Animals with the Right Stuff
It’s hard to match the public relations skills of warm blooded animals, but don’t underestimate the ability of egg laying creatures to capture the human imagination. Human’s being the soft hearted types, we’ll even fall in love with cold blooded beasts. You may have seen some of these critters at the mall.
Parrots
The Rare Species Conservatory Foundation and the Dominican government have partnered to research Dominica’s Sisserou and Jaco parrots, and to conserve the Sisserou, Dominica’s national bird, rarest of all Amazon parrots, and flagship species for the eastern Caribbean’s largest, intact oceanic rain forest ecosystem.
Blue Iguanas
The Blue Iguana Recovery Program is a partnership of local and international conservation groups, who share a commitment to ensure the survival of the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana. In addition to these long-term partners, the Program is extremely fortunate in receiving financial and volunteer support from local and international corporations, along with service clubs, local government agencies, and many private individuals.
Turtles
It is the mission of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation to ensure the survival of sea turtles within the Wider Caribbean basin and Atlantic through research, education, training, advocacy and the protection of the natural habitats upon which they depend.
Turtles are also protected on the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos Conservancy, formerly known as the Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc., advocates for the lasting protection of the Galapagos Islands through programs of constituency building, education, and fund raising in North America.
Peregrine Falcons
The Peregrine Fund works nationally and internationally, to conserve birds of prey in nature. They conserve nature by restoring species in jeopardy, conserving habitat, educating students, training conservationists, providing factual information to the public, and by accomplishing good science. They succeed through cooperation and hard-work, using common sense, being hands-on and non-political, and by emphasizing solutions.
Parrots, Rare Species Conservatory Foundation, Blue Iguanas, Blue Iguana Recovery Program, Turtles, Caribbean Conservation Corporation, Galapagos Islands, Charles Darwin Foundation, Peregrine Falcons, The Peregrine Fund
November 27th, 2007 at 12:04 am
You’ve become the online Jeff Corwin these last few days! The wild kingdom is a passion of mine, you’ve given me much to check out. Lovin’ it.
November 12th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
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December 14th, 2008 at 7:37 am
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