05/14/2006
Leatherback Turtle Caught in Fishing Nets
Leatherback turtle was caught in fishing nets in Alcoy, Cebu. The fishermen disentangled the turtle and set it free.
Note from Lory Tan: This photo was taken by Ed Gallego from Alcoy. His family was at the beach, saw what was happening, and physically participated in cutting the turtle free.
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03/30/2006
An Ailing Planet
No one can say exactly what it looks like when a planet takes ill, but it probably looks a lot like Earth.
Check out this week's Time Magazine cover story "Be Worried, Be Very Worried", The climate is crashing and global warming is to blame.
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03/15/2006
Not for the birds...
A farmer spraying pesticide on rice crops in Candaba Swamp... where thousands of migratory birds converge on their way south...
Apropos, the IHT reports on vultures in India facing extinction by doing what vultures do, clean the carcasses of dead animals. Only in this case, they are feeding on the carcasses of sick cows that were treated with a drug widely used on cattle but fatal for the vultures.
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