Rethink Captivity
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Mom, wife, cat servant, speech language pathologist, researcher, photographer/writer, & animal activist/conservationist. I am here for the animals, environment, & like minded people.
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saw a blue salmon swimming upstream to spawn today
August 23, 2025 at 5:52 AM
saw a blue salmon swimming upstream to spawn today
The #UMass marmoset lab is closed, but every remaining #monkey was killed so their brains could be studied. This is both a hard-fought victory & a heartbreaking loss.#EndAnimalTesting #VivisectionIsTorture www.idausa.org/campaign/viv...
Bittersweet Victory for Marmosets at the University of Massachusetts
www.idausa.org
August 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
The #UMass marmoset lab is closed, but every remaining #monkey was killed so their brains could be studied. This is both a hard-fought victory & a heartbreaking loss.#EndAnimalTesting #VivisectionIsTorture www.idausa.org/campaign/viv...
Please sign and share to ban cyanide bombs today!
It’s time to protect these animals and stop the placement of tens of thousands of these bombs across our public lands. Call on your U.S. representative to put an end to this horrific practice!
environmental-action.org/take-action/...
It’s time to protect these animals and stop the placement of tens of thousands of these bombs across our public lands. Call on your U.S. representative to put an end to this horrific practice!
environmental-action.org/take-action/...
Tell your U.S. House representative: Ban cyanide bombs on public lands - Environmental Action
Cyanide bombs were outnumbering gray wolves 5-to-1. Let’s stop these senseless, cruel slaughters.
environmental-action.org
August 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Please sign and share to ban cyanide bombs today!
It’s time to protect these animals and stop the placement of tens of thousands of these bombs across our public lands. Call on your U.S. representative to put an end to this horrific practice!
environmental-action.org/take-action/...
It’s time to protect these animals and stop the placement of tens of thousands of these bombs across our public lands. Call on your U.S. representative to put an end to this horrific practice!
environmental-action.org/take-action/...
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#elephants #asianelephants #africanelephants #United4Elephants #animals #animalcruelty #captivitykills #Asha #FreeAsha
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Short 10 minute documentary “Elephants, Out of Captivity”
Film by Free All Captive Elephants (FACE)
Narrated by Peter Coyote
🎥 youtu.be/19OGW3h8jPM?...
If you love 🐘💕
Short 10 minute documentary “Elephants, Out of Captivity”
Film by Free All Captive Elephants (FACE)
Narrated by Peter Coyote
🎥 youtu.be/19OGW3h8jPM?...
March 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#elephants #asianelephants #africanelephants #United4Elephants #animals #animalcruelty #captivitykills #Asha #FreeAsha
If you love 🐘💕
Short 10 minute documentary “Elephants, Out of Captivity”
Film by Free All Captive Elephants (FACE)
Narrated by Peter Coyote
🎥 youtu.be/19OGW3h8jPM?...
If you love 🐘💕
Short 10 minute documentary “Elephants, Out of Captivity”
Film by Free All Captive Elephants (FACE)
Narrated by Peter Coyote
🎥 youtu.be/19OGW3h8jPM?...
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Sanctuary life does this to 🐘s
Please make Bunka equally as fortunate #FreeBunka .
@FPWC_news
@USAmbYerevan @UKinArmenia @NikolPashinyan @President_Arm @FPWC_Intl @AvinyanTigran @armgov #FreeBunka
Petition ✍🏼https://t.co/9Yr2CtMQ41
Cc
@cher @FreeBunka @fourpawsint
x.com/GlobalElepha...
Please make Bunka equally as fortunate #FreeBunka .
@FPWC_news
@USAmbYerevan @UKinArmenia @NikolPashinyan @President_Arm @FPWC_Intl @AvinyanTigran @armgov #FreeBunka
Petition ✍🏼https://t.co/9Yr2CtMQ41
Cc
@cher @FreeBunka @fourpawsint
x.com/GlobalElepha...
Global Sanctuary for Elephants on X: "In her short time at the sanctuary, Pupy seems to have aged backwards. Thanks to nature’s spa treatment—gentle exfoliation and a layer of mud – her skin looks nourished and glowing. Her movements are full of energy and curiosity. Her ears flap more and she https://t.co/XZnTDzVPUu" / X
In her short time at the sanctuary, Pupy seems to have aged backwards. Thanks to nature’s spa treatment—gentle exfoliation and a layer of mud – her skin looks nourished and glowing. Her movements are full of energy and curiosity. Her ears flap more and she https://t.co/XZnTDzVPUu
x.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Sanctuary life does this to 🐘s
Please make Bunka equally as fortunate #FreeBunka .
@FPWC_news
@USAmbYerevan @UKinArmenia @NikolPashinyan @President_Arm @FPWC_Intl @AvinyanTigran @armgov #FreeBunka
Petition ✍🏼https://t.co/9Yr2CtMQ41
Cc
@cher @FreeBunka @fourpawsint
x.com/GlobalElepha...
Please make Bunka equally as fortunate #FreeBunka .
@FPWC_news
@USAmbYerevan @UKinArmenia @NikolPashinyan @President_Arm @FPWC_Intl @AvinyanTigran @armgov #FreeBunka
Petition ✍🏼https://t.co/9Yr2CtMQ41
Cc
@cher @FreeBunka @fourpawsint
x.com/GlobalElepha...
Please sign and share widely! act.americanrivers.org/page/81426/a...
Tell Members of Congress to Support Tax Incentives for Healthy Rivers and Improved Hydro Dam Operations
Take Action
act.americanrivers.org
April 22, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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The Government is planning “catastrophic” cuts to benefits that experts say will force disabled people into poverty, and even those with extreme disabilities will lose money. Our social safety net isn’t up for grabs: add your name now. 38d.gs/NoCruelCutsT...
The Government is planning “catastrophic” cuts to benefits that experts say will force disabled people into poverty, and even those with extreme disabilities will lose money. Our social safety net isn’t up for grabs: add your name now. 38d.gs/NoCruelCutsT...
NO cruel cuts to benefits
The Government is planning “catastrophic” cuts that experts say will force disabled people into poverty. Don’t think that’s right? Add your name now.
38d.gs
April 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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The Government is planning “catastrophic” cuts to benefits that experts say will force disabled people into poverty, and even those with extreme disabilities will lose money. Our social safety net isn’t up for grabs: add your name now. 38d.gs/NoCruelCutsT...
The Government is planning “catastrophic” cuts to benefits that experts say will force disabled people into poverty, and even those with extreme disabilities will lose money. Our social safety net isn’t up for grabs: add your name now. 38d.gs/NoCruelCutsT...
Please SIGN: Indonesia’s vast sugar and ethanol program, backed by military protection, threatens #rainforest and #Indigenous lands – an area the size of Wales! Biodiversity, local communities, and vital ecosystems are at risk. Add your voice:
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
Indonesia: Stop the destruction of Papua’s Marind forest!
Indonesia’s government is implementing a state-run sugar and ethanol program in southern Papua under military protection. Two million hectares of rainforest and Indigenous land are at risk – a signifi...
rainforest-rescue.org
April 12, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Please SIGN: Indonesia’s vast sugar and ethanol program, backed by military protection, threatens #rainforest and #Indigenous lands – an area the size of Wales! Biodiversity, local communities, and vital ecosystems are at risk. Add your voice:
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
rainforest-rescue.org/petitions/13...
I am beyond disappointed in Gov Bob Ferguson & am already feeling the bait & switch of my vote!
JPod just had a calf, this is a critical moment & he is siding with the NRA & special interest groups! Shameful! wawildlifefirst.org/statement-fr...
JPod just had a calf, this is a critical moment & he is siding with the NRA & special interest groups! Shameful! wawildlifefirst.org/statement-fr...
Statement from Washington Wildlife First on Governor Ferguson’s Appointments to the Fish and Wildlife Commission - Washington Wildlife First
Until this week, Washington had been a beacon of light in a world growing progressively darker for fish and wildlife. Under the leadership of former Governor Inslee, we were making [...]
wawildlifefirst.org
April 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I am beyond disappointed in Gov Bob Ferguson & am already feeling the bait & switch of my vote!
JPod just had a calf, this is a critical moment & he is siding with the NRA & special interest groups! Shameful! wawildlifefirst.org/statement-fr...
JPod just had a calf, this is a critical moment & he is siding with the NRA & special interest groups! Shameful! wawildlifefirst.org/statement-fr...
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Regal forest-dwellers in #WestPapua, the #PapuanEagle's 🇵🇬🦅🪶 main threats incl. #hunting #mining #timber and #palmoil #deforestation. They have no protections in place 🧐😿 Help them when you #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/28/p...
April 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Regal forest-dwellers in #WestPapua, the #PapuanEagle's 🇵🇬🦅🪶 main threats incl. #hunting #mining #timber and #palmoil #deforestation. They have no protections in place 🧐😿 Help them when you #Boycottpalmoil 🌴☠️🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect palmoildetectives.com/2022/09/28/p...
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Please send a message to protect the Endangered Species Act earthjustice.org/brief/2025/a...
An 'Extinction Committee' Is Just the Beginning of Trump's Attacks on Endangered Species
President Trump is already trying to undermine the ESA by invoking a rarely used provision that empowers a committee to decide the fate of endangered species.
earthjustice.org
March 30, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Please send a message to protect the Endangered Species Act earthjustice.org/brief/2025/a...
"Nesvik has been hostile to the Endangered Species Act and science-based wildlife protections. In 2020, Mr. Nesvik co-wrote an editorial stating the Endangered Species Act “must be pruned” to allow states to make their own rules on conservation." www.endangered.org/trumps-pick-...
Trump’s pick to lead the agency charged with the Endangered Species Act would spell disaster for the nation’s most vulnerable wildlife - Endangered Species Coalition
President Trump’s nominee for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director is considered by Senate Committee For Immediate Release: March 26, 2025 Contacts: Jewel Tomasula jewel@endangered.org Susan Holme...
www.endangered.org
March 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"Nesvik has been hostile to the Endangered Species Act and science-based wildlife protections. In 2020, Mr. Nesvik co-wrote an editorial stating the Endangered Species Act “must be pruned” to allow states to make their own rules on conservation." www.endangered.org/trumps-pick-...
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"A new poll from Data for Progress shows that almost three-quarters — 74% — of Alaskans support banning trawling in the federal waters off Alaska’s coast." salmonstate.org/bycatch?emci...
"A new poll from Data for Progress shows that almost three-quarters — 74% — of Alaskans support banning trawling in the federal waters off Alaska’s coast." salmonstate.org/bycatch?emci...
Stop Wasteful Trawl Bycatch — SalmonState
Trawlers pursuing pollock for fish sticks and fake crab continue to indiscriminately catch massive amounts of a multitude of fish species including salmon, crab and halibut.
salmonstate.org
March 22, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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"A new poll from Data for Progress shows that almost three-quarters — 74% — of Alaskans support banning trawling in the federal waters off Alaska’s coast." salmonstate.org/bycatch?emci...
"A new poll from Data for Progress shows that almost three-quarters — 74% — of Alaskans support banning trawling in the federal waters off Alaska’s coast." salmonstate.org/bycatch?emci...
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The only dangerous minority in the United States is billionaires. In 2024, women alone made up 85% of purchases in the United States. If money talks, we’ve got to use OURS to create consequences for the billionaire-in-chief. Take the pledge to boycott Elon Musk's companies. app.sosha.ai/s/lkuas5bx
Sign: Not one dime for Elon Musk's companies
app.sosha.ai
March 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The only dangerous minority in the United States is billionaires. In 2024, women alone made up 85% of purchases in the United States. If money talks, we’ve got to use OURS to create consequences for the billionaire-in-chief. Take the pledge to boycott Elon Musk's companies. app.sosha.ai/s/lkuas5bx
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Tragic. A male wolf who was released from British Columbia into Colorado earlier this year was shot and killed in Wyoming last weekend.
Wolves are explorers by nature, and it's likely that he traveled from his release site in search of something - a mate? New territory? Home?
Wolves are explorers by nature, and it's likely that he traveled from his release site in search of something - a mate? New territory? Home?
Wolf from Canada released in Colorado two months ago shot and killed in Wyoming after it killed multiple sheep
Wolves are managed differently in Wyoming, and state officials said the wolf was legally shot after finding evidence of depredation
coloradosun.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Tragic. A male wolf who was released from British Columbia into Colorado earlier this year was shot and killed in Wyoming last weekend.
Wolves are explorers by nature, and it's likely that he traveled from his release site in search of something - a mate? New territory? Home?
Wolves are explorers by nature, and it's likely that he traveled from his release site in search of something - a mate? New territory? Home?
Please sign and share widely for the Department of Education www.nea.org/advocating-f...
Stop the Destruction of the Department of Education | NEA
Gutting the department will destroy programs and protections that guarantee educational opportunities for all students—whether funding for schools or support for students with ADHD, autism, and more.
www.nea.org
March 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Please sign and share widely for the Department of Education www.nea.org/advocating-f...
The only dangerous minority in the United States is billionaires. In 2024, women alone made up 85% of purchases in the United States. If money talks, we’ve got to use OURS to create consequences for the billionaire-in-chief. Take the pledge to boycott Elon Musk's companies. app.sosha.ai/s/lkuas5bx
Sign: Not one dime for Elon Musk's companies
app.sosha.ai
March 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The only dangerous minority in the United States is billionaires. In 2024, women alone made up 85% of purchases in the United States. If money talks, we’ve got to use OURS to create consequences for the billionaire-in-chief. Take the pledge to boycott Elon Musk's companies. app.sosha.ai/s/lkuas5bx
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Palmoil is a disaster for #wildlife in #Indonesia 🇮🇩 Now #India's 🇮🇳 endangered animals: elephants 🐘 leopards 🐆 ungulates, monkeys 🐒 edge closer to extinction. Indians you must resist #palmoil #ecocide! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife
Palm Oil: A Recipe for Disaster in India
Given the widespread destruction of rainforests and native biodiversity caused by oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia, environmental experts and politicians are warning that the move to promote …
palmoildetectives.com
March 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Palmoil is a disaster for #wildlife in #Indonesia 🇮🇩 Now #India's 🇮🇳 endangered animals: elephants 🐘 leopards 🐆 ungulates, monkeys 🐒 edge closer to extinction. Indians you must resist #palmoil #ecocide! #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔🚫 #Boycott4Wildlife
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The U.S. government spent $710 billion in Trump’s first month, an increase from the same period a year prior. Cost-cutting efforts are ineffective, and job losses are occurring without clear justification.
March 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The U.S. government spent $710 billion in Trump’s first month, an increase from the same period a year prior. Cost-cutting efforts are ineffective, and job losses are occurring without clear justification.
#BreachTheDams Southern Residents traveled to CA due to the dwindling numbers of salmon, their primary food source. The wild salmon population & Southern Residents are so compromised they are facing extinction! @bobferguson.bsky.social @pattymurray.bsky.social www.foxweather.com/earth-space/...
See the rare creatures that showed up in a California bay to feed on salmon
A group of Southern Resident killer whales were spotted in Monterey Bay, California, on Tuesday in a rare spectacle of the endangered creatures.
www.foxweather.com
March 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
#BreachTheDams Southern Residents traveled to CA due to the dwindling numbers of salmon, their primary food source. The wild salmon population & Southern Residents are so compromised they are facing extinction! @bobferguson.bsky.social @pattymurray.bsky.social www.foxweather.com/earth-space/...