beautiful cats

Cats are always been man’s  best friend, after dogs. There are so many different breeds of beautiful cats, it’s just depend what kind of cats you like. I personally prefer cats with longer hair, but, this is just mu opinion. It’s very important when you are choosing the cat, to choose which breed fits to you, as a owner. So, be careful. Some cats may not fits to you. Here is some our choice, and i hope that you will find this useful. But, i think that love that we give our pets is the most important. Love your pets! Enjoy in most beautiful cat breeds

Dolphins in Danger

• It is a dangerous time to be a dolphin! Every year thousands and thousands of dolphins are trapped in huge driftnets. They get caught up in the very strong, almost invisible nets. Then they drown. Dolphins are also killed when they are hauled in in nets set around schools of tuna.
  

• In some parts of the world dolphins are deliberately killed by fishermen because they eat the fish they want to catch. Luckily, in other places fishermen see dolphins as friends. There are even reports of dolphins and fishermen working together to catch fish!
  

• In the Faroe Islands each year hundreds of Pilot Whales (a type of dolphin) are driven into very shallow water and killed horribly. Some of them are chopped up to be eaten and the rest are left to rot. Even pregnant females are killed. There is a big campaign to try to stop this dreadful slaughter happening. Some people are refusing to buy anything, especially fish, from the Faroe Islands until the killing is stopped.
  

• Many scientists believe that pollution in the sea is harming dolphins. The sea is polluted in many different ways. Untreated sewage and poisonous chemicals as well as oil spills and dumped rubbish are all dangers to dolphins. When a dolphin eats a fish that is polluted the poisons may stay in the dolphin`s body. Sometimes the poisons may pass from a mother`s body to her calf. The calf may then die.
  

• Some dolphins are captured to be used in dolphin shows or scientific studies. They are stolen from their families. Often dolphins die when they are captured or soon after. The ones that live spend the rest of their lives as prisoners, often in very small pools. Many people enjoy dolphin shows but how many stop to think about how the dolphin is suffering?
  

Why are dolphins sometimes stranded on beaches?

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  Every year dolphins die when they get stuck on beaches. No one knows exactly why it happens. There may be many reasons. The dolphins might be old or ill. Some dolphins found on beaches died at sea and have been washed up by a high tide. The big puzzle is why dolphins which seem healthy become stranded. One idea is that they sometimes make mistakes trying to find their way using the Earth`s magnetic lines of force.
  

Dolphin (Coryphaena Hippurus) Mahi Mahi , Dorado

The Dolphin, also known as  is one of the most exciting offshore  to catch and see in the open ocean. This beautifully colored fish can be found in all tropical and warm temperate seas of the world. When hooked these fish "light up" with almost neon colors and put up an exciting, high jumping, tail walking fight.

Dolphin are prolific breeders, rapid growing and short lived which make them an excellent choice as a  because they can sustain recreational catch efforts without fear of overfishing.

A dolphin can grow to a weight of about 80 pounds and live only about five years. The dolphin’s coloring can range from a dark blue along its back and changes laterally through a green – gold – yellow color spectrum as look from their back to their belly. Mature males or bulls are easily distinguished by their high flat forehead and are usually larger than the females or cows. Smaller fish travel in schools  which can range from a few fish to several dozen. Larger bulls and cows travel alone or in pairs.

These fish are commonly found near floating objects and  weed lines and patches. They feed on the sea life which seek shelter near and in the floating structures, such as flying fish, squid and sea horses. Dolphin like warm water, generally greater than 68^oF,  78^o – 85^oF is preferred.

AROUND THE WORLD 2: Elephants in Danger

In 1989, the UN created a plan to help save elephants from becoming extinct. The plan made it illegal to trade ivory from elephant tusks. At the peak of trading, more than 70,000 elephants were being killed every year for their tusks. But after the plan was created, no one could kill elephants or sell their tusks.

But now, elephants might be in danger once again. Starting in May 2004, it will be legal to sell ivory. There will be strict controls to monitor where the ivory comes from, but environmental groups worry that increased demand for ivory could mean more elephants will be killed. The current African elephant population is thought to be about 450,000.

The governments of several African countries want to begin the legal ivory trade again to help their countries' economies. Ivory is very valuable in trade. But the new ivory trade could be very dangerous for elephants. Their tusks are made of ivory. Hunters sometimes kill elephants just to take their tusks. The wildlife groups will have to work extra hard to make sure elephants don't become extinct.

The Dangerous Life of Elephants in the Zoo by Michael Schmidt

Jumbo Ghosts is about both the ancient and mysterious bond we have with elephants, and why/how we've broken that bond in our modern zoos. Jumbo Ghosts is divided into three sections. Each chapter begins with bad news for elephants--followed by some good news. In the chapters in the first section, we look at the origins of our ancient and remarkable human-elephant bond--and at the origin of the dangers we've created for the elephants living in zoos. In the second section, we take a detailed look at what makes life so dangerous for elephants living in modern zoos--and for the people who work with them. In the final section, we look at new ideas for 21st Century zoos that will eliminate all of the dangers for elephants living in them, and that will mend our broken bond with these old, gigantic friends of ours. About the Author Michael  interest in wild animals was kindled by a family membership in the local Zoological Society. During many visits spent observing animals in the zoo as a child, he formed a bond with wild animals that motivated him to choose a career as a zoo veterinarian. Upon graduation from veterinary school in 1973, Dr. Schmidt became the veterinarian for the zoo in Portland, Oregon--a zoo world-famous for breeding elephants. To meet the challenges presented by this unique breeding herd of zoo elephants, Dr. Schmidt spent 25 years as a zoo vet specializing in the care and breeding of elephants in zoos, later expanding his efforts to include timber elephants in Asia. Dr. previously published writing about elephants includes numerous scientific papers as well as several magazine articles and book chapters, and  with Roland Smith of the children's book entitled, In the Forest with the Elephants.

The Danger of Elephant Hunting

They have giant ears that extend like barn doors when they want to exhibit a temper or merely announce their magnificent presence. No wild creature on earth is as fascinating or as intelligent--or as dangerous.
Wherever I go, someone always asks me to name my favorite type of hunting. It's a fair question, and it
deserves an honest answer. But usually I'm forthcoming with only a politely noncommittal "Whatever I happen to be hunting at the time" and let it go at that. The reason I'm evasive is because even a hint of my true hunting passion invariably provokes shocked outrage or a cascade of questions. You see, my true hunting love is elephants. African elephants.


People who don't know anything about elephants can't understand why I'd want to hunt them. The only elephants they've ever seen are the cuddly pachyderms that munch peanuts and trot around circus rings with pretty girls astride their necks. Those are Asian, or Indian, elephants. They can be recognized by their small size, stubby ivory and stunted ears dangling from their heads like limp rags. African
elephants are another beast entirely. Half again or even twice as big as the Indian variety, they weigh up to five tons or more, and may stand over 10 feet at the shoulder. They have giant ears that extend like barn doors when they want to exhibit a temper or merely announce their magnificent presence. No wild creature on earth is as fascinating or as intelligent--or as dangerous.


For many, elephant hunting becomes a consuming passion. Legendary ivory hunters such as  and Bell lived that passion. Like a compulsive gambler who is good-or lucky-enough to make a living in the casino, these hunters didn't care about winning; their passion was doing it. If this were the age when herds of elephants freely roamed the African continent, I would chuck it all and go there forever. Hunting elephants is in my blood and they are in my dreams.

China's threatened elephants turn into killers

There are fewer than 300 wild elephants left in China, so when Jeremy McGill, an American tourist, stumbled across a group of adults earlier this year in a nature reserve in Yunnan province, near the border with Laos, he whipped out his camera and started taking pictures. It almost cost him his life.

"I was alone when I came across the four elephants," he said. "One scooped me up into his mouth and bit me. My body was folded in half, my head between my knees, and then the elephant spat me out and stomped on me. Suddenly they stopped and walked away. I was found about an hour later, just lying there with my intestines hanging out of my body."

A few weeks later, a Chinese migrant worker returning to his home village was stamped to death by an elephant. In Wild Elephant Valley, the same reserve where Mr McGill was attacked, a woman selling food was killed in June. Elephants will get aggressive if they feel threatened, but so many attacks in the space of six months is unusual, according to Grace Gabriel, Asia regional director of the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), who has worked on elephant conservation projects in Ch

Mating

The mating season is short and females are only able to conceive for a few days each year. She will detach herself from the herd. The scent of the female (cow) elephant in heat (or estrus) attracts the male and she also uses audible signals to attract the male. As the female can usually outrun the male, she does not have to mate with every male that approaches her.
The male initiates the courtship and the female ignores him for several minutes. He then stops and starts again. Elephants display a range of affectionate interactions, such as nuzzling, trunk intertwining, and placing their trunks in each other's mouths (image 2).
In a rarely observed display of his affection, he may drape his trunk outside of his tusks during the ritual (image 1). The interactions may last for 20–30 minutes and do not necessarily result in the male mounting the female, though he may demonstrate arousal during the ritual.
The female elephant is not passive in the ritual and uses the same techniques as the male.

African as well as Asiatic males will engage in same-sex bonding and mounting. The encounters are analogous to heterosexual bouts, one male often extending his trunk along the other's back and pushing forward with his tusks to signify his intention to mount. Unlike heterosexual relations, which are always of a fleeting nature, those between males result in a "companionship", consisting of an older individual and one or two younger, attendant males. Same-sex relations are common and frequent in both sexes, with Asiatic elephants in captivity devoting roughly 46% of sexual encounters to same-sex activity.
Rogue elephant is a term for a lone, violently aggressive wild elephant. It is a  of the  term hora aliya. Its introduction to has been attributed by th to Sir  but this usage may have been predated by William Sirr.

King Brown or Mulga snake Pseudechis australis

The small scaled snake (sometimes called the inland  or fierce snake) has the most potent venom in the world, but is restricted to relatively uninhabited areas of south-western Queensland, so, fortunately, not many people get bitten. Use More info

Australian Snake Bites

In Australia there are about 3,000 snake bites per year, of which 200 to 500 receive antivenom; on average one or two will prove fatal. About half the deaths are due to bites from the brown snake; the rest mostly from tiger snake, taipan and death adder. Some deaths are sudden, however in fact it is uncommon to die within four hours of a snake bite.
Struan Sutherland's 'Death from snake bite in Australia, 1981-1991' (The Medical Journal of Australia, December 1991, Volume 7, pages 740-46) contains some graphic descriptions of the 18 known fatal snake bites in that ten year period.
In 1906, the untreated death rates were as high as 40% to 50% for death adder and tiger snake bites! Improved supportive treatment and the availability of effective antivenoms has reduced this considerably.

How Can I tell If A Snake Is Venomous?

You usually can't. The only way to tell if a snake is venomous is to identify the snake. There are no general rules, and names are as misleading as snake photographs.
Any Brown Snake, Western Brown or King Brown can be olive, greenish, gray, copper or golden coloured. Many a harmless python has been killed for being brownish in colour. Other harmless Australian snakes died for being mottled or stripy. Not every striped snake is a Tiger Snake!
Juveniles can look very different from adult snakes. Size is no indicator at all. They're all small when they hatch.
Don't think small Australian snakes are harmless! A grown snake can control its venom and will often inflict a warning bite without injecting venom. This is not always true of a juvenile snake.
I call pythons harmless as they aren't venomous, but they still bite when annoyed. These bites can cause nasty infections and give you more trouble than a bite from a venomous snake.
Visit wildlife parks. Take a good look at the snakes you see - if you can do so safely - and look at the number, size and the shape of the scales, particularly on the head. Compare it with your book. Ask someone who knows.
The more snakes you see the easier it gets to spot the differences and characteristics. That's how I learned about Australian snakes

Tiger snake.

The last person was an experienced snake handler, and was bitten by his own Tiger snake. People who handle snakes a lot tend to become careless. In fact, many snake bites happen when people handle or try to kill snakes.
The Tiger snake, too, is very dangerous. The snake handler went to hospital, was treated with antivenin, and was fine.
So where does the common sense come into it? Well, in the first two scenarios it was not involved at all!

• Don't touch any snakes in Australia unless you know what you are dealing with and what you are doing.
• Look where you put your feet and your hands. Don't stumble around barefoot in long grass, don't reach into dark corners where a snake might be hiding, or anywhere you can't see.
• It's a good idea to wear solid shoes when bushwalking.
• If you need to walk outside at night use a torch.
• Snakes don't like or seek human company. If given a chance a snake will flee. Just give it a chance to flee.The photo shows me years ago on my very first encounter with an Australian snake. As you can see, I didn't heed my own advice. The snake by the way is a Black-headed Python. On a different occasion I trod on a King Brown , bare foot, in the dark. It didn't bite me, just took off. Now that is very lucky. Don't count on being lucky

Australian Snakes

Australian snakes seem to be the scariest of all.
Everybody fears snakes in Australia, not only travellers, but most locals too.
But there is no need to be scared. Lack of information, wrong information, hype and sensationalism have given our Australian snakes an image that they really don't deserveI want to dispel some of the myths about our Australian venomous snakes.
I don't expect to turn you into a snake lover like me, but I sure hope you will at least be able to travel through the  and enjoy it, without needlessly worrying about poisonous Australian snakes.

Beth Joy and Bella Starlet

Beth Joy graduated with honors from Columbia College in Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in Music, and Dance. She currently works as Bella Starlet’s “Stage Mom/Manager.” She has devoted her life to promoting her dog’s professional career (she has a tattoo of Bella Starlet on her leg). In addition, she is a freelance writer, animal publicist and animal event planner. Beth Joy is a former Elaine (character from “Seinfeld”) impersonator.

Beth Joy describes herself as eclectic, witty and charismatically creative. She and Bella Starlet enjoy bike riding, swimming and running on the cranberry

Ron and Tillman

Ron is a self-proclaimed beach bum who currently works as a construction manager when the waves are bad. Although he never earned a degree, Ron attended some college courses in Santa Barbara, San Diego and Santa Cruz. He also attended Paramedic School in Melbourne, Florida.

Ron’s life revolves around his family and the ocean. Although Ron purchased Tillman for his wife as a Mother’s Day gift, Tillman has never left Ron’s side. Ron thinks of himself and Tillman as fraternity brothers who are inseparable to the point where Ron’s

Laura and Preston

After losing her mother to breast cancer at 6 years old, Laura was raised by her father, whom she adores. At the young age of 17, Laura turned down an Ivy League scholarship to focus on her passion. She took her life savings and moved from New Jersey to  to pursue a career in acting and producing.

Laura has worked on and off screen in a number of independent films, television shows, music videos and commercials. The last film she appeared in was “Alpha Dog.

America black bear

Elizabeth Rose is an American black bear that came to the sanctuary in 2007 at the age of only four months. She had been purchased by a man in Ohio from a breeder to be a pet for his son. She was living in his bathroom! At that time, there were no laws in Ohio to prevent the man from keeping her in such an inappropriate setting. Due to an improper diet, bacterial infections and an overwhelming variety of parasites, she was critically ill and her health was failing. Soon man decided that keeping a baby bear in his bathroom wasn’t such a great idea and chose to sell her on the internet!
Lucky for her, a group of caring people saw the ad and decided to rescue the baby bear. They contacted Peace River Refuge & Ranch and asked us to provide her with lifetime care.
Since a baby bear born in captivity can’t be released into the wild, we agreed to take her. The veterinary care required to take a sick little bear and bring her back to proper health doesn’t come easily

White tiger Blizzard

Blizzard is a white Bengal tiger.  In December 1998, Blizzard came to Peace River Refuge & Ranch at the age of three months.  He had been severely beaten by his former owner, and was absolutely terrified of people – especially men.

It took many long months of loving care to encourage Blizzard to accept our
attention.  Eventually, he began to trust humans and has come a very long way toward  recovering from the emotional damage that was done then he was so small.  He has his moments when he is still mistrustful of men, but he is a very happy tiger.
Blizzard now has other tigers as playmates– life is good.  He is not expected to perform for crowds, he is not asked to do anything except to relax and be a tiger.
Now he can live his life without concern – he can live out the rest of his life in peace at the sanctuary.

Animals In Danger

Perhaps the most famous rare  is the panda. Twenty years ago it was nearly extinct. Now, its numbers are growing again. It's even become a symbol for wildlife conservation. But many other species have been less lucky than the panda. Sonic are already extinct. Today, many more are in serious danger. This is because man hunts them destroys and pollutes their habitat.