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Teresa M.
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Ormond Beach, FL, USA
female, age 49
married, 1 child
Speaks: English
Joined Sep 25, 2002
What I Want to Do:
Causes: Animal Welfare, Against Factory Farms, Anti-Hunting, Zoo Reform, Against Anti-Semitism, Affordable Housing, Homelessness, Human Rights, Hunger, Land Mines, Minimum Wage, Increase, Organic Standards, Palestinians'
Activities: ponding, wildlife and habitat conservation, beach combing, collecting ethnographic arts, doing wrk, Arts/Crafts, Beachcombing, Museums, Listening to Music, Painting, Pottery, Beachcombing, Birding, Reading, Shopping, Singing, Camping, Books, Boating -


 
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Hometown Palm Beach Florida 
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Birthday Oct 15, 1963  
Languages English  
About Me A native Floridian and former exotic animal sanctuary founder who retired due to chronic illness caused by industry contaminated groundwater (T.C.E.)who is a
smart ,funny, compassionate enviromentalist. Devoted to leading a vegan lifestyle by the seashore . I garden organically ,enjoy art in all forms , ponding,habitat conservation and am trying to
live lightly upon the planet :)
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  Lifestyle
Pets companion rescue parrots and poodles  
Activist Aspirations Enthusiastic
Political Leaning Very Liberal
Religions Atheist  
Eating Habits Vegan  
Wild Fact About Me I once bottle raised a raised a trio of wallabies and moved to the beach with 3 kangaroos :)
My Philosophy Live ,Laugh,Love
What Gives Me Hope
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
What/who changed my life and why Becoming an exotic animal breeder changed my life forever because I recognized that those animals were more like than unlike the human animal I am .I shut down my breeding facility ,went vegan and became a sanctuary for abused neglected behavioral problem exotics - the throw aways of the exotic pet trade . It shaped my entire philosophy and world view .
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Role Models Dr. T. Colin Campbell, Jane Goodall, Nelson Mandela  
Quotation "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it."
- Mark Twain

“Intellectual liberty is the air of the soul, the sunshine of the mind and without it ,the world is a prison , the universe is a dungeon “Robert Ingersoll

The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men. ~Alice Walker
"I know absoluty nothing about God.I have always lived ,you see,in the rural districts of the universe" Robert Ingersoll

"A conservative is someone who worships the views of dead liberals."
-- The Holy Church of Happy Good Times
Interests Agriculture, Air Purification, Wildlife, Anthropology, Antiques/Collectibles, Archaeology, Architecture, Art/Design, Artifacts/Traditional Pieces, Biodiversity, Medicine / Health Care, Marine Studies, Landscaping, Music, Biology, Botany, Ocean  
Books  
Music very diverse - sonia dada, red hot chili peppers, billie holliday, muddy waters, bb king  
Movies rabbit proof fence, the house of mirth, beyond rangoon  
TV Shows six feet under, carnivale, dead like me, the daily show, Dead Wood  
Favorite Foods homemade cherry chocolate chip tofu ice, grilled garlic asparagus, our veg times recipe contest winning Co  
Favorite Places my little piece of garden paradise here , rivers and lakes - especially secluded  
Can't Live Without my life partner of 20 years, Rick :), being able to be close to nature through, ponding and /or walking the seashore  
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Recipe Contest Ends TODAY PLEASE Vote for my vegan Peanut butter Paradise bars !
(Jul 15) I am a finalist in the Mambolicious Recipe Spectacular Cook-Off  .  PLEASE ,PLEASE  VOTE for A fellow Care2 member&... more »
Vote For Vegan recipe in Mambolicous contest PLEASE !!!
(Jul 1) Hi everyone  :)  I hope that its okay to post this here ... I am so excited !  I just learned that I am a finalist ... more »
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    Aug 20, 2007 6:40 PM

    Jessi P. (181)

    Hi Teresa!  Thank you for being my friend and for all you do for animals, especially being a sanctuary for animals in need, that is wonderful!  I am so sorry to hear about your husband.  I am glad he is home now doing well and improving.  My thoughts are with you and your family!  Feel free to message me anytime if you need someone to talk to  


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