Saving Polar Bears with Paula

Greenpeace is campaigning to save the lives of polar bears by stopping the oil drilling in the Arctic. Drilling for oil in this region is a serious threat to the lives of polar bears in the region.

For this purpose, Greenpeace is seeking to get the celebrity polar bear Paula, the iconic polar bear from the National Theatre that case her in the play Greenland.

At the moment, Greenpeace needs to raise £ 4000 (about $6600) to get Paula from the National Theatre to lead the Greenpeace campaign for stopping oil-drilling and hence saving precious lives of Paula’s kin.

To donate and/or spread the word, visit the Greenpeace Save Paula Bear! page.

Heroic Action: Hundreds of Dogs Rescued in China

Biggest life-saving news here! Caring souls in Chinese have made history by saving 580 dogs from being slaughtered.

About 200 volunteers, more precisely our heroes, in China have saved 580 dogs from being slaughtered and eaten away as the heroes stopped a truck carrying the dogs in miserable conditions on a Beijing highway. The animal lovers negotiated with the truck driver and paid over 17000 dollars for freeing the dogs.

A number of the dogs, which were being transported torturously to slaughterhouses, were then taken by the volunteers for treatment at an animal hospital in Beijing. Dogs that were not hurt so much were move to a safe place where the volunteers will care for them.

This incident tells how the Chinese, when they come to take action for good, act as wonderful heroes. It is being regarded as a sign of new hope for the otherwise insensitive Chinese culture with respect to animals.

So here go the hats off to our Chinese heroes!

Watch the Associated Press video of the story here.

Somky is Alive!

We have some good news here. Last week, I posted about Smoky – the senior female Chow Chow who had 24 hours left to be saved from euthanasia. I just called the concerned person at the shelter where Smoky is kept and I learnt that she is still alive. Yayyyyyyyy!

Since reading about Smoky and blogging about saving her, I tried to call the shelter contact Samantha Westbrook a number of times to learn whether any caring person had adopted Smoky and saved her from being killed. Finally, I succeeded in reaching Samantha on phone and she told me a while ago that Smoky was still with them, alive and well. I also learnt from Samantha that Smoky’s age is 8 years and not 14 as described on the page at DogsInDanger.

In addition, there was not any set time to put Smoky to euthanasia. So our dear dog still has a chance at life! Let’s hope Smoky is adopted soon by some caring person out there. Please contact Samantha Westbrook at 213 792 5811 for saving Smoky.

Save Children through Vaccination

ONE International is gathering support for saving the lives of millions of children who are at risk of epidemics like diarrhea or pneumonia. They need caring individuals to sign an online petition to fund two new vaccines that will help save the children from falling a prey to deadly outbreaks of these diseases.

According to the email blast by ONE, between 2000 an 2009 5.4 million child deaths have been averted because of effective immunizations. The new vaccines can save at least 4 million children’s’ lives in the next five years.

To sign the petition, you can fill a few of your contact details at the petition page here.

24 Hours Left to Save Smoky from Death

Smoky, a 14-year-old black Chow Chow female dog has only 24 hours to live, unless she is saved by someone who cares to save her life from euthanasia that’ll be given to her after a day because the shelter she is at doesn’t have enough space for her anymore.

Kept at the LA City Animal Services - West LA (California), Smoky has been at the shelter just a month. She weighs 64 pounds and has been spayed already. With one day left to live, unless someone intervenes, Smoky is a test for human love and care. It’s time to save her, to give her a chance to die a natural death and not through a euthanizing murder.

To save Smoky, call Samantha Westbrook at 213 792 5811.

Visit Smoky’s page to have a look at her and read her profile.