Through Our Eyes

A good friend of ours passed along some information regarding fur trapping in NH. There is currently a bill in the NH House (HB 1514) that if passed will, hopefully, eliminate the use of the leg-hold trap by removing any financial incentive to trap wildlife as a source of income. DJ and I urge NH residents who believe, as we do, that our local wildlife is no less important than any other species to sign this petition showing your support.

The leg-trap should be banned outright because it results in intentionally inflicted and totally unneccesary animal pain and suffering. It is our opinion that all wildlife deserves to live free as nature intended and especially deserves to live free from cruelty. Living in harmony with wildlife is the true hallmark of any civilized society.

One hour without power.  How easy is that?

At 8:30PM EST, we turned off the main circuit breaker in our home to participate in Earth Hour.  The idea is simplicity in itself, but it can have a big impact when millions and possibly even billions of people and businesses around the world participate.

Earth Hour began in one city, in one country in 2007, when more than 2.2 million households and businesses in Sydney turned off their lights for one hour on Saturday 31, Saturday 2007.

In 2008, Earth Hour reached 370 cities and towns in more than 35 countries across 18 time zones, which prompted an estimated 50 to 100 million people around the world to switch off their lights for Earth Hour 2008 when global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco, Rome’s Coliseum, the Coke billboard in Times Square New York and Jumeirah Hotel in Dubai, darkened for one hour.

The campaign has now become a global sustainability movement.

We’re going to have our own ‘hour without power’ on a monthly basis from now on.  It's a small act, but we believe all great things are accomplished by the cumulative effect of many small actions.

Help end the use of chimpanzees in invasive experiments and ensure their retirement to Chimpanzee Sanctuaries around the country. There are currently 1,200 chimpanzees locked up in nine laboratories across the US. Please make a brief, polite phone call to your US Representative to co-sponsor the Great Ape Protection Act (H.R. 5852). Chimps Deserve Better!

Despite the 1971 passing of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act to stop mass slaughter of these animals, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has changed leadership and direction and began rounding up wild horses for slaughter. And because of the costs of caring and feeding the wild horses in holding pens, with not enough horses being adopted, they want to slaughter thousands of healthy horses. Take Action and write to your congress representatives and senators.

Take Action to protect all wildlife by signing the Endangered Species Act Legacy Pledge. Despite the many species that the Endangered Species Act (ESA) has saved from extinction, including bald eagles, Yellowstone grizzly bears, gray wolves, and whooping cranes, the ESA is under constant attack from Congress and the White House over the past few years.

National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and other conservation groups are working to change this by collecting signatures for the “Endangered Species Act Legacy Pledge”.

Take Action to protect the Polar Bears of the Chukchi Sea. Despite the fact that polar bears have been listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has given oil companies the ok on moving forward with oil and gas exploration and development in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea.  You can Take Action on this issue now!

Things you can do to make a difference and help support the efforts of organizations dedicated to wildlife conservation and habitat preservation around the globe.