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Photo courtesy of centerforfoodsafety.org

By Tanya (a Secular Jurist author; author of Illuminate By Tanya blog; an author of League Of Bloggers blog)

I just received an email from an organization called Center for Food Safety with some good news (and the usual donation request!):

A few weeks ago the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced that no more genetically engineered (GE) crops or bee-toxic pesticides (known as “neonics”) will be used in National Wildlife Refuges across the country, over 150 million acres of federal land.

The significance of this decision can’t be overstated: FWS is the first federal agency to restrict the use of GE crops and neonicotinoids in farming in the U.S.

This is a long overdue step towards preserving our native ecosystems and their plants, bees, birds, aquatic animals, and other wildlife from the harmful effects of GE crops and pesticide use. And they show that our…

In Kenya, about 20km off Nairobi, we visited an elephant orphanage, and a nursery for the wild elephants. Nairobi’s elephant orphanage is located in Nairobi National Park and can be reached over Magadi Road. Under the keepers care elephant babies are raised here, who have lost their parents due to poaching or other circumstances. We saw the elephant orphans playing while elephant keepers fed them and give us a speech about the animals. First time in my life, I had an opportunity to learns about, visually study the elephant babies and make so many close up shots.

Photo Copyright Jim Robertson

By Molly ShenPublished: Aug 4, 2014

WENATCHEE, Wash. — The newest victim from the Carlton Complex Fire is a black bear cub. Methow Valley homeowner Steve Love says his dog was barking and horse was prancing and snorting to sound an alarm. That’s when he first spotted the 6-month old cub hobbling up his driveway.

He could tell the cub was seriously injured but when he first approached, she made menacing sounds and he backed away. He was eventually able to toss her apricots from a tree and get her some water.

“Later in the evening, she was lying down making pitiful whimpering noises,” Love said. “I got about six feet away, sat down and talked to it in a soothing way, telling it things would be okay. It seemed to make it feel better. It stopped making the noises.”

The next day, a Fish…

Lake Naivasha, Kenya.

This video is called Elephant was held in chains, beaten and abused for 50 years, after release tears rolled down his face. It says about itself:

6 July 2014

These incredible visuals show the moment an elephant who was held in chains and beaten and abused for fifty years cried as he was released to freedom. Raju the elephant was left bleeding from spiked shackles and living on hand-outs from passing tourists after he was captured and tied up by his ‘owner’. But, after 50 years of torture, the animal cried tears of relief after he was rescued by a wildlife charity in a daring midnight operation

From daily The Independent in Britain:

Elephant ‘cries’ while being rescued after 50 years of abuse in India

Raju is now at a sanctuary free of chains for the first time

Lizzie Dearden

Monday 07 July 2014

An elephant that was kept in…