In late January, entrepreneur John Lockwood let a friend become the first “hunter” to kill a confined animal via computer.

Launched last year, Live-Shot.com is the brainchild of Lockwood, a San Antonio body-shop estimator who claims he just wants to provide people with disabilities a chance to hunt. His altruistic talk conveniently sidesteps the ethical and moral issues of Internet hunting: Lockwood’s real-life video game has real-life consequences for animals—and perhaps for people, if the remote-control rifle software lands in the wrong hands. But Live-Shot.com also lacks any sense of fair chase, and it does not impose any hardship on the hunter who can fire shot after shot with all the burden of booking airline tickets. This is disembodied killing in which the hunter experiences no consequences: He sees no blood, hears no cries, feels nothing but the joy of the kill, like a kid with a violent video game.

I was having dinner with some friends when this topic was talked about. I was shocked and outraged when the news finally sank in. How can anyone even think of such?! This is a cowardly act, done to helpless and unsuspecting animals.

It is bad enough to hunt them just for the fun of it, but to NOT even give them a chance to use their senses to save themselves is EVIL.—Lockwood should be locked away in an asylum. He created an idea of an internet assassin without thinking of the consequences. If this is possible to be done to animals, what are the chances that it WON’T be done to humans?

News like these increases my angst on what type of world is there to leave for my (our) children. Let’s STOP this! Click on the link below because your vote counts!

Source: HSUS

This is wonderful news! The ‘world’ is finally understanding the need to reduce carbon pollutions in order to save the planet WE live in.

With the support and participation of mayors, young people, business leaders and elected representatives from around the world, the plan for the Kyoto Protocol seem more promising. Hmm, I wonder what the US and Russia will think about this.?

The planet is the clear winner, despite tremendous pressure first from the US administration, then from Russia, to slow down progress in curbing global warming.

Now, Canada should just continue their extraordinary effort to ensure that the plan they agreed about, would become reality.

Let’s cross our fingers!

Source: Passport Panda

By positioning a network of hydrophones to gather acoustic data around the core habitat of the orcas, reports from other researchers and whale watchers and the visual sightings of orcas passing; Orcalab is able to monitor their movements all year round without disturbing the orcas.

The network enables us to listen in to a key area of about 50 sq.km of ocean within which numerous orca families spend much of their time during the summer and fall months.

In year 2000 we began to make our video & audio data available, in real time, to people around the world via the Internet. We call this project “Orca-live”.

This project enables people everywhere, to better understand how they live and appreciate the beauty of this magnificent whales.

See, nothing is impossible, ey?

Source: OrcaLab

The global power sector is the world’s biggest climate polluter, being responsible for 37% of all man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.

We all know the growing dangers of CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions. In the Asia-Pacific region alone, they are projected to rise by 85% by 2025. A pretty high and dangerous percentage if you ask me.

According to WWF, the Philippines has the capability to start using renewable energy, (Energy obtained from sources that are essentially inexhaustible, unlike, for example, the fossil fuels, of which there is a finite supply. Renewable sources of energy include wood, waste, geothermal, wind, photovoltaic, and solar thermal energy). And, not only does it fight global warming but it also saves the Philippines billions of dollars.

There is an on-going campaign to convince the Philippine Congress and Senate to pass this Bill into law. Take time to sign the e-petition Here

source: WWF-Passport

It’s too barbaric to imagine, but it happens – all too often. Fishermen catch a shark, slice off its fins, and then, cast it back into the water to bleed a slow, painful death. What’s worse, this practice has accelerated in recent years, driven by increased consumer demand for shark fin soup across Asia, where it is considered a delicacy.

Shark finning is pushing the species dangerously close to extinction. Recent studies show the shark population has declined roughly 90% since the 1950s, with exploitation worsening in recent years. But the oceans cannot thrive without predator species — indeed, sharks play a critical role in maintaining the health of our marine ecosystems.

See full details here