Keystone Carnivore Photo by: Shreve Stockton Human Health is inextricably tied to the health of animals and the environment. And today we are seeing serious outbreaks of disease that are truly becoming epidemics. So here in Maine we are seeing the latest outbreak of rabies in our foxes, and then there is the ongoing epidemic…
Coyote CHOOSES to play with dog toysPhoto by: Janet Kessler I increasingly come across research on large and powerful carnivores regarding how we humans perceive them, and as a result, how we relate with them. Research is showing that the way people often relate to powerful carnivores is informed by their culture and their knowledge…
“Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. Thus we should preserve every SCRAP OF BIODIVERSITY as priceless while we LEARN to use it and come to understand what it means We study and save it to our great benefit…. We ignore and…
How do we perceive the lives of the Others who share our planet with us? In his enlightening book, The Biology of Belief, author and scientist, Bruce Lipton, writes that we as humans only see what our perception filters allow us to see in the world beyond ourselves. And our perceptions and their filters form…
Our species views the behaviors of Coyotes from our human perspective…. a perspective that often cannot fathom how Coyotes see us and their world. Three behaviors especially are perceived as aggressive, but this interpretation is the farthest from the truth ~ Following: This behavior is more about their intelligence, which makes them CURIOUS about anyone…
The best way to understand what that word biodiversity means….is to create it right where you live…..where you can see it happening…as you step outside! This is how ~ Create habitat…..a place where herbivores can thrive. And where herbivores thrive….so do their predators. Where caterpillars (herbivores) have abundant native plants, the birds (predators) have plenty…
IT IS OUR TIME NOW….it is our time now to recreate our relationships with the sentient lives with whom we share our planet Earth. As our carnivores are recovering or expanding their range, our generation has the exciting opportunity to find ways of sharing the land and the sea with them. I’m wanting to share…
A sure sign of Spring is the return of our American robins and their melodious song. They are considered common, and oftentimes do not excite a word of wonder. But despite this oftentimes human perspective, they are amazing survivors of the past centuries of abuse and have regained their abundance as they are meant to…
Over and Over and Over again I read: There are SO many Coyotes… they are not endangered… they are survivors….no need to be concerned about them. RIGHT….? NO…..not so right! The following excellent article speaks to this. What kinds of lives do Coyotes live when we as humans are continually persecuting them…year round …in every…
photo by Christine Hanrahan “Coyotes let us know that the mental boundaries we keep—between the human and the wild— are more porous than we may have ever imagined. In the midst of our attempts to control the landscape, to put humans here and nature there, coyotes express an alternative set of ideas about boundaries. If…