center of all evil that many Americans worship, McDonalds.)So, this organization(which I think is the US Departmen of Agriculture, but I'm not 100% sure) might let the farmers kill all the prarie dogs. These prarrie dogs are the main source of food for the Black- Footed Ferret. Those living in that specific area of SD almost completely died off 25 yrs. ago, and have slowly made a come back. If the USDA or whatever lets the farmers do this horrible thing, all those ferrets will die of starvation. This is a HUGE problem. The offical article was in the June 2007 issue of National Geographic Magazine. If you would lke more information, go to www.nationalgeographic.com http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/174dce7d0009d5b63ce9385d63c94299_464d045f.writeback Thu, 17 May 2007 20:41:51 -0500 "Help! Help!" Our planet cries! Act fast, we really must save her. However, this is all the fault Of the hole in the Ozone Layer! The cars, the smoke; Cutting down trees! Would the world just Consider the consequences, please?! The Arctic gets Smaller and smaller each year! Animals are dying, It's critical, I fear. Our planet is dying! Don't be so calm. About this I'm quite sure, I've absolutely no qualm. Come on, people! We must all leave. You knew this would happen, Don't act so naive But we are the culprits, Greenhouse gasses galore Let's find a new planet For ours is no more. And so it shall happen, Should we continue this way. Start saving our planet, Hug a tree today! http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/bfc83707f7841be3897add405bf15359_4605bc49.writeback Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:03:21 -0500 BERLIN - Berlin Zoo's abandoned polar bear cub Knut looks cute, cuddly and has become a front- page media darling, but an animal rights activist insists it was wrong to intervene and save the cub. "Feeding by hand is not species-appropriate but a gross violation of animal protection laws," animal rights activist Frank Albrecht was quoted as saying by the mass-circulation Bild daily, which has featured regular photo spreads tracking fuzzy Knut's frolicking. "The zoo must kill the bear." http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/b0114b5739a5ac6aa9f4b74cf3211a2b_45e9c03a.writeback Sat, 03 Mar 2007 12:36:42 -0600 The Pygmy Owl is declining in Mexico, according to a recent study. On top of that, the small population numbers in Arizona ae making scientists think that the Pygmy Owl should have stayed on the Endangered Species list. The study showed that 4.4 percent of the population has declined each year in Sonora. They are suspected to be dying off due to heavy rainfalls and severe droughts, which may be linked to global warming, which remains a great threat as always since a few years ago. http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/7d21db757ea359c68d41f3463bcdc9bf_45ce0557.writeback Sat, 10 Feb 2007 11:48:07 -0600 New hope! 3 White Bengal Tiger Cubs were born at a wildlife park in New Zealand! 2 males and 1 female were born on October 2nd and have only recently been available for the public to see! Good luck, tigers!! To see pictures got to http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/11/07/67082.h tml http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/04b25f73c374eec370507fc1eaa36ff5_45c4be04.writeback Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:53:24 -0600 Strange multicolored snow fell in three Siberian regions. Almost as strange, it was not toxic! It may have been caused by dust and soil blown from Kazakhstan. The snow fell on Wednesday afternoon and was yellow, green and orange. When it was tested, however, it showed to not be harmful. No health problems were reported due to the colored snow. http://healourbiosphere.zoomshare.com/2.shtml/39ac6475f376b8f58238bea9f2f73e08_45b6e366.writeback Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:41:11 -0600 The eelpout species of fish (a large-headed fish) D is suffering due to lack of oxygen in the warming temperatures of oceans and seas. The temperature has risen over 3 degrees during the past years. Many are dying not only because in warmer waters the oxygen levels drop, but also because many fish need more oxygen in warm waters, thus resulting in the deaths of many of the species. Yet another example of a global warming effect on our planet.