Happy Birthday, Jane Goodall!

One of conservation heroes, Jane Goodall, celebrates her birthday today. Her new film, Chimpanzee, in association with Disneynature, opens in theatres on April 20th; and they will donate to the Jane Goodall Institute when you see the film within the first week.

A Real Halloween Scare

Halloween costumes, pranks and movies are at least make-believe. A recent article in USAToday titled Lions, tigers, big cats may face extinction in 20 years sends more shivers down my spine than any Halloween scare can. The dwindling numbers of African big cats is real.

The article does offer hope. I like the idea of opening up "corridors" between nature reserves in Africa. This would allow the cats to mingle, thereby preserving genetic diversity.

What do you think?