Tuesday, February 14, 2012

endangered tigers!

wild tigers numbers are so low as 3,200 species left ! it might seem like a lot but its not. The largest of all asian cats maybe on top of the food chain and one of the most culturally important and best-loved animals, but they are vulnerable to extinction! also, these cats are forced to compete for space with dense human populations, face unrelenting pressure from poaching, retaliatory killings and habitat loss across their range.

So if you dont want these precious animals to die then sponsor.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/tigers/

Friday, February 3, 2012

Facts to know about abuse and neglect

Fact 1, Some circus performers have been seen abusing animals with whips, sharp objects and sometimes even burned to teach them there act. Fact 2, Elephants who perform in circuses are often kept in chains for as long 23 hours a day from the time they were baby's. Fact 3, more than 25 million animals are used in testing in the U.S.A each year. when invertebrate animals are thrown into the mix, The estimated number rises to as high as 100 million.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

african elephants

African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. They are slightly larger than their Asian cousins and can be identified by their larger ears that look somewhat like the continent of Africa. (Asian elephants have smaller, rounded ears.)

Elephant ears radiate heat to help keep these large animals cool, but sometimes the African heat is too much. Elephants are fond of water and enjoy showering by sucking water into their trunks and spraying it all over themselves. Afterwards, they often spray their skin with a protective coating of dust.

An elephant's trunk is actually a long nose used for smelling, breathing, trumpeting, drinking, and also for grabbing things—especially a potential meal. The trunk alone contains about 100,000 different muscles. African elephants have two fingerlike features on the end of their trunk that they can use to grab small items. (Asian elephants have one.)

endangerd species ( red pandas)

The red panda is dwarfed by the black-and-white giant that shares its name. These pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat, though their big, bushy tails add an additional 18 inches (46 centimeters). The pandas use their ringed tails as wraparound blankets in the chilly mountain heights.

The red panda shares the giant panda's rainy, high-altitude forest habitat, but has a wider range. Red pandas live in the mountains of Nepal and northern Myanmar (Burma), as well as in central China.

These animals spend most of their lives in trees and even sleep aloft. When foraging, they are most active at night as well as in the gloaming hours of dusk and dawn.

Red pandas have a taste for bamboo but, unlike their larger relatives, they eat many other foods as well—fruit, acorns, roots, and eggs. Like giant pandas, they have an extended wrist bone that functions almost like a thumb and greatly aids their grip

what are you for

i am for saving animals from beingt abused and neglected animals.