Think of a Better World, act accordingly, look positively and change your inadequate habits… the Future can be different, with Peace for all peoples, for a Nature and its protected creatures! There are many things that you can change yourself… Respect those around you, help the weak, always set a good example. We have "borrowed" …
Isn’t over… biodiversity is still in danger
It was a decisive weekend for biodiversity in our little Switzerland. This doesn't mean that the problems for some species of animals are over. There will always be hunters aware that in order to practice their bloodthirsty "sport", they will kill pregnant ungulates or undersized one’s mistaking them for some other species... they will kill …
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La vergognosa politica * The shameful politics
In queste settimane, gli animi si sono accesi parecchio, e a far discutere è la modifica della Legge sulla Caccia! Quale ecologista amante degli animali, non sono l'unica ad essere stata più volte attaccata verbalmente come pure su scritti apparsi sulla stampa del cantone Ticino. Sono piovute parole spregevoli e ai limiti della denuncia... Ma …
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Fighting for them: the creatures without voice
26.8.2020 Corriere del Ticino The global extinction of many species of flora and fauna, or a reduction / loss of the same in a specific natural environment, can be a temporary or permanent phenomenon depending on the situation. In the case of deforestation, the disappearance of the habitat of many species, without the possibility of …
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Undercover worker inside a slaughterhouse * sotto copertura in un mattatoio
(KEYSTONE/Martin Ruetschi) ****Testo in italiano, dopo la seconda immagine**** Source The Doe by Alan G. activist/Progressive/Millennial https://www.thedoe.com/narratives/inside-a-slaughterhouse A scathing look at the animal cruelty inside a slaughterhouse, from an investigator, vegan and activist. “I can’t cave any of them.” That’s what I reminded myself, day after day, as I looked upon the faces of the …
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Chiediamo una Fase 2 sostenibile * Wir fragen um eine nachhaltige Phase 2 * Nous demandons une Phase 2 écologiquement responsable
http://chng.it/QwTYVcpvBG Autrici: Verena Sommer e Dapne Mattai del Moro [version française en bas de la page] [Deutsche Übersetzung unten] Ringraziamo il Governo e tutti gli organi preposti coinvolti per il l'impegno ed il lavoro svolto fino ad oggi e fin dall'inizio dell'evento epocale che stiamo vivendo. Le decisioni prese richiedono molto lavoro, riflessione, un’enorme responsabilità …
Saving the anphibian * Salviamo gli anfibi
A causa del cambiamento climatico e relativo innalzamento della temperatura, le rane e rospi si sposteranno prima dalle zone di letargia verso quelle di riproduzione. La loro migrazione è prevista in concomitanza con le prime piogge ed è proprio in questi momenti che i volontari entrano in azione effettuando i picchetti e salvataggi direttamente nei …
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Bushfire Emergency WWF Australia
Our Aussie icons are losing their homes & their lives to catastrophic bushfires. To donate, please go to the link below: Australia is in the grip of a nationwide bushfire emergency. Can you help us save wildlife, and protect and restore their native bushland? URGENT APPEAL: Across the country, over 10 million hectares of Australian land …
“Fase finale: non c’è possibilità di ritorno”
(English) To order the publication with my short contribution La generazione precedente, la mia per intenderci, ha originato una situazione climatica instabile che è esplosa all'improvviso in una vera e propria emergenza globale. È stata un'onda d'urto, uno shock tale da scuotere in modo irreversibile le generazioni dei più giovani, ma non solo loro. È …
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Is it really going to be an “happy new year 2020”?
Australia shows us what will happen to the whole planet, in ecological terms: an ecatomb of sacrificed lives, living creatures without distinction. Be that as it may, men have somehow been able to be evacuated to safe areas... and what about the animals? For the half a billion living creatures that burned in the flames, …
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Animal testing: only an act of cruelty.
https://www.facebook.com/official.peta/videos/565698033992189/ . We are confronted with a drifting planet, with an emergency climate situation that involves us all: each of us must act immediately. Animal experiments are an aberration, an act of complete cruelty and incivility. I am here to share a video of harsh reality... myself, I admit I couldn't watch it until the …
La fauna selvatica non dovrebbe forse essere patrimonio nazionale?
(Corriere del Ticino 22.10.2019) Nel 1800 sono scomparse in Svizzera diverse specie, sterminate poiché ritenute pericolose o semplicemente poiché l’uomo ha sottratto loro lo spazio vitale: nel 1871 in Ticino è stato ucciso l’ultimo lupo, nel 1894 in Vallese l’ultima lince, nel 1904 in Grigioni l’ultimo orso. Nel 1985 si è estinto il gipeto barbuto, …
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The IUCN calls for halt to species decline by 2030
With urgent need, I share the post of "in the shadow of the wolf". The International Union for Conservation of Nature reminds us that the emergency must be taken with extreme urgency. The current crisis, without previous analogues, must absolutely lead us to launch immediate conservation laws so that the bio-diversity is also guaranteed in …
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What you wouldn’t want to see * ciò che non vorresti vedere
Estratto dal blog Serbian Animals Voice see here for the English text - by Venus "Il noto dolore al petto è tornato, posso solo camminare, loro non possono." (Jo-Anne McArthur, fotografa e investigatrice del benessere degli animali). Gli attivisti che hanno esposto la crudeltà verso gli animali alla più grande fattoria di suini in Francia hanno …
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The thrill of killing * Il brivido dell’uccidere
Brutality without limits how can you call this "sport" a passion ??? Brutalità senza limiti come si può definire questo "sport" una passione??? Publisched: Corriere del Ticino Sept. 14th, 2019 In the press you can find many articles that praise the value of this "discipline", emphasizing its importance at national level as a means …
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And… again: hatred towards wolves
Published Sept. 10th, 2019 Corriere del Ticino Unfortunately the arrogance spreads and creates hatred and misinformation among the citizens. Of course I would never have expected from a man of culture, complete with studies in molecular biology and doctorate as well as dozens of scientific publications, international congresses and so on and so forth, a …
Let’s start reducing the consumption of meat * iniziamo a ridurre il consumo di carne
(c) picture Bruno Raselli Claudine published article on Corriere del Ticino 6.9.2019 It is always very tender to see cows with beautiful horns, grazing among our beautiful pine-covered mountains, then further on, you can also see some streaks of snow that have survived the rise in temperature. It is also tender to read that over …
Why kill for sport? * Perché uccidere per sport?
What do the white partridge and wolf have in common? Much has been written in recent times about the white partridge; those who protect it, those who are ready to cite by law articles that determine their freedom of killing, as it is legitimate for the pros and cons to be expressed, in the …
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Revisione della legge sulla caccia in Svizzera
In Switzerland only Ultime notizie odierne (19.6.2019) comunicato del WWF Svizzera: la revisione della legge sulla caccia -che dovrebbe consentire l'abbattimento agevolato di specie protette- non verrà discussa nella sessione estiva ma è stata spostata in autunno. Le motivazioni sono futili: così che durante la campagna elettorale non dovranno spiegare come mai sono favorevoli ad …
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Scelte sbagliate, dettate da paure ataviche (e dall’ignoranza)
vedi articolo apparso sulla stampa CdT 9.5.2019 Easier to break down wolves. Wrong choices, dictated by atavistic fears (and ignorance) Wolves and bears in the viewfinder: the Swiss National Council has decided to loosen the conditions of regulation of the great predators, making their killing easier. The deputies went beyond the Government’s demands. The …
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ZOO’s: educational sites or prisons?
. . Native to the mountain ranges of Central Asia, the snow leopard is considered a protected species with a high risk of extinction. Also called "ghost of the mountains", because he is difficult to observe, he lives in an arid environment, between peaks and rocky crags, covered with moss and shrubs, between 3,000 and …
La Lince: grande predatore * The Lynx
. As part of an EU-Life re-introduction of species in areas where these are extinct, a lynx from Switzerland has been released into the forests of Rhineland-Palatinate. Mala, this is the name of the female lynx, will be monitored by means of a special collar for the duration of one year, in order to observe …
A matter of choice * una questione di scelta
As much I read about it, as much I see that kind of movies… there is a strange deep feeling arising in my being. Sometimes I'm up to think "Gee, I can't bear anything more, like this cruelty without any meaning…" And I have to force myself to watch to the end the movie, with …
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From “Animals Australia”…
See here on VIMEO the 1 min. movie I share this plea, with love and hope. The hope I always bring alive, doing what I do for the sake of the sentient beings we just call “animals”. I wish you all the best for the upcoming New Year, with better solutions against all type …
Meet Robin… my new companion
Each Autumn, I receive a lovingly visit in our garden! But I'm not sure he's the same one of the previous years. It's so strange, but I didn't give him a name... maybe because a blog friend of mine, she had for several years the visit of Mir, a beautiful robin, and she now misses …
175 Signs-of-Justice from Around the Globe
by Stacey Source Veganism: A Truth Whose Time Has Come Posted by M. (known as) “Butterflies” Katz See all the pictures at this link-page: Stand united against ALL oppression and injustice. In these brilliant signs from around the world, you’ll see many of the messages state that all oppression and injustice is connected. The signs …
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The promise * La promessa
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOlGo-QbXMc Crossing with the cinema time and imagination, Oscar winner Gabriele Salvatores signs for Almo Nature a contemporary fairy tale whose protagonists man, the wolf, and the dog. A lovely short video to show us how to prove compassion and respect towards all the other species, as well... ...oOo... Attraversando con il cinema …
Conference of the WWF Sections Switzerland * Conferenza delle sezioni WWF 2018
Once a year, all the Swiss WWF Sections meet to discuss topics and strategies, put priorities and get updated about the many projects going on especially in our Country. This weekend, I had the Chance to attend with my husband, President of the Swiss Italian part, and himself a "volunteer" too. After the greetings of …
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Protection dogs for flocks * cani da protezione per le greggi
The presence of large predators (in this case I refer especially to the wolf) always have a disproportionate impact on public opinion, and this is caused by the loss of habit to live with them. More than a century ago, in our territory wolves were present in the valleys and pre-Alpine areas and …
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Environmental imbalance and biodiversity * Disequilibrio ambientale e biodiversità
The philosopher Carlo Sini has simplified the problem of biodiversity decline by stating that it is a disequilibrium between "prey" and "predators" that in the long run will cause the collapse of an entire ecosystem. But what is an ecosystem, also called an ecological unit? It is a set of living organisms of plants and …
Claudine Giovannoni 