http://www.fourwinds10.net 2013-05-19T07:39:04+01:00 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1368808718 We win a lot of victories together, but any one of us can get the ball rolling all by ourselves. Remember that huge win we just had on bees? Well a big part of it was due to a campaign *started* by Avaaz members! The German vote was crucial to Europe deciding to ban dangerous pesticides. When a group of German beekeepers heard that Germany was likely to vote no, they used our new community tool to start their own petition. Soon over 150,000 people had signed from across the country, their petition had caught the eye of the media and, together with Avaaz staff, they delivered their call to the government! A day later, Germany switched its vote -- helping to pass the Europe-wide ban and save our bees. All it took was a few minutes to start a petition on an issue these amazing beekeepers cared about. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1368717957 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1368463975 May 11, 2013 Tell the EPA: Immediately suspend the pesticide that's killing honey bees The petition reads: Bee die-offs are a serious emergency. Please follow the European Union and immediately suspend the use of the dangerous neonicotinoid pesticides that are killing bees. Automatically add your name to the petition to the EPA:   Honey Bees are dying at an alarming rate, and this winter marked the worst losses by far. U.S. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1368277742 May 9, 2013 AVON PARK, Fla. — Florida’s citrus industry is grappling with the most serious threat in its history: a bacterial disease with no cure that has infected all 32 of the state’s citrus-growing counties. Although the disease, citrus greening, was first spotted in Florida in 2005, this year’s losses from it are by far the most extensive. While the bacteria, which causes fruit to turn bitter and drop from the trees when still unripe, affects all citrus fruits, it has been most devastating to oranges, the largest crop. So many have been affected that the United States Department of Agriculture has downgraded its crop estimates five months in a row, an extraordinary move, analysts said. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1368030107 May 7, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — Any day now, billions of cicadas with bulging red eyes will crawl out of the earth after 17 years underground and overrun the East Coast. The insects will arrive in such numbers that people from North Carolina to Connecticut will be outnumbered roughly 600-to-1. Maybe more. Scientists even have a horror-movie name for the infestation: Brood II. But as ominous as that sounds, the insects are harmless. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1367511643 May 1, 2013 Dear Friend, There is hope on the horizon of the fight to ban horse slaughter plants from opening in the U.S.   As a Lifesavers follower you know that there are some states in our country that are very close to dropping the proverbial axe on the heads of innocent American horses.  New Mexico's "Valley Meats"  are geared up and ready to grind away - just waiting for the legal go ahead.  And Oklahoma's governor has signed off on a bill that will allow her state to kill hundreds of thousands of horses each year. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1367440165 May 1, 2013 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is an organization that publicly claims to represent the best interest of animals -- indeed their "ethical treatment." Yet approximately 2,000 animals pass through PETA's front door every year and very few make it out alive. The vast majority -- 96 percent in 2011 -- exit the facility out the back door after they have been killed, when Pet Cremation Services of Tidewater stops by on their regular visits to pick up their remains. Between these visits, the bodies are stored in the giant walk-in freezer PETA installed for this very purpose. It is a freezer that cost $9,370 and, like the company which incinerates the bodies of PETA's victims, was paid for with the donations of animal lovers who could never have imagined that the money they donated to help animals would be used to end their lives instead. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1366996401 April 26, 2013 (NaturalNews) A class of insecticide chemicals commonly applied to rapeseed, also known as canola here in the U.S., as well as sugar beets, corn, and various other crops is killing off bee populations across the globe, and a prominent environmental watchdog group is now demanding that these insecticides be immediately pulled from the market. As reported by the U.K. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1366128186 April 11, 2013 Newser) – Forget sharks: It's beavers that are truly terrifying. A fisherman in Belarus was bitten to death by one, and all he was doing was trying to take its picture, Sky News reports. The man spotted the beaver while fishing with friends at Lake Shestakov, but as he approached to take a photograph, the beaver bit him on the thigh. The animal managed to sever an artery, and his friends couldn't stop the blood flow. Sky News helpfully reminds us that beavers can, of course, bite through trees. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1365868434 April 11, 2013 Every fisherman has a story about the one that got away, but Isaac Brumaghim was lucky enough to get video proof of his battle with a big fish. He was even luckier to survive his face-to-face encounter with an agitated shark On Sunday, Brumaghim, 37, was fishing two miles off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii, when a tiger shark took an interest in his catch. The 400-to-500 pound carnivore nearly jumped into his kayak to grab a kawakawa he'd just hooked. “I was reeling in the kawakawa and at the last moment I could see right behind that there was something big and green. And I was kind wondering like what was going on there,” Brumaghim told KHON-TV. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1365868293 Aporil 12, 2013 The Earth First! Journal office received this short video in which a group of self described anarchist beekeepers take credit for a recent attack on a media drone by a swarm of bees.  The video appears to come from a camera mounted on the drone itself. In a separate communique, the group taking responsibility say they hacked the news corporation to access the footage. At the end of the video you will see an image of the drone itself. In several instances one can see individual bees land on the lens of the camera. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1365866444 Published on Apr 9, 2013 Can the government silence and shut down licensed professionals for giving advice online?  This Institute for Justice lawsuit involves free speech and Internet freedom while centering on one of the most important unresolved issues in First Amendment law: When does occupational licensing trump the First Amendment?  The outcome will have widespread implications for medicine, law, psychology, investment advice, and many other occupations that often involve nothing but speech in the form of advice. The facts make it an ideal lawsuit for eventual consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.  Dr. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1365607045 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1364953666 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1364952705 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1364863022 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1364660665 March 30, 2013 Watch Here: http://youtu.be/du3qGXwfr0E Cyclamate was used in the 1960s for the pre-sweetened Kool-Aid powder. The use of cyclamate in America was banned on 18 October 1969, based on lab studies which are now disputed by some researchers.The product with cyclamate in it was transferred to markets outside the US, which some Americans saw as an "evil move" by the company. [1] What they may not have realized, however, is that cyclamate was never banned in many other countries, and its use continues to be legal in Canada, the EU, etc. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1364317299 March 26, 2013 This came from a man who runs a 2,000-acre corn farm up around Barron, WI, not far from Oshkosh. He used to fly F-4Es and F-16s for the Guard, and participated in the first Gulf War. His story: I went out to plant corn for a bit, to finish a field before tomorrow morning and witnessed The Great Battle. A golden eagle -- big, with about a six-foot wingspan - - flew right in front of the tractor. It was being chased by three crows that were continually dive bombing it and pecking at it. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1364231800 March 24, 2013 Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue.  That's the name I gave this organization 16 years ago at the very beginning of it's life.  I named it Lifesavers because our mission would be to save the lives of as many horses in jeopardy as possible.  Horses being abused, neglected, and in danger of being sent to slaughter.  Horses from auctions, killer feedlots, abandoned in backyards with no food or water, tossed on the sides of the road left to make it on their own. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1364060186 March 19, 2013 More than 65 tonnes of dead fish washed up on Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic rowing venue after rotting plant life causes the oxygen level in the water to drop. The Brazilian authorities conducted a two-day emergency clean-up operation involving 100 municipal workers on the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon. Earlier in the week heavy rains had washed rotten algae into the lagoon, causing oxygen levels to deplete and killing thousands of yellowtail, catfish, tilapia and sea bass. Sixty-five tonnes of fish died in the lake last week, leading to a huge clean up operation   Rotting algae washed into the water by torrential rain caused oxygen levels to deplete The city has suffered similar events before, with one in 2009 killing 100 tonnes of fish. The picturesque lagoon, which is located at the heart of the city beneath the famous monument Christ the Redeemer, is to be used as the rowing venue for the Olympic Games in 2016. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363881865 March 21, 2013 (NaturalNews) A pair of studies recently published in the journal Science raises fresh and dire warnings about the continued decline of crop-pollinating insects all over the world, and what this means for the future of the world's food supply. Both studies highlight the fact that wild pollinators like bumblebees, butterflies, and beetles are basically disappearing, and that industrial agriculture, which includes genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), are a major factor causing this insect genocide. The two studies are hardly groundbreaking, as at least half a dozen other studies published just in the last couple of years have arrived at similarly disturbing findings. They do, however, shed further light on how the situation has progressed throughout the decades, pointing to corporate monoculture practices, shrinking forests and wild lands, and general changes in physical landscapes as some of the primary culprits in promoting this ruinous trend. In one of the studies, researchers from Montana State University (MSU) compared insect data collected in the late 1800s to similar data collected in the same test location in the 1970s. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363871244 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363868689 FW:  March 21, 2013 VIEW HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2OYmZDlJXc&feature=youtu.be text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363705171 March 17, 2013 Out of America: More GM crops mean more herbicides – which destroy the food the insects need for their epic migration The Monarch butterfly   × As you read this, the first intrepid invaders are fluttering northward across the Rio Grande that separates Mexico from the United States. Within days, they will be followed by millions of others, in one of earth's most extraordinary rites of spring. The great migration of the monarch butterfly is under way – and never has one been watched so closely, and so anxiously. Forget the politicians and the rest of the human activity that makes Washington tick. The real wonders of this place, I have come to realise, are natural – and two of them in particular. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363627988 March 17,2013 KION, March 14, 2013: Rescue groups along the Central Coast are scrambling [...] Biologists are still investigating why the malnourished sea lion pups are stranding. [. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363619116 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363445478 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363367429 March 15, 2013 The Alaska Dispatch follows up on the mysterious illnesses in seals, wlaruses and polar bears (March 13, 2013): It began in July 2011. Indigenous hunters in Alaska’s Arctic noticed ice seals they rely on for food and other uses covered in oozing sores and losing hair. They were sick and some were dying. [.. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363280137 March 13, 2013 More than 1,100 wolves have been killed as a result of hunting and trapping in the Northern Rockies since Congress stripped them of Endangered Species Act protection in 2011.  It's hard to fathom that just two weeks ago, Wyoming opened even more of their state to the unlimited killing of wolves! Protecting wolves is a long-term challenge, and we are committed to the cause. Please help us win the war on wolves with a generous gift today. It’s not just Wyoming. Across the Northern Rockies and beyond, anti-wolf extremists are mounting a well-funded and unrelenting attack: The governor of Montana recently signed a bill into law that prohibits state wildlife officials from establishing protective buffer zones along national park borders, a measure that would have helped protect Yellowstone wolves. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363190407 March 13, 2013 VIEW HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=FZ-bJFVJ2P0 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1363022808 March 6, 2013 It’s not just honey bees that are in trouble. The fuzzy American bumblebee seems to be disappearing in the Midwest. Two new studies in Thursday’s journal Science conclude that wild bees, like the American bumblebee, are increasingly important in pollinating flowers and crops that provide us with food. And, at least in the Midwest, they seem to be dwindling in an alarming manner, possibly from disease and parasites. Wild bees are difficult to track so scientists have had a hard time knowing what’s happening to them. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1362855471 March 8, 2013 Dearest Friends:   Today in San Diego,  the California Coastal Commission said “NO” to the Navy and their plan to deploy bombs and sonar sound off the Coastline that would likely injure, maim or kill millions of cetaceans over the next 5 years. They said that the Navy’s position is inadequate and unsupported by facts. They also said that the Navy did not keep its agreements in the past and that there was no point in making a compromise with them. In attendance were Lyndia, Lance and Kim of Whale and Dolphin Watch, several representatives from NRDC, Greenpeace, many other ocean organizations and dozens of individuals from near and far.   Although the decision only affects California waters, it is still significant as it sets a major precedent for the whole country. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1362675391 March 5, 2013 It’s the latest threat to wild bison conservation. All we have worked for could be severely compromised if a batch of bad bison bills passes through Montana’s state legislature. Some of Montana’s most extreme anti-wildlife legislators are attempting to make restoration of wild bison to the Great Plains nearly impossible. We are pulling out all the stops to defeat these anti-bison attacks. Please help with an emergency donation to support our wild bison restoration efforts – and save other wildlife in danger. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1362594507 FW:  March 6, 2013 impact of events like Fukushima, the Deepwater Horizon or Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder, the truth remains that these issues are vastly more important than most of the things we concern ourselves with. The honey bee is unique in the animal kingdom for its critical importance to both the environment and the economy. Without the bee the variety and amount of food for human consumption would drop dramatically, and the many industries built around bee products would collapse. The global decline in honey bee populations is attributed a varying combination of 6 primary factors: Viruses and infections Attacks by parasites and invasive species Genetically modified plants Poor nutrition Environmental change and habitat fragmentation and loss Intensive use of agricultural pesticides Right now worldwide bee colony collapse is accelerating at alarming rates, and beekeepers are expecting one of the worst years ever. Many researchers have made the case that a handful of industrial pesticides are the most likely culprits and the best first target in the race to save the honeybee; to save life on earth. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1362152146 Feb. 28, 2013 Tomorrow, Wyoming is scheduled to open up even more of their state to the unlimited killing of wolves. This means that between now and October, wolves can be killed at will in a large portion of some of the best wolf habitat in the state.  Defenders is taking the U.S. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1361926994 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1361896031 Feb. 22, 2013 Monster-sized goldfish up to a foot and a half long are being pulled from Lake Tahoe in what officials are calling a case of aquarium dumping. The massive bright red and orange fish are feared to be steadily multiplying in the waters of Sierra Nevada after managing to survive after released into the wild by humans. Christine Ngai, a researcher who frequents the lake hunting invasive species, notably the largemouth bass, says the numbers found are astonishing and potentially devastating to the lake’s ecosystem. Big catch: Monster-sized goldfish up to a foot and a half in length are being caught in Lake Tahoe in what officials are calling a case of aquarium dumping Dangers: The invasive species could potentially damage the ecosystem due to their diseases, effect on food quantity and their knack for stirring up the soil that clouds the otherwise pristine water ‘One day they caught 15 in just this one corner in the Tahoe keys,’ she told KCRA. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1361628362 feb. 22, 2013 Fewer than 160 Florida panthers remain in the wild, and 19 were hit and killed by vehicles in 2012 – this was a new record for the number of Florida panthers killed by vehicles in a single year.  The Florida panther is one of the most endangered mammals on Earth and we need your help to save it! In just over a week, we are launching a major public awareness campaign to alert Floridians to the plight of their official state animal – and to engage as many people as possible in our efforts to save it. Today, fewer than 160 of these beautiful cats remain in a shrinking patchwork of South Florida habitat. As human habitation expands into panther territory, collisions with cars and trucks have become a leading cause of panther deaths. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1361554814 Feb.  22. 2013 This video is about an island in the ocean at 2000 km from any other coast line. Nobody lives, only birds and yet, you will not believe what you will see here. VIEW HERE http://one-vibration. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1361210293 Feb. 18, 2013 Beautiful, elusive, powerful – and critically endangered. The Florida panther is one of the most endangered mammals on earth and the future of this subspecies is in our hands. Panthers need more room to roam – please tell the Secretary of Interior and the Director of the U.S. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1360863189 Feb. 12, 2013 Are bison wildlife or vermin? In Montana, it's up for debate. Two bills amounting to nothing less than an extermination campaign against bison are making their way through the Montana state legislature. If these bills pass, it could be disastrous to our efforts to return bison to their historic habitat. Two more anti-bison bills are on their way this week, and up to six more are being drafted. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1360682568 Feb. 11, 2013 Last week, the Department of the Interior indicated that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided to reject a request to build a road through remote wilderness areas of Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.  The matter now goes up to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar who has 30 days to make the final determination that the road is not in the public interest. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1360428268 Feb. 9, 2013 Dedicated to saving abandoned, abused, neglected and slaughter bound horses through Sanctuary, Healing, Adoption, Rescue and Education programs: S.H.A.R. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1360427532 Feb. 8, 2013 Hope and progress for the wolverine!   Over the past 12 years, Defenders has fought hard to get wolverines the federal protection they deserve. We are happy to report that on February 1st, 2013 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finally proposed to protect wolverines in the Lower 48 under the Endangered Species Act. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1359640329 text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1359474804 Jan. 29, 2013 Dear friends,   Bees around the world are dying off and Europe’s food watchdog just said certain pesticides are part of the problem. We’ve got 48 hours before key meetings -- let’s get a 2-million-person swarm to save the bees. Click to take urgent action now: Quietly, globally, billions of bees are dying, threatening our crops and food. But in 48 hours the European Union could move to ban the most poisonous pesticides, and pave the way to a global ban that would save bees from extinction. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1359215865 Jan. 24, 2013 Before you start growing your own hemp plants, it is worthwhile to read up on the history of hemp growing in the US. At one time it was legal. Not only was it legal, the law required the growing of it. According to the book Healthy Oils, hemp is another word for the plant Cannabis sativa L. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1359129254 Jan. 23, 20 13 The critically endangered population of Pacific Northwest orcas has been reduced to only 84 whales. Now, they face a new threat from anti-environmental groups seeking to strip away their Endangered Species Act protections. Tell the National Marine Fisheries Service that this unique population deserves full protection under the law. These unique marine mammals have been decimated by the decline of salmon—their primary prey—and by toxic pollution and habitat degradation from shipping, sonar, and other human activities. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1359045845 Jan. 24, 2013 PUBLISHED: 21:01 EST, 22 January 2013 | UPDATED: 03:16 EST, 23 January 2013 A dolphin tangled in fishing line sought help from a diver in the waters of Hawaii. The amazing encounter on January 11 was captured on video and the diver, Keller Laros, spent the better part of eight minutes tending to the needy mammal who readily accepted the help. Mr Laros was leading a group of snorkelers for a manta ray dive experience off the Big Island's Kona International Airport when the dolphin squealed out. The diver explained, 'The way he came right up and pushed himself into me there was no question this dolphin was there for help. text/html 1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.fourwinds10.net http://www.fourwinds10.net/siterun_data/environment/plants_and_animals/news.php?q=1358531634 Jan. 17, 2013 Greetings! I hope 2013 is shaping up nicely for you and you have many wonderful adventures ahead of you. Here at Lifesavers Wild Horse Rescue, our new year is starting out with a bang!  Being one of our continued supporters, you know that we have put a halt on taking in any new rescue horses right now because we are inundated with previous rescued horses.  Until we can find homes and sanctuary for many of them, we just can't afford to take any more horses.  I have been very strong, and against my heart, I have had to say "I'm sorry but we cannot help that horse at this time".