Robber fly - Nature photographer Thomas Shahan specializes in amazing portraits of tiny insects. It isn't easy. Shahan says that this Robber Fly (Holcocephala fusca), for instance, is "skittish" and doesn't like its picture taken.

Nature by Numbers (Video)

"The Greater Akashic System" – July 15, 2012 (Kryon Channelling by Lee Caroll) (Subjects: Lightworkers, Intent, To meet God, Past lives, Universe/Galaxy, Earth, Pleiadians, Souls Reincarnate, Invention: Measure Quantum state in 3D, Recalibrates, Multi-Dimensional/Divine, Akashic System to change to new system, Before religion changed the system, DNA, Old system react to Karma, New system react to intent now for next life, Animals (around humans) reincarnate again, This Animal want to come back to the same human, Akashic Inheritance, Reincarnate as Family, Other Planets, Global Unity … etc.)

Question: Dear Kryon: I live in Spain. I am sorry if I will ask you a question you might have already answered, but the translations of your books are very slow and I might not have gathered all information you have already given. I am quite concerned about abandoned animals. It seems that many people buy animals for their children and as soon as they grow, they set them out somewhere. Recently I had the occasion to see a small kitten in the middle of the street. I did not immediately react, since I could have stopped and taken it, without getting out of the car. So, I went on and at the first occasion I could turn, I went back to see if I could take the kitten, but it was to late, somebody had already killed it. This happened some month ago, but I still feel very sorry for that kitten. I just would like to know, what kind of entity are these animals and how does this fit in our world. Are these entities which choose this kind of life, like we do choose our kind of Human life? I see so many abandoned animals and every time I see one, my heart aches... I would like to know more about them.

Answer: Dear one, indeed the answer has been given, but let us give it again so you all understand. Animals are here on earth for three (3) reasons.

(1) The balance of biological life. . . the circle of energy that is needed for you to exist in what you call "nature."

(2) To be harvested. Yes, it's true. Many exist for your sustenance, and this is appropriate. It is a harmony between Human and animal, and always has. Remember the buffalo that willingly came into the indigenous tribes to be sacrificed when called? These are stories that you should examine again. The inappropriateness of today's culture is how these precious creatures are treated. Did you know that if there was an honoring ceremony at their death, they would nourish you better? Did you know that there is ceremony that could benefit all of humanity in this way. Perhaps it's time you saw it.

(3) To be loved and to love. For many cultures, animals serve as surrogate children, loved and taken care of. It gives Humans a chance to show compassion when they need it, and to have unconditional love when they need it. This is extremely important to many, and provides balance and centering for many.

Do animals know all this? At a basic level, they do. Not in the way you "know," but in a cellular awareness they understand that they are here in service to planet earth. If you honor them in all three instances, then balance will be the result. Your feelings about their treatment is important. Temper your reactions with the spiritual logic of their appropriateness and their service to humanity. Honor them in all three cases.

Dian Fossey's birthday celebrated with a Google doodle

Dian Fossey's birthday celebrated with a Google doodle
American zoologist played by Sigourney Weaver in the film Gorillas in the Mist would have been 82 on Thursday (16 January 2014)

Friday, November 22, 2013

Critically Injured Orangutan Rescued on North Sumatra Plantation

Jakarta Globe, Nurdin Hasan, November 22, 2013

The team of rescuers from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP)
 and the Orangutan Information Center (OIC) evacuate a severely injured male
orangutan from a Salak plantation in Sugi Tonga village in the South Tapanuli district
of North Sumatra on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. (Photo courtesy of the OIC)

Banda Aceh. A grievously injured Sumatran orangutan was found on the brink of death on a salak plantation in the South Tapanuli district of North Sumatra, conservation workers said.

The Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) and the Orangutan Information Center (OIC) received reports on Monday from the North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) of an orangutan in distress. The organizations put together a joint team, which conducted the rescue on Tuesday, said OIC director Panut Hadisiswoyo.

“Based on the observations of BKSDA staff, the Forest Police Partners Society [MMP] and a team from the Sumatra Rainforest Institute, the orangutan suffered… serious injuries on his body and needed medical treatment,” Panut said in a statement on Friday.

MMP volunteers stood watch over the suffering orangutan while the rescue team drove north from Medan, which took 12 hours, he said.

“The MMP team said the orangutan was isolated in a field and severely injured,” he said, “as he was probably trapped in a snare or hit with a sharp item.”

The rescuers found the primate in a tree, six meters from the ground. They tranquilized him and caught him as he fell.

“An examination by a team of veterinarians found that the orangutan suffered wounds on his forehead and on the back of his head,” Panut said. “The wound was a cut, and there were maggots in it. He also suffered wounds on the right side of his back and on his mouth.”

Panut said the team predicted that the primate had been suffering for the past two weeks as his body weakened due to a lack of food.

The orangutan was brought to a SOCP facility near Medan for treatment.

“He was in a very critical condition and we can not predict if he will survive or not,” said Yenni Saraswati, a senior SOCP veterinarian.”

Shrinking habitats have increased contact between the forest-dwelling orangutan and villagers and is the primary cause of an upswing in human-on-animal violence in Indonesia, Panut said.

“Why would people try to kill an orangutan like this and not try to handle the conflict without hurting the orangutan?” Yenni asked. “It is better for them to call a relevant NGO or the local BKSDA chapter before taking any action.”

Only around 6,500 Sumatran Orangutans remain in the wild, Panut said. Orangutans are among humans’ closest cousins, surpassed only by chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas in genetic similarity.

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