Rainforest Rescue Update - Gito

In September 2015 a baby orang-utan was abandoned and left for dead in a urine soaked cardboard box in Borneo.  After being found he was transported by motorbike for 9 hours to a rescue sanitary.  Sanctuary volunteers have nursed him back to health. He was malnourished and dehydrated. He was nearly bald with grey flaking skin.  Rescuers said he was left to die in the sun.

To help relieve him, coconut oil was massaged all over him  to soothe and soften his itchy skin. He was also placed on a drip to rehydrate him.

He was named Gito by his rescuers.

Here is his story

He has made a remarkable recovery, and now is meeting new friends.

To learn more about these wonderful creatures and the sanctuary that saved him go to International Animal Rescue.

Donations are needed.

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Florida passes new law to protect animals in HOT cars

 Florida has just made it legal to break into cars to Rescue Pets if they are left in a hot car!

If you live in Florida and see an animal in a hot car you now have the right to intervene and break in. This includes smashing the windows if the car is locked. An animal has only a small (minutes) window of time before death in these situations.

Recently Republican Governor Rick Scott signed House bill 131 into law allowing Floridians to break into locked automobiles to rescue animals or vulnerable people who are in imminent danger of suffering harm.

The bill comes as a direct response to the growing number of incidents where pets and children have died because they are left in overheated cars.

If you are hesitant to take things into your own hands, please feel free to call 911 and report the scene.

There are also flyers you can place on cars if you think there is time for a safe response.
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TULLY, A DOG WITH A NEED FOR A FOREVER HOME.

When Tully was picked up as a stray on Long Island and brought to a shelter he immediately showed strong objection to being confined.  After a few months his keepers tried to board him at outside homes and eventually fostered him, but she couldn't keep him forever.

Tully needs a forever home.  To find out more about him go to this page.https://www.facebook.com/175279419492399

Lolita, a killer Whale, needs to return to her home after 45 years in captivity.

Lolita is a 49 year old orca whale who lives in Miami, Florida at the Miami Seaquarium.  She has been there in an undersized tank for over 45 years.  She was originally captured off Washington State in 1970 and sold to the aquarium for $6,000.00.

Orcas are highly social animals who form intense emotional connections. However Lolita only has two dolphins as companions. Her mate Hugo died in 1980.

Living in her tiny tank with two dolphins, Lolita performs for the public on a daily basis. 

There has been much public outcry for her release to rejoin her pod back in Puget Sound.  Lolita’ s mother who is 82 years old is still believed to be freely swimming in the waters around Whidbey Island.

Find out more about the movement to retire Lolita to her rightful home. Go to http://www.orcanetwork.org.