Paradizoo, a Farm Ranch Zoo in Tagaytay

The Paradizoo. OK now heres the way to make a zoo. This is a privaely owned and run zoo ranch.
So youll see mostly farm animals.

Although it really seems to be a petting zoo, it features much more and is double the size of the badly run Manila zoo.


Real care and management seems to be done here. Very possibly due to it being cared for similar to a ranch. No scrimping on care!

I hope to visit there someday. Look like much fun.





More info on the Paradizoo here.

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Manila Zoo Philippines Amusement Theme Park

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Now I'm not usually one for zoos. As typically, a great many are not fit for animal life. But there are a few good ones scattered throughout the world. ones who create realistic and appropriate habitats for the animals, feed them proper meals and try to simulate their daily natural lives as much as possible. Such work and supplies and food take up enormous funds. That is possibly why so many fail inspections, having cut back on certain things to survive. Yet everything a zoo needs is absolutely critical if it is to house and feed so many animals and keep them content and not abused. Each animal needs a certain space to grow and develop and be happy. This is why I usually prefer nature preserves, where only the borders are fenced off from intruding poachers, domestic animals..Get proper medical care (when deemed needed, outside of natural hunting).

The Manila Zoo, sadly is no exception to bad care and habitats.

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Starving animals due to underfeeding.

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Little to no medical care.

But, worry not my fellow earth lovers! There are plenty more zoos who are much better at animal care. Zoos are not a bad idea if properly implemented. Ensuring the survival of endangered species. Through protection, breeding and education. That was the original purpose of zoos. To educate and expose the masses to the animals they wouldn't otherwise get to see in their lifetime. If more zoos were to implement this ideal fully, then all the animals would live happily. So unlike PETA, who uses only extremes and tries to ban ALL instead of the few bad eggs, I say remove or improve on those bad eggs, make CHANGES rather than removing it all. Removing all of  something is like banning ALL books because one has a swear word. Very silly and wasteful.

Zoos are a valuable cultural and educational asset if only done correctly. 

AS per the San Diego Zoo and a few others around the world. The most popular and prominent seem to garner better funds, thereby providing better care and quality research. Some in fact work alongside wildlife preserves to help reintroduce some few animals back into the wild, if they can handle it. it is my personal opinion that most all animals in zoos should be those who were rescued and unable to survive anymore in their natural environment, due to severe wounds, mental disorders, or whatever. We can care for and learn from these animals.

And that's my two pesos :-)

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Philippines Wildlife Sanctuary, Calauit

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    As I am from America and am currently staying in the Philippines, my main focus will be in these two countries. That being said, I recently discovered on my many internet adventures (haha) this very interesting preserve or wildlife sanctuary.

An excerpt from the website :



"Calauit Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary (CGPWS) is the Philippines major conservation showcase for wildlife habitat holding the single distinction as the first successful wildlife trans-location experiment in Asia. It has evolved to becoming a home of important Philippine endemic and exotic wildlife from Africa."



 You can see more here: Palawan Council for
Sustainable Development

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Red Panda

You had to know this was coming. Ha! Another awesome animal with the moniker of "panda" although this one is no more a bear than the panda is a racoon.

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Red pandas, which resemble raccoons, are about 42 inches long, including a long, bushy tail. They weigh between seven and 14 pounds. Their red-and-white markings blend in with the red mosses and white lichens that grow on the trees in which they live. Their soft, dense fur covers their entire body—even the soles of their feet. Red pandas use their long, bushy tails to balance when they're in trees. They also cover themselves with their tails in winter. ~ source National Zoo 





Also I would like to bring to your attention the addition of a new feature to this blog, "Helping Hands" page, This page will house all the donation, adoption and all helping sites, institutions, companies and charity causes to help animals, people and the environment. After all, everyone and everything is connected. Go check it out now! HELPING HANDS

Help all and you help yourself. So please help yourself in helping all. ;-) 

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Pandas are Awesome!

     I happen to be under the firm and unequivocal opinion that pandas are AWESOME! I know there are many out there who would agree.

     Did you know that pandas have an inseparable relationship with bamboo? They spend at least 12 hours each day eating bamboo. Bamboo actually has very little nutrition per pound, so to get the needed nutrients, pandas eat as much as 84 pounds (38 kilograms) of it each day.

     So you can guess that bamboo is the most important plant in a giant panda's life. Pandas live in cold and rainy bamboo forests high in the mountains of western China.

     Giant pandas have also been known to eat grasses, bulbs, fruits, some insects, and even rodents and carrion. At the San Diego Zoo, pandas are offered bamboo, carrots, yams, and special leaf eater biscuits made of grain and packed with all the vitamins and minerals pandas need.
     The average panda home range is thought to be approximately 1.9 square miles (5 square kilometers), with male ranges larger than that of females. In areas where food is not plentiful, the home range can be larger.

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Giant Panda enjoying its meal

     A word of caution. While pandas are awesome and cute, it is NEVER safe to be too close to one unless you are a trained professional. They know best when and how to approach and interact with this animal. After all, it is of the bear family and very wild. So as with most animals of the world, it is best to watch from far, and admire in "awwwwwww". Awesome indeed.

     Visit the World Wildlife Fund to help support all animals including the adorable panda.

Bamboo Living

Bamboo has been used  for building structures since many thousands of years ago and maybe longer!

Western architects are rediscovering this versatile material and can't say enough good things about it!
 

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Bamboo Living Homes

Bamboo Living Homes is the brainchild of founder Jeffrey Trudeau and architect David Sands. They built their first prototype in 1996 in Maui, and since then they’ve build over 150 sustainable bamboo homes in the Hawaiian Islands, Caribbean, and the South Pacific. They decided to use bamboo as their main building material for a few reasons. One was that people have been building with bamboo since the dawn of civilization, and they wanted to continue that tradition to maintain balance with the earth. Bamboo is also the fastest growing plant on the planet, so it replenishes itself easily and creates more renewable material.

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