I propose no Turkey for Thanksgiving.

Lets be thankful for the turkeys. This post has to do with Turkeys. Since it is the month of thanksgiving.

I feel bad for the turkey this time of year. I think thanksgiving should be not turkey. It should be replaced with a non meat food.

In fact all the food that is consumed on Thanksgiving should be not meat.

We are giving thanks for our family, world and everything in life. So why be thankful and eat turkey. The truth is, the turkey is an animal and should not be hurt or eaten on thanksgiving.

We can eat the turkey on other days, but thanksgiving no form of meat should be eaten. Thanksgiving can still be a very delicious meal without meat.

My roomate said there was a Bobcat in our hallway!!!

So I am blogging about something I learned yesterday. My roommate saw a bobcat outside in the breezeway of our apartment. When she told me this I really thought she was joking. But I guess not because by listening to the description of the bobcat it had to be one.

She said she saw it at night. I think it must of came because our neighbors always put their garbage bags outside the night before. The trash does not get picked up until late morning. So the bobcat must of smelled the garbage and wanted to go through it.

I understand I go to an environmentally friendly school but I am very scared at night. We have so many different wildlife that live here. Next thing you know I will have a poisonous snake in my room or worst a gator. We have to be very careful. We are so close to these animal’s habitats. They don’t mean to harm us but they will if they feel threatened.

The bobcat was brown and orange.

Shy Wolf Sanctuary

This is another place I have volunteered at. It is located in Naples Florida. I learned about this place through a classmate. She told me you work with wolves. I thought it sounded really cool. Definitely something I have never done before. Why not try it out.

I went down to the center and got an appointment with Deanna, the lady in charge. It was very nice to meet her and learn about what I would be doing. I told her I am a little nervous but she said I will be fine.

Another lady the next time I went down told me to play in a level 4 Wolves cage. I had no idea what I was doing so I of course went into the cage and next thing you know this wolfs ears are flat back, snarling his teeth.

I knew it was not a good sign. I ran out as fast as I could. He was threatened by me I was in his cage. Turns out the lady who did that had no idea what she was doing.

I definitely have an angel watching over me. A man came out and calmed me down and we started off with level 1 Wolves.

What a difference. No snarling, no growling, no teeth just them being playful. I learned never to go into a level 4 Wolves cage ever again.

I did volunteer there more. I did not let one mistake get to me. You learn from your mistakes. I received over 40 hours from volunteering at Shy Wolf Sanctuary.

President Obama makes Horse Slaughter Legal....

I was reading an article this morning that showed up on the home page of my computer. And now I am completely and utterly furious. President Obama has made horse slaughter legal for consumption.

There are no words to how I felt right after I read this sentence. All I can say is I am speechless and now want to go to Washington to give him a piece of my mind.

Maybe even start a debate on the reasons why this is wrong and horses are not meant to be food. It is the same as him saying dog slaughter is legal in the United States. Horses and dogs are pets. This is inappropriate and very wrong.

Why make this legal? In the past there have been cases down in the Miami, Florida area where people were breaking into barns and killing the horses over night getting meat and leaving them there.

The next morning the owners of the horses would come out and see their wonderful steeds slaughtered lying down in their stalls. It is a sick matter.

All horse owners have been on their guard during that whole period. If anybody tried killing my horses I would shoot them. They are trespassing in my yard and hurting the things I own.

Now this is legal. This now gives the robbers a benefit. They get away with killing horses and breaking into your yard. Wow, president Obama please make this illegal. I really don’t think he has researched or thought this through at all.

Colloquium Field Trip # 4

Down Town Fort Myers

After visiting down town Fort Myers I have seen many historical things. New Urbanism is a walk able neighborhood area that contains a range of housing. It is an urban design movement. This area did not have houses in the main park and town area but it had the houses on the out skirts of downtown. Therefore I think it does not fit the description of new urbanism.

In the city I felt really comfortable walking in the park. It reminded me of my grade school years. There were many different statues in the park. Clayton the soldier was one of them and the other was the “Uncommon Friends” statue that had the water full of alligators, otters, manatees and fish which are all South Florida animals.

There was water with sail boats nearby too. It created a relaxing atmosphere in downtown. The city was full of stores, hotels, museums just variety amount of different places. The parking in the area was limited. When I was there this week there was a food market going on with vegetables and many other food items. The city had a very busy environment.

What was really awesome was seeing the red mangrove trees in the park. I wanted to get a better view of the city overall. I saw the top of the roof of the hotel in the city and decided to go inside and go on top of the roof to see the view of the city.

Rookery Bay Service Learning

I have been working on service learning hours a lot lately. My goal is to graduate and a great place I have been volunteering at is Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. I have been volunteering here for my service learning hours for this course. I met the staff at the center and they had me fill out all the basic forms and information in order to become a volunteer at the center. They were very welcoming and the first thing they had me do was take a tour of their center. I was very excited. There were more than 20 exhibits there. And the information I learned from each station was so interesting. I learned a lot and it did take me forever to finish the tour.

Then once I learned about who they are and what they stand for, they put me to work. I got my very own name tag. They did spell my name wrong but it was ok. I went to the area they had all the organisms in tanks and they had me carefully pour them into another tank and clean the tank out I had poured them from. It was a very timely process but I like doing things for people and organisms.

After that they had me file paperwork for them. They are a very busy center so they definitely need all the help they can get to stay and be organized. I did just that. I even labeled files for them.

Each time I visited I did many different and random tasks. It is neat to volunteer and learn and help many people.

A what in the Outlets? #8

At work yesterday in Miromar Outlets the biggest experience happened to me. I never thought this would happen at work.

Yes working in retail is just clothes and customers but BEARS? You heard me right. BEARS.

I saw a black bear cub outside our store at 7:30 am while I was cleaning the windows getting ready for the day.

I looked out the store's window and saw a black bear by the fountain. I could not believe my eyes.

The shopping outlets is an unusual place to see a black bear. I was worried for the people outside though. I knew I was safe.

But when there is a baby bear cub around there is usually a momma bear around with it. And if baby cub is approached the mother would attack whoever is nearby.

I told my boss and we had a special group come and take the bear away to release it back to its home. What an experience to have right before the day of work starts.

Here is the link to coverage from FGCU:http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16039913/2011/11/14/black-bear-spotted-near-fgcu#.TsQlMOXPx28.facebook

Owls! #7

So my dad called me today and told me I have a family of Owls in my backyard :) How much better can the holiday season get?

I love owls. They are barred owls. There are 3 of them and a Mother owl watches over them.

I am away at College but my Dad said when he goes near the birdhouse the mother owl warns him by puffing out her feathers, and opening her wings.

I go home in a couple of days and want to see if there are other animals trying to get near the nest.

Some animals that would prey on the owls are, crows, racoons, other birds and my cat. I built the owls birdhouse on my own.

My teacher told me I should over college break so I did. And look at it now. Home to a family of owls.