Elephant Mud Bath

 Check out this video of a herd of wild elephants enjoying a mud bath. THIS is what an elephant's life should be all about! Many elephants in captivity don't have access to mud baths or bathing water, or grass and trees for grazing. And if they live in a colder climate, they are often confined indoors for long periods of time. Learn more about Canadian elephants in captivity, including Lucy, at: http://www.savelucy.ca/

Make a Change for Earth Day

In honour of Earth Day, pledge to make a lasting change for the earth and the animals by getting a re-usable water bottle and committing to using it, instead of buying plastic water bottles. Here's one of the reasons why:


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This is a photograph of a dead albatross chick taken on Midway Atoll, a remote nesting site in the middle of the North Pacific. Every year tens of thousands of albatross chicks die on Midway from starvation, toxicity, and choking because of the plastic that their parents are accidentally feeding them. Think of the difference we could all make for animals like the albatross if we gave up using plastic water bottles! To learn more about marine debris and the impact it's having on wild animals, check out our Keep It Wild! workshop, "Save our Seas?" http://www.keepitwildeducation.com/for-teachers

Polar Bears Love Snow

Students have been working hard on the campaign to get Yupi, a polar bear who lives in a zoo in Mexico, moved to a better habitat. Dear Zookeeper, writes Abhipsa, who is in grade 1 at Rose Avenue PS in Toronto, please give Yupi lots of snow and lots of ice and keep her in a cold place. Thank you. Her classmates also wrote postcards and drew pictures to bring awareness to Yupi's plight. All the students agreed that polar bears and snow belong together!

 

     

An Elephant Resource for Teachers

Hey teachers, check out this great resource, Take Action for Elephants: A Resource Guide, created by Zoocheck Canada and Everyone Loves Elephants. The resource includes information about elephants in the wild and in captivity, a section on books, websites and organizations, fifteen great classroom activities geared towards elementary students, and more. The resource will soon be available on our Keep It Wild website, http://www.keepitwildeducation.com/, or if you would like to receive a copy of it, please contact Zoocheck directly.