Please, don’t think that we are talking about sadists and people, who hate animals, oh, no! They were afraid that Vera (mother of the small bear) could harm her baby. Most zoo keepers noticed, that Vera carried her baby in jaws and tossed her around the enclosure.

This cuttie is a very famous girl. There was an online poll about her name and the Bavarian zoo received more than 50,000 suggestions (via e-mail) from all over the world and most people supported keepers, who named this baby Flocke (German for snowflake).

I thinks, most kids and some adults as well, adore eating chocolate. Mars, M&M’s, Snickers and other tasty things are Mars Inc products. According to the official data, while making them, test are performed on animals, actually, these tests are not required by law and what is more, better tests can be made, not so harmful to animals.

Mars Inc. likes test where mice after feeding up with candies are forced to swim in a small pool with paint and water. Their main aim, is to find a saving platform. There are a lot of tests and most of them are cruel and after each test mice are killed. So, please, let’s tell Marc Inc. once again, that it is unfair to kill mice, because of our needs! You can support animals and stop their abuse, just join the following action – Tell Chocolate-Maker Mars Inc. to Drop Deadly Animal Tests!

A new category about endangered animals and rescue actions as to animals was finally launched and now I would like to present you a very nice organization, very important and vital to our future lives. It is called Oceana.

Oceana is both an international organization and global online community taking care about restoring and protecting the world’s oceans. Thus, saving animals and species in water, making lives of people safe and making the World a perfect place, without diseases and pain. Join!

So, when an animal is endangered, it means that it is under a threat to become extinct. Why? Because they can be few in number, or at risk of environmental changes or not capable to reproduce. Many nations take care about such species and ban their hunting and exporting.

I would like to start from Red Panda or Ailurus fulgens (“shining cat”). From the 1st sight red pandas have much in common with raccoons: almost the same length, shape of the body and long fluffy tail. The fur of red pandas is dense and very warm, it covers the whole body of an animal, and its soles as well. Tails of red pandas are long and unfortunately, very often, they are hunted namely for this fur. Also, pandas adore wrapping themselves in a tail, while it is cold.

As a rule, red pandas live in China, Myanmar and the Himalayas and prefer staying in bamboo forests, where it is not so warm. Pandas adore eating bamboo leaves, various berries, as well as bird eggs and plants. Pandas have big and strong both teeth and jaws. Special wrist formation allows them to grab bamboo stalks. Adult pandas lead solitary live. Red pandas are endangered due to habitat loss. To tell the truth, in our world there are only 2.500 left. Maximum lifespan of any panda in 14 years.

Red pandas are so important, they are the symbol of the International Tea Festival in Darjeeling. But, pandas of this kind are threatened by hunting (both for fur and for skin), deforestation (it cuts sources of food and places of living).

Funny facts:

• 1821 – the year when red pandas were discovered;
• in China red pandas are called firefoxes, because of their bright fur and resemblance with foxes;
• claws of pandas are very sharp;
• word “panda” means “bamboo eater”.