By: Ella The egg/meat/leather industries have displayed strong growth over the past decades due to rising demand for eggs, meat, and leather products. The reality is, those industries are one of the main causes of climate change. Moreover, they are able to potentially cause more viruses and antibiotic resistance through their impact on the animals. …
By: Klara When most people think of deadly zoonotic diseases, they assume they’re the cause of the illegal wildlife trade, but actually it’s legal trade that we need to worry about. In 2019, $4.3 Billion of legal wildlife were imported to the US. That’s approximately 200 million live animals. Because the US doesn’t have any …
By: Presley Legal wildlife trade, the commerce of products from non-domesticated (wild) animals, oras the Center for Disease Control called it, “disease transmission mechanisms that notonly cause human disease outbreaks but also threaten livestock, international trade,rural livelihoods, native wildlife populations, and the health of ecosystems.” Legal wildlife trade is still destructive and unsustainable, even if …
By: Victoria In places around the globe, small groups of people are able to make a change in their environment by using their ability to speak out for justice. No matter the size of the group of people or the size of the impact their fight will make, change is happening everywhere and we just …
By: Sahana Sentient Life Wolves who hunt hungry for prey, The rustle of leaves from the mother tree, Monkeys who steal for a living and passion, And Chameleons who ask to leave them be, Dolphins who click and whistle, The tiger of the jungle with an iron fist, Faint neighing of the horses chant, Jaguars …
By: Presley The Spanish Flu of 1918, the deadliest pandemic in history, a composition of H1N1 influenza A virus strains that affected nearly a third of the world. Though many believed the origins of this virus came from rats in war trenches, birds were responsible for human transmission and the spread. Though the Spanish Flu …
Tired of the same bland dinner salad and sandwich? Spice it up with this super quick and healthy Vegan Butternut Squash Pasta. A super creamy and cheesy dinner inspired by the Mad About Food Blog! We always go a little overboard with spices, probably the best part of any dinner meal are sprinkling those spices …
By: Vanessa July 26, 2018. At animal shelter Hello. I’m a cat. Name’s Alison. I’m a snow-white cat, with one green eye and one yellow eye. Guess I feel bad because I was dumped on the side of the road by mom, a gray tabby. Dad, a snow-white cat, brought me to this shelter …
By: Vanessa I crept into the cave. It was dark and musty and smelled like dead animal corpses. My paws nimbly notched an arrow in my bow, and I scrambled onto a ledge. Big mistake. I saw the tiger Lernius right next to me, snoring. “Help,” I whispered, “Help.” A few seconds later, Breezebeak flew …
By: Vanessa Breezebeak blinked, then squawked, “Oh no.” I gulped, Leafula grimly said, “Do you want to search for the lost water, Skalia? I know where to go.” I shuddered at the idea. However, tons of animals were dying because of Lernius, an evil tiger. That wasn’t his real name, but nobody knew …