Biologist and penguin expert Dr. Dee Boersma tells CBS reporter Dr. Debbye Turner that penguins numbers are dwindling rapidly. She also says that penguins are like a canary in the coalmine and it means there could serious climate consequences ahead for humans.
The Daily Coyote is a blog by writer/photographer Shreve Stockton who has adopted a coyote pup named Charlie that was orphaned when its parents were shot. Charlie lives with Shreve and her cat Eli.
Charlie is a wild-born coyote who was unexpectedly delivered to my doorstep this past April after both his parents were shot for killing sheep. Whatever reservations I had about raising a wild animal simply didn't matter - couldn't matter - when I realized his survival, at least in the short term, depended on me.
At the time I write this, Charlie is nearly six months old. I don't think of him as "my pet," even though he sleeps curled against me every night (every night except the nights around a full moon), and happily rides in my truck, and adores my cat. I don't wish to own him, just to live together in harmony. And that we do.
The story is very interesting and the photography is excellent so be sure to take a look. (via Get Outdoors)
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