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My Trip to the Local Environmental Awareness Foundation (L.E.A.F.)By Kabir
LEAF (Local Environmental Awareness Foundation) (http://www.mondulkirisanctuary.org) is focused on educating Cambodian people and foreign visitors about animal welfare and conservation. Logging is also an important issue to LEAF. LEAF is a very newly formed organization. It is quite surprising to see how much a tiny organization can do. READ MORE 
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Think About These Things When You Want to Visit Wild Animals
by Lierra Coburn 
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What Is Foie Gras? by Sara Chamberlin Several times a day, the birds are force-fed corn mash through a metal tube so that they gain weight to make their liver ten times its natural size. This would be the same as a 150 pound human being force fed 30 one pound boxes of pasta. The force-feeding starts at the age of 12 weeks and lasts until two to three weeks until the animal is slaughtered. The tube causes injuries to the esophagus of the bird, and causes vomiting and extreme discomfort. READ FULL ARTICLE |
Why I won't be going to Sea World .... by Kailyn
Painting by Nathaly Lauren
Sarah J. Explains Why Minnesota Is Her Favorite Place
by Sara Jane
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by 10 year old Sarah
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Learn about raptors from 9-yr old Kailyn
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by Sara Jane, 16-yrs old
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Thoughts by Helen"But sometimes, and these are very short times when I hang in between dreams and wakefulness, I must clench my eyes and stretch my toes, and I want. I want to be better, the best, and I want to succeed, and I want to love and be loved in return. But I also want to help people, even though I'm a small heart in a big world and everyone around me seems to be shielded in ice. And I wonder if I can’t have all these things, just because the world is not able to bend itself that way. " MORE
Artist Helen Hu
Meet High Schooler, Zach Affolter, Writer/Activist/Filmmaker
Click to read Zach's moving story about Lolita.
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Connecting With Elephants - Part 2"Gao told us the first thing we had to do when approaching our elephant was give them food. He said if you give them food, they will be your friend your whole life. He asked my mom to demonstrate on her elephant, which was a huge, pregnant female named Mae Khwan. He taught us commands in the Karen language to give to the elephant when feeding. “Boun,” means “open your mouth.” You have to say this very sternly and say the elephants name afterward. “Dee dee,” means “good job,” and you pat them .."
Kabir with baby elelphant in Thailand.
WHAT MY ANIMALS MEAN TO ME
"I have yet to find a better feeling than making an animal feel good. And there's something deeply fulfilling about knowing that, even in a complicated and often unkind world, you've managed to create a pocket of perfect security and bliss for at least one small creature." MORE
Click to read Izzy's blog
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What's it like to foster kittens and cats? 1 1-yr old Anna tells you all about it.
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France declares animals as
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Dehorning Rhinos. Does it work?
by Sara Chamberlin
by Sara Chamberlin
A cat house for house cats like you've never seen before!
All told, Cohen says he spent about $30,000 to $40,000 since
1995 to build the catwalks. “Way more expensive than a sane
person would build, but I didn’t care,” he says. “I love my cats,
my house and art, so I designed it to be beautiful to me.”
All told, Cohen says he spent about $30,000 to $40,000 since
1995 to build the catwalks. “Way more expensive than a sane
person would build, but I didn’t care,” he says. “I love my cats,
my house and art, so I designed it to be beautiful to me.”
