Hi everyone. Please sign this petition. There is a beach in
California called Casa Beach. The local harbor seals use this beach to have pups and as a haul out to rest. A group of rich locals are trying to dredge off this beach to scare the seals away and reclaim it for their human selfishness. There are miles and miles of beach and this section is small. The seals need us. Please forward this and sign. Thanks. Ty
 
 http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/549405801

From the defenders team I'd like to share the following:

When the Alaska Board of Game begins meeting next week, they’ll consider a proposal to extend the aerial gunning of wolves into May -- prime denning season for Alaska’s wolves.

Help us stop this senseless aerial slaughter! Please make a tax-deductible donation now to help support our Campaign to Save Alaska Wolves.

Extending the aerial gunning season is just one of the proposals the Board will consider over a ten-day period.

Also on the slate are measures that will collectively eliminate 80% of the wolves in a 50,000 square mile area; to make permanent “emergency” measures the Board took to get around a court ruling that temporarily halted aerial gunning in January; and to allow hunters to chase down wolves on snow machines.

We’re not taking any of this lying down. Next week, our legal expert will be on hand at the Board of Game meeting to argue for sensible, science-based, and humane management of Alaska’s wolves.

Defenders of Wildlife will be at the meeting to speak up for Alaska’s wolves. Will you stand with us by making a secure online donation to help support this campaign?

Aerial gunners have wasted no time getting back to gunning down wolves. In the five weeks since the Board of Game reinstated aerial gunning, more than 50 wolves have been slaughtered -- more than twice as many as had been killed this year prior to a state judge’s ruling that temporarily halted aerial gunning!

Make a tax-deductible donation now to help support our Campaign to Save Alaska’s Wolves. If you’d prefer to donate over the phone, just call us toll free at 1-800-385-9712.

We’re fighting to protect Alaska’s wolves. I sincerely hope you’ll help.

Yours truly,

Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife

Thanks for all you can do!
Hugs,
Karin

 waiting waiting waiting

 Misty is there in the quarantine area waiting for the truck

 Empty drive way still

 The truck just past - u can see the top of it above the trees on the right.

 HERE THEY COME!

 

Back 'er up - precious cargo inside!


Misty looks on - she knows those girls!

Easy now.....
 
Try again..

 

Third Time's a Charm

Put the kick stand down...

 

Unlocking the door------make sure the digital camera is working...

 The suspense is killing us...
 

 

The door is open!!!!..... And emerging is a trunk, if you look close

 

Reaching out to Carol as she takes pics...Checkin out new digs

 
The gate is open! And here she comes! First steps to FREEDOM!!

 

Down the ramp! Cheking the new barn that the other girls had lived in for so long!

 
Come on, Girlfriend! You gotta check this out!

 

9 (or is it 12) stalls, all open doors - like a big maze!

 

Toys, Treats all on the floor

 

A Grand view - then toggle back to the hand held cam..

 

Fun toys everywhere... now how does this runner tire jobby work?

 
Its fun to be FREE!

 

 

Big Beauties

 

Toys... with TREATS inside.. yummy

 

 

Look close, the tire is hanging on her back and she is reaching back to it

 
this thing is just too friggin cool~ IT slides along the stall!! yee haw

 

Too cool! She stops and watches it for a prolonged moment

 
Comforting Touches

 
Toggle to regular fixed barn cam...... hay back pack

 
Eating lots of snacks .....................Look at all the Press People~!

 
The Press Hall!!!!...................... Carol is getting us a drink! So THIRSTY!!!

 

 

(I have a lot more of the drinking scene, but I didnt get them uploaded before I maxed out my pics for the month )

 

 

Lets go OUTSIDE! Its a Beautiful Day! 5:35 PM

 
The smell of other elephants, probably... check out the trees, the fence foundation....

 
Lets go have an adventure! This place is HUGE!

 
Me... and my .... Shadow..!

 

Lets follow Scott.. he is Nice and has TREATS !

 
WOW! Look at the POND!!! I cant wait to take a dip in there!

 

Long Pause at the Pond

 

Ok, Scott really wants to show us around...

 
Im diggin this tree...

 
I like it A LOT!

 
Hey! Is that Misty over there?   --- Its so big.. press people following..

 
Big, Beautiful Sillhouettes... Press people follow

 

 
We have waited our whole lives for this..... DAMMIT MAN - Doncha hate when that happens!

Queenie and Liz — Thursday, February 2, at approximately 12:00 noon, CST - Hawthorn Arrival PARTY - 2- QUEENIE & LIZ

Debbie and Ronnie — Tuesday, February 7, at approximately 12:00 noon, CST    

Billie and Frieda — Thursday, February 9, at approximately 12:00 noon, CST - Final Arrival Party - Billie & Freida


Come join us on

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For these parties! Relive our party today here:
*look* Hawthorn Arrival PARTY - 1- LOTTIE and MINNIE




Watch this video about the Hawthorn elephants from HSUS


Live EleCam!!
Tons more photos from the EleCam here:
Ele-Cam screen captures from a viewer's website
Including the homecoming of Lota and Misty.



Check back on this share - I will add more info soon! ;)

*elehug*

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan 31 (Reuters) - Two elephants explored their new
sanctuary free of chains on Tuesday, the first of four pairs to arrive
as part of the most ambitious relocation effort ever mounted for abused
pachyderms, organizers said.
Minnie and Lottie were the first of eight female Asian and African
elephants to make the 12-hour trip from northern Illinois inside a
custom-built truck trailer to their rural refuge, the Elephant
Sanctuary 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Nashville. The elephants
came to the sanctuary from circus supplier Hawthorn Corp., which
settled U.S. charges it mistreated a dozen elephants by agreeing to
send them away. Hawthorn has denied mistreating any animals. The
elephants were chained at Hawthorn and at various circuses when they
weren't performing. Some of the sanctuary newcomers will have to
be quarantined for up to a year because of exposure to tuberculosis,
sanctuary founder Carol Buckley said. All were deemed healthy enough to
travel, though one elephant died last month. One of the freshly
unloaded elephants, which has spent much of its life chained or
confined, was startled when a sapling it grabbed with its trunk snapped
back. The eight newcomers will eventually join 11 other rescued
elephants -- including two originally from Hawthorn -- who live on the
sanctuary's secluded 2,700 acres (1,000 hectares) near the town of
Hohenwald. Buckley, who founded the preserve a decade ago after
adopting a baby elephant torn from its mother, said the relocated
elephants will enjoy "a glorious reunion ... as a family to live out
their lives in freedom." "We had to build a new barn and new
fencing and be ready to house and feed guests who eat an awful lot and
are coming to stay," Buckley said. The sanctuary raised $3
million for a new barn for the elephants and estimates it needs $2
million a year to look after the eight.