Humane Society International’s Post

Providing shelter for birds: How to support your local feathered friends

Providing shelter for birds: How to support your local feathered friends

How honey bees, bush yams, and foot-long snails are part of a drive to encourage rural West African communities to re-embrace the natural environment and combat food insecurity. 🐝 🍠 🐌 My Concern Worldwide colleagues in Liberia and Sierra Leone are supporting communities turning back to nature as a source of supplementary nutrition and income. https://lnkd.in/eieGTsk3

Most communities in #Alberta are already under a fire ban, restriction or advisory. With the high risk of #ABwildfires, it’s crucial families have a plan for their pets should they need to #evacuate, including an #EmergencyEvacuationKit. Whenever possible, Albertans should take animals with them. Take steps now to #BePrepared. More info: https://buff.ly/3vy2oH8 List of Alberta fire bans, restrictions & advisories: https://buff.ly/3w041xx

As we head into wildfire season, here's some great tips on how to be prepared to evacuate with your pets!

Animals in the wild, such as lions and elephants, inherently understand the power of community. Lions rely on their prides not only to hunt and secure food but, most importantly, to protect their vulnerable cubs from the countless unforgiving threats in the wilderness. Similarly, the larger an elephant's family, the better protection it offers its calves. Even the most ferocious lion prides of the Kalahari wouldn’t dare attack a calf guarded by a full herd of elephants or buffaloes. This communal approach to child upbringing is universal across the animal kingdom, humans included. Historically, human beings have always depended on the strength and support of their larger community to raise their offspring. Even when adversity struck and a child lost their parents, the community stepped in, proving that while a mother's love is unmatched, the collective love of a community is formidable. However, in recent times, humans have drifted from this innate communal instinct. We raise our children secluded behind perimeter walls, often introducing them to the bigger world mainly through digital screens and social media. One could argue this is due to safety concerns in our modern societies, which is largely true. To ensure holistic development of our children, we must reconnect with our innate sense of community. This includes building environments where our children can flourish, shielded by the collective strength of a united society. Like the lion in its pride and the elephant in its herd, we thrive best when surrounded by supportive friends. #MineLetters

I want to shout out to Clay Alexander Robison, who passed away at 59 on 7 Jan 1966. He served for many years as the Story County Conservation Board Secretary and was a National Director of the Izaak Walton League of America (national office). Prior to his passing, he donated land to form a wildlife refuge. We need more people like him in our world. Today, I enjoyed hiking on that land. I was inspired to learn that the county is applying innovative conservation efforts such as removing invasive plants like honeysuckle and multi-flora rose and using goats to graze the underbrush in order to restore the area to the native vegetation that likely existed prior to the settlement of the State. Opportunities to provide service and do lasting good for our communities exist all around us. What better way to instill character, values, and principles and build community than to organize and serve on a conservation project? Numerous publications document the decline of social consciousness and the erosion of the core values necessary for better business and effective (good) government. Articles describe increasing social awkwardness and the lack of fundamental leadership. A mechanism to reverse that trend is staring us in the face. Let's take advantage of it! #conservation #leadershipdevelopment #values #corevalues #betterbusiness #goodgovernance #givingback

Zimbabwe's Hwange National Park is facing an increasing elephant population, leading to concerns over habitat destruction and environmental risks. Over 100 elephants have died due to a drought caused by El Nino, with water sources in the park drying up. The park already has an overcrowded elephant population of over 45,000. Efforts to address the situation include the installation of solar-powered boreholes, but they are insufficient to meet the animals' water needs. As a result, elephants are forced to travel long distances, resulting in clashes with humans and a rise in human-wildlife conflicts. https://lnkd.in/dE2rjcZS

What does it need in terms of #intercultural #cooperation and #communication to save the #wild and our #wildlife? #wildlifecrime is one of the major problems in the #world with one of the biggest revenues for #international #crimesyndicates. Raising #international #awareness to refrain from #wildlifeproducts which are based on wildlife crimes, #poaching, #trafficking and #habitatloss to protect our #wildlifeanimals. Supporting #research which creates #understanding regarding #wildlifecrime, #forensics #fingerprint #measures #analysis and #evaluation to #stopthecrime. Strategies for micro-, meso- and -macro-levels to #combat #wildlifecrime in #SouthAfrica can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gBHPKrXf #TigerDay! University of Johannesburg, School of Management at UJ (SoM@UJ), #experimentalresearch #womenresearchers #worldwildlife #combatthecrime #animalcare #animalwelfare #animalprotection #standup4animals #lions #elephants #rhinos #UNESCO Wildlife Conservation Society WWF #wecare

🐯 International Tiger Day & Some Interesting Facts 🐅 • Every year on July 29, the Whole world celebrates "International Tiger Day or Global Tiger Day". This unique day is dedicated to raising awareness for the conservation of Tigers. 🌏 • As per the standard resources, 100 years ago it was very easy to see the tiger in its natural habitat, because at that time around 1,00,000 of them roamed all over Asia, including several sub-species that are now extinct (3 out of 9). Today the number of tigers in the wild is only about 5,000, 📉 And it is sad reality that we humans are majorly responsible for this loss. Our Human activities like, Hunting and Habitat destruction was major factor that resulted into this tremendous decline in tiger's population. 🏹 • It's a very interesting fact that approximately 13,000 tigers are currently alive on earth, but only around 5,000 out of them are in the wild. 🏞 • Apart from that, the tiger has a very unique place among all other wild animals. Especially in India, It has its own cultural and religious importance and is also, considered as a National Animal. 🇮🇳 • It's kind of surprising to know that approximately 70% of Tigers on the whole earth are currently in India.🐾 Today, there are 54 tiger reserves across the India, spanning 75,000 sq km. The current population of tigers in the country stands at 3,167 as opposed to 1,411 in 2006, 1,706 in 2010 and 2,226 in 2014. It's around "6.74% increase" since 2018 which is really very positive point.📈 ✨ ■ I think most of us are already aware of the celebration of International Tiger Day, but do you know the actual necessity of saving the Tigers and why it's really very important to save this species? Here, I have listed out few points stating the importance of tiger conservation; 1) Tigers and forests are deeply rooted together. They live, breed, and hunt in groves, and as apex predators, these majestic species are a sign of a healthy ecosystem. So, Saving tiger = Saving forests = Healthy Ecosystem.🌲🌳 2) As a top predator, tiger keeps the population of herbivores animals under control and limits the overexploitation of grasslands. 🐇🦒🦧🐘 3) Apart from it's ecological importance in nature, the tiger has its own Cultural, religious, and economic values for humans. Also, They are our National animal and most majestic in the whole animal kingdom. 👑 4) Last but not least, any ecosystem is the result of hundreds or thousands of years of evolution process. Microbes to mammals, each & every species has its unique vital role & interdependency for living. Therefore, Disturbance or destruction of any single species can affect the whole ecosystem, So not only Tiger but conservation of Whole nature & all animals is the must for our better future. 💚 🐅🦌🦓🦬🦏🐘🦣🦒🐿🦜🦚🐞🐝🪳🌲🌴🌳 #worldtigerday #conservation #savetiger #saveearth #savenature #oneearthonelife