Veggie Teens

Celebrating Earth Day

Here are 9 easy ways you can celebrate Earth Day!

1. Garden or plant a tree.
2. Make nature crafts suchs as birdhouses and bird feeders.
3. Educate yourself about the Earth and ways you can help.
4. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!
5. Clean up litter and use Earth friendly cleaning products.
6. Look up Earth Day videos and songs.
7. Attend community Earth Day events.
8. Show your support by wearing brown and green and eat an Earth friendly meal (any of our vegetarian recipes are great for this!)
9. Save energy by turning off your lights and walking or biking.

Check out wikiHow's Earth Day post for more details!

Rescued Walruses Find New Homes

Two orphaned walruses, Pakak and Mitik, were found by Barrow residents on the coast of Alaska. They were rescued then nursed back to health at the Alaska SeaLife Center.

They are now on their way to the Indianapolis Zoo and the New York Aquarium.

 

What to do when there's a mouse in the house

My week has been full of animals. We have a baby rabbit in our backyard, accompanied by a family of quail. A couple of scorpions and a mouse were sharing our house too. Because I love animals, I asked my dad if we could find a way to catch them without killing them. My dad caught the scorpions in a jar. 

The easiest way to catch the mouse would have been with a mouse trap or a sticky trap but we decide to use a cage instead. We loaded the cage with sweet apricot pits (the kind you buy, not fresh) and the next day the pits were gone--but no mouse. We reloaded
the cage a couple of times with no success. We needed to attach the food to the trigger somehow. We had no idea how to do this until my dad came up with the idea of using peanut butter. It worked! The next day we had him in the cage. 

We released the scorpions and the rodent into the desert. If you have rodent problems, instead of using a trap that will kill the animal, use a cage so you can catch it in and release it back into its natural habitat. 

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

According to WWF and the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, one of every four mammals species is in danger of coming extinct.

Click to Save Animals

Click to Give™ is a company that donates money to feed and care for animals in shelters every time you click the button.

All you have to do is click, every click equals .6 bowls of food.

The best part about this is, its FREE!

 

http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com/clickToGive/home.faces