Lovely Dolly

untitled by istilldream on Flickr.

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untitled by istilldream on Flickr.

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Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:01:28 -0500

southhermosadrive: Color-perfect. Arm Candy. Song of Style

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:00:36 -0500

southhermosadrive:

Color-perfect. Arm Candy.

Song of Style

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Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:03:06 -0500

untitled by Catarina Rodriguees on Flickr.

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 04:15:56 -0500

untitled by Catarina Rodriguees on Flickr.

temandesign: KLCC #vintage #photography #night #light #klcc...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:38:01 -0500

temandesign:

KLCC #vintage #photography #night #light #klcc #malaysia #tower #scenary (Taken with instagram)

latefor-thesky: Borneo: a Safe Place for Orangutans In the...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:23:56 -0500

latefor-thesky:

Borneo: a Safe Place for Orangutans

In the Malay language, “orang” means “person” and “utan” is derived from “hutan,” which means “forest.” The name of the orangutan, Asia’s only great ape, literally means “person of the forest.” These animals once lived throughout much of Southeast Asia, but now 90 percent of the world’s orangutans live in Indonesia. The endangered Bornean orangutan numbers between 40,000 and 50,000, while the population of its critically endangered Sumatran counterpart has dwindled to less than 7,000.

   In 1971, Biruté Mary Galdikas, a student of the paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey, and Rod Brindamour, her husband at the time, founded a research and conservation facility in the Tanjung Puting National Park in Borneo that they called Camp Leakey. Rehabilitated captive orangutans were released there until 20 years ago.

   Tanjung Puting National Park — 1,174 square miles of peat and freshwater swamp forest on the southern coast of Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo — is prime habitat for orangutans. It is also home to the endemic proboscis monkey, clouded leopards, Malaysian sun bears and more than 230 species of birds. The park authorities employ local villagers as guards to patrol rivers and forest, an effective strategy in deterring illegal activities like logging.

   Camp Leakey houses scientists, camp staff members, students and park rangers, and is one of three research outposts in Tanjung Puting National Park where semiwild orangutans living in the surrounding forest often drop by for bananas and company.

   A road cuts into tropical rain forest in Kalimantan. The widespread conversion of the orangutan’s primary habitat to palm oil plantations is driving the animal to extinction. Hunting is also a grave threat: A study published in November in the journal PLoS One, carried out by the Nature Conservancy and 19 other private organizations, found the rate of orangutan killings in Indonesian Borneo to be higher than previously thought. Every year, an average of 1,970 to 3,100 orangutans are killed, enough to drive the species toward extinction in 10 to 15 years, the study authors concluded.

   Each year about 2,000 international tourists visit Camp Leakey. Admission fees support the research and conservation efforts of Orangutan Foundation International — founded by Dr. Galdikas, now a leading authority on the orangutan — as well as its British sister organization, Orangutan Foundation United Kingdom, and Yayasan Orangutan Indonesia, a local nongovernmental organization started by Dr. Galdikas’s husband, Pak Bohap bin Jalan. (via The NY T Science)

verticalbarmatt: A morning View by cknara on Flickr.

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:20:26 -0500

verticalbarmatt:

A morning View by cknara on Flickr.

ccassiee: Okay, I forgot to blog this earlier. Last week I...

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:18:16 -0500

Wigly, as a baby

Wigly as a baby, yawning

ccassiee:

Okay, I forgot to blog this earlier.

Last week I adopted an Orangutan. His name is Wigly. He was born in June 2009 and was placed in care after his mother couldn’t take care of him.

As a baby, Wigly was very attached to an old blanket, which he carried everywhere and cried if someone tried to take it away.

Wigly currently lives at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Project in Indonesia, but will eventually be released back into the wild. Until then, he (and many others) need the support of donations to continue being so well cared for. So please, if you can, contribute to the ongoing care and wellbeing of orangutans. They are endangered, and as my favourite animal, I don’t want to see a world where they no longer exist.

The photos above are of Wigly when he was a baby. Everytime I see him it makes me smile and my heart melt. He is definitely one of the cutest creatures i’ve ever seen.

Donate and adopt today at The Orangutan Project

Photos from The Sun

postagestampart: Malayan Tapir

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:17:01 -0500

postagestampart:

Malayan Tapir

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KLM at SFO by Doha Sam on Flickr.

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:56:51 -0500

KLM at SFO by Doha Sam on Flickr.

July…

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:36:07 -0500

July…

"I am a dog. I am a living, breathing animal. I feel pain, joy, love, fear and pleasure. I am not a..."

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:41:09 -0500

“I am a dog. I am a living, breathing animal. I feel pain, joy, love, fear and pleasure.
I am not a thing. If I am hit - I will bruise, I will bleed, I will break. I will feel pain. I am not a thing.
I am a dog. I enjoy playtime, walk time, but more than anything, I enjoy time with my pack - my family - my people. I want nothing more than to be by the side of my human. I want to sleep where you sleep and walk where you walk. I am a dog and I feel love…I crave companionship.
I enjoy the touch of a kind hand and the softness of a good bed. I want to be inside of the home with my family, not stuck on the end of a chain or alone in a kennel or fenced yard for hours on end. I was born to be a companion, not to live a life of solitude.
I get too cold and I get too hot. I experience hunger and thirst. I am a living creature, not a thing.
When you leave, I want to go with you. If I stay behind, I will eagerly await your return. I long for the sound of your voice. I will do most anything to please you. I live to be your treasured companion.”

Koh Phi Phi on Flickr.

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:43:27 -0500

Koh Phi Phi on Flickr.

And then… We arrived in Heaven. on Flickr.And then…...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:42:48 -0500

And then… We arrived in Heaven. on Flickr.

And then… We arrived in heaven.

with mum

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:40:45 -0500

with mum