Category: Help a species

1. Oh rats! Dealing with rats humanely

   Posted on 9:00pm Thursday 18th Feb 2021

   Have you ever stopped to think about the impact rat poison has on rats?

   Two inspiring women, one in her teens, have put a website together called Rat Poison Facts to help people understand the impact.
   
   

   

   They want to bring an end to animal mistreatment and the poisoning of the ecosystem by stopping the use of rat poison.

   So the goal of Rat Poison Facts is to raise awareness:

   • How some rodent control methods are inefficient
   • How some rodent control methods could be dangerous for children, pets and other wildlife
   • How some rodent control can harm our ecosystems
   • How cruel and inhumane some methods to get rid of rats can be
   • Humane alternatives to dealing with rats

   When a rat takes in rat poison, there are all sorts of possible implications for the rat, such as internal bleeding, dehydration and dramatically bloated stomachs from overfeeding substances containing gas).  Death can be very slow and painful.

   Rat poison can be dangerous to people as well – young children end up in hospital every year because of it.  Pets may eat it by mistake.
   
   

   

   
   The site has very helpful education resources, with useful links, including how you can get rid of rats in a humane way, with humane ways to keep your house rat-free that work.

   You can find more information  on RatPoisonFacts website.

    

2. BatPoison.com helps stop bat poisoning through education

   Posted on 4:00pm Wednesday 13th Jan 2021

   Do you love bats and want to know how to help them? Have you found a bat in your home? One of the problems facing bats is that many people who find them in their homes try to kill them with poison.   This is wrong – there are alternatives to dealing with bats. Batpoison.com was set up because research showed that 400 to a thousand people in the US search for the term “bat poison” every month;   even more looked for “how to kill bats”.    Batpoison.com is designed to help people discover why bat poison is bad, and to give you alternatives to removing bats from homes.   It’s also got information on how bats benefit us. Visit Batpoison.com to find out more.

    

    

3. Kura's Pride helps people, wildlife and domestic dogs all at once in Kenya

   Posted on 8:00pm Friday 7th Aug 2020

   World Lions’ Day is ROARING towards us (it’s on 10th August 2020) and in doing some research for this website to put up something about it, I have as always found myself getting very immersed in some of the fantastic work that charities are doing. One of the amazing programmes I found out about today was about a very special dog called Kura and Kura’s Pride.  Kura lives with the team working with the charity Ewaso Lions, who promote wildlife-human co-existence.  They believe "the long-term survival of lions and other carnivores depends on finding ways people can coexist with them". Kura  turned up in the charity’s camp on the day of the Kenyan National Elections back in 2013.  He was lost and lame and looking for somewhere safe to stay.  And 7 years on, he is still with the camp!   And now Kura is heading the Kura Pride initiative, which is working to improve domestic dog welfare in Northern Kenya.   During the period October 2019 and June 2020, Kura’s Pride and partners managed to vaccinate over 2,600 animals against rabies and distemper.  These two disease harm people and wildlife so it’s a wonderful thing to get the jabs done.  This video tells you more about it.  I was struck by how happy everyone looks, dogs and people. Kura is the Director of  Emotional Stability for the charity Ewaso Lions.  As such, he warns everyone of poisonous snakes and leopards nearby, and of course he loudly announces any visitor to camp. Find out more about Kura's Pride Find out more about Ewaso Lions

    

4. Petition to help the koalas of Queensland, Australia

   Posted on 8:00pm Sunday 24th May 2020

   Koalas Will Go Extinct If We Don't Stop Rampant Deforestation - Please sign this petition to help them  This petition is to the Government of Queensland, and Care2.com's The Petition Site is running it. The koala could go extinct within our lifetime, according to researchers.   This is mainly because state governments have been much too lenient when it comes to clear-cutting in the koala's last remaining habitats. For instance, between 2012 and 2016, five thousand koalas died becuase of habitat lost, and 94% of them died because of rural deforetation.   Koalas in Queensland are losing ground to huge stores and skyscapers thanks to the threat of new developments.   Unfortunately, the previous premier rolled back tree-clearing laws.  The new premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk is thinking about introducing new measures which would put an end to endless destruction of the koalas habitat. This petition is about speaking up for koalas, being their voice, and asking the Palaszcuk government to pass new tree-clearing restrictions today.  The koalas can't speak up for themeslves - they have no voice.  We need to be their voice instead. Please sign here to help koalas.

    

5. Please see this video from Gravitas - how nature is reclaiming its spaces due to the Coronavirus

   Posted on 2:00pm Friday 10th Apr 2020

   Sometimes you see something on the internet or on television that really hits you hard and makes a point extremely well. I saw this video, this afternoon, and I wanted to share it with you.  Please share it with everyone you can. The ultimate message is that we SHARE this planet.  It demonstrates how dominant the human race has become - and how selfish.   I am not going to tell you anymore about it - please just watch it for yourself.   Here it is: Thank you, Gravitas. Please vow to make a difference today.  Find out how to reduce your impact on the earth's resources here.