Wildlife Sentinel

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These photographs of albatross chicks were made just a few weeks ago on Midway Atoll, a tiny stretch of sand and coral near the middle of the North Pacific. The nesting babies are fed bellies-full of plastic by their parents, who soar out over the vast polluted ocean collecting what looks to them like food to bring back to their young. On this diet of human trash, every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking.

To document this phenomenon as faithfully as possible, not a single piece of plastic in any of these photographs was moved, placed, manipulated, arranged, or altered in any way. These images depict the actual stomach contents of baby birds in one of the world’s most remote marine sanctuaries, more than 2000 miles from the nearest continent. (via A Photo Student)

[This is infuriating.]

…click on the image above to see the complete series of photos.. it’s beyond comprehension to see how we’ve hurt them with our thoughtlessness.. so very sad.. ~ wildlife sentinel

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aww, this can’t possibly end well ;-)

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peetypassion:

Is this haunting picture proof that chimps really DO grieve?

United in what appears to be deep and profound grief, a phalanx of more than a dozen chimpanzees stood in silence watching from behind the wire of their enclosure as the body of one of their own was wheeled past.

This extraordinary scene took place recently at the Sanaga-Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center in Cameroon, West Africa.

When a chimp called Dorothy, who was in her late 40s, died of heart failure, her fellow apes seemed to be stricken by sorrow.

As they wrapped their arms around each other in a gesture of solidarity, Dorothy’s female keeper gently settled her into the wheelbarrow which carried her to her final resting place - not before giving this much-loved inhabitant of the centre a final affectionate stroke on the forehead.

Three-month-old Asian lion cub, Rubi plays with a pumpkin watched over by her mother Abi in the lions enclosure at the London Zoo in London, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. For more cute animal pictures click here. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)

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CANOE — CNEWS: Photo of the Day Nalin (bottom), a one-year-old male white Bengal tiger, ducks as Akasha, a one-year-old female Bengal tiger, jumps over him at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA, on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009. Nalin and a female Bengal cub named Akasha, spent most of the day in the pool, cooling off during the warm weather in the area. Click here for more animal photos. (AP Photo/Nancy Chan -Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)

CANOE — CNEWS: Photo of the Day Seal pup ‘Kalli’ peers out of a basket in Norddeich, Germany, on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. A total of 71 abandoned young common seals (Phoca vitulina) are reared at the seal station. Five seal pups will be reintroduced to their natural habitat later Thursday. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach)

PILOTS N PAWS… Crated Labrador-mix puppies await a flight from Montgomery, Ala., to Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 3, 2009. The charity Pilots N Paws flew the dogs from a shelter to a waiting rescue group in Florida, saving them from euthanasia. (AP Photo/Mitch Stacy) (via CANOE — CNEWS: Photo of the Day)

Something weird in your hair Grandma! (via B℮n)

James Symington poses with five puppies cloned from a German shepard that reportedly took part in the search-and-rescue effort after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Tuesday June 16, 2009 in Los Angeles. Symington won an essay contest last year to clone his dog Trakr for free. Symington said he drove to New York City with Trakr after the World Trade Center collapsed and helped doing search and rescue. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

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