Hunting animals for sport

Humans used to have to hunt to put food on the table, but now hunting is a pastime,
,and worse,: waterfowl, pheasant, and dove hunting are no more the shooting at living
targets. Some hunting is done only to get trophies or to see who can kill the most.
Weapons such as the bow and arrow are increasingly used. In all cases sport hunting
inflicts cruelty- Pain, trauma, wounding, and death- on creatures.
More then 100 million animals are reported killed by hunters each year.
The majority of species that are hunted - waterfowl, upland birds, mourning doves,
squirrels, rabbits, crows, coyotes, etc.- do not require population control.
Its sad that some people kill animals just for the fun of it, or to get a trophy or something.

Please check out my friend and mine's website! its at oceanlife.webs.com! Thanks!
Also check out our blog called under the sea!
Im going to put on some funny pics to lighten the mood! :)

Yup, nice and wintery!
See you soon!

Wind farms

Sorry everyone! I know it has been awhile since I last posted! sorry! ok, so my friend Caelan, wanted me to do a post about the wind energy thingys! because they can hurt some animals. Some people say that its the animals fault that they run into them, and some say that they CAN hurt the animals by accident.

this is what the wind energy things look like,
probably almost EVERYONE has seen one of THESE before.
So, the animals can get hurt by running into the blades of them, and they can get hurt.


Usually if you go to a wind farm, this is what you will
see on the ground:

 




Flying animals will fly right into one of the blades, and get crushed in mid-air! Its sad to think of all the animals dying because of wind farms.

My friend Caelan has a blog of her own! its:http://sugarandspiceandthetardis.blogspot.com/And she has a post about wind farms too. also read my other blog for mallory and mine's magazine! its http://oceanlifeblog.blogspot.com/ Its really cool! One more thing, go to our website too! its at oceanlife.webs.com!
I will try to start posting more often!
Erica

Albino animals

Hey everyone! First, I want to say this, check out mine and my friend Mallory's blog called under the sea! And check out our website oceanlife.webs.com! ok, now that thats done, did you guys like the last post? Or was it to sad? Idk, so this time its going to be about ALBINO ANIMALS!

First a few pictures of some albino animals...

                                                                                         I think the river otters look really cute!



Albinos are really rare and unusual,  They are the same as the others, just all have white in color. Not one inch of their natural coloring comes through, as their bodies are unable to produce melanin, it creates the normal color in an animals fur, scales, or skin.It usually results in the animal looking white or pink.

Being white does not mean the animal is an albino, the way to tell is by the eye coloration, all albino animals have pink or red eyes, though animals that are white and have blue eyes, are called leucistic. Which is not as serious as albinism. It is an inherited trait that passes from adult to young, an albino offspring is rare becuase the genes that cause albinism, rarely occur.

About 300 species across north America have albino members. There have been sightings of albino snakes, raccons, frogs, and deer. Its belived that every 10,000 mammals born, 1 will be albino. This shows how rare it is.



Hope you liked this post! Check out my magazines blog!
Erica

Oil spills

Sorry I missed a bunch with my blog posts...
But today is a special post! It is about OIL SPILLS!!!!!!!!
Oil spills happen when an oil tanker leaks into the ocean.their are a few more ways
an oil spill can happen. Equipment breaking down may cause it. If the equipment
breaks down, the tanker may get stuck on shallow land. When they start to drive the
tanker again, they can put a hole in the tanker causing it to leak oil.
When country's are at war, one may decide to dump oil into the others oceans.
Terrorists may cause an oil spill becuase they are trying to get their attention, or they are trying to make a point.
Natural disasters (like hurricanes) may cause an oil spill, too. If a hurricane was a couple if miles away, the wids from the hurricane could cause the oil tanker to flip over, pouring  oil out.

Not to put a damper on things, a sad fact about the gulf oil spill is, the National Wildlife Federation reports that already more then 150 threatened or endangered sea turtles are dead. And 316 sea birds, mostly brown pelicans and northern gannets, have been found dead along the Gulf Coast as a result of the spreading oil.
For some reason I wanted to share about oil spills, I don't know why though...
 To lighten things up, im going to put on some funny animal pictures!

I love the polar bear one!!!!

Check out me and my friends magazine website at oceanlife.webs.com

See you soon!