Bella Lack
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author of Children of the Anthropocene/ Director @reservaylt Trustee @bornfreefdn presented @animal_lefilm
Joined December 2011
Deeply sad about Notre Dame, but shocked at the hypocrisy of humanity. We destroy over 150 acres of rainforest every minute and do not give it a second thought, yet fall into mourning at the loss of a building.
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It’s a strange world at the moment in many ways, but a child being threatened with arrest for standing up for her future. that’s insane.
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A metaphor for humanity’s attitude towards the ecological crisis:
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Someone just sent this to me and asked me to find the leopard. I was convinced it was a joke. until I found the leopard. Can you spot it?
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This is @IcelandFoods’ Christmas advert that has been banned for being ‘too political’. If saving our planet & protecting orangutans is considered a political issue, then we are in a dire state. It won’t be aired on tv, so Twitter, please do your thing.
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“Crown shyness is a phenomenon in which the crowns of trees do not touch each other, forming a canopy with channel-like gaps in order to prevent abrasions or collisions with neighbours”. Even trees respect each other, we could learn something from them.💚.
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Elephants charge at hunters after they shoot and kill a member of the herd!. I do not have sufficient words to express the cruelty of #trophyhunting. Please circulate this video and oppose trophy hunting, we can no longer be passive bystanders.
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A sandmartin who has flown thousands of miles from Africa, just trying to get home, yet @NorthNorfolkDC have netted over 1KM of Bacton cliff face. Please RT and cause an uproar for nature #NetsDownForNature.
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“Well done. You managed to shoot a stationery, 14 foot peaceful creature with a high velocity rifle. Very sporting 😠!!". RT if you want a GLOBAL ban on #TrophyHunting NOW!. @rickygervais
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DEVESTATING. Today, #British oil company Soco International has been given permission to drill in Virunga National Park in the #Congo, home of critically endangered Mountain Gorilla. Last month 6 Rangers died defending the #gorillas. We must stop this. RT to start #TheResistance
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We are so lucky to share the planet with these creatures. We could all learn something from the devotion and tenderness of a herd of elephants.
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The lungs of our planet are burning, bringing life on Earth down with them. This is driven by people placing money over morality and economy over ecology. In the end, no will benefit when our life support systems are destroyed. SHARE WIDELY. #PrayforAmazonia
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Blue line natural extinction rate. Red line current extinction rate. We did this. #ExtinctionTheFacts
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I can only express gratitude for this 91 year old getting arrested for the first time because he stands on the street asking for a better world. @ExtinctionR
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One species - our species - is threatening all other life on Earth. 1 million species are at risk of imminent extinction. I can’t think of a single thing more worthy of every ounce of humanity’s attention. This is the very future of life on Earth.
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Funny how we perceive this to be the lions blocking the humans rather than a road sprawling through their habitat.
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Outside of quarantine this is still happening. and will be there waiting for us when this nightmare is over. When we return to normal, let’s do all we can to protect the beauty of this planet.
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I dream one day we'll wake up to a new respect and compassion for #Animals an upgrading of the Status of Animals
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Today it has been announced that Japan will RESUME commercial whaling next year. This is one of the most cruel, barbaric & archaic practices. It threatens not only one of the most intelligent species on earth, but also the complex ecology of the ocean.Pls RT & openly oppose this.
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Very, very devastated by the recent announcement from @michaelgove that trophy hunting imports will not be banned. As long as ‘trophies’ are being imported, we are perpetuating the killing of animals who are not only intelligent and sentient, but are also ecologically vital.
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Thousands and thousands of young people just unexpectedly spilled onto the road in one of the largest youth protests against climate change in history. #Climatestrike
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Nothing more dispiriting then watching wildlife having to clean up after us to protect their families. This is our role. #PassOnPlastic
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This hero is Izzy. She has also been a victim of the fires raging across Australia.
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I’m sorry but I must call on you all again. Despite Norfolk Council promising to remove the nets, they’re still up! Please tell @NorthNorfolkDC that every hour these nets are up means those birds have no where to stay. Please share.
A sandmartin who has flown thousands of miles from Africa, just trying to get home, yet @NorthNorfolkDC have netted over 1KM of Bacton cliff face. Please RT and cause an uproar for nature #NetsDownForNature.
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Yesterday was #WorldOceanDay but this crisis extends behind that. We need to act upon this every day in every way we can. The plastic age is coming to an end now, make sure you’re on the right side of history.
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DEVASTATING:. @HSIGlobal indicates that 40,000 giraffe parts imported into the USA in 10 yrs, resulting in them going ‘quietly extinct’. Perhaps it would help if people stopped killing them for amusement & importing their body parts to be used as ornaments. #BanTrophyHunting
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“Well done. You managed to shoot a stationery, 14 foot peaceful creature with a high velocity rifle. Very sporting 😠!!". RT if you want a GLOBAL ban on #TrophyHunting NOW!. @rickygervais
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This is what 1°C is like. Imagine what 2°C will be like. Imagine what 3°C will be like. Imagine what 4°C will be like.
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“We look to the stars, contemplating the unlikely forms of life elsewhere, yet the biodiversity on Earth is beyond the realms of imagination”. @gunsnrosesgirl3 .
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Just imagine if we were the ones to extinguish this from the planet.
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Wherever you are, whoever you are, whatever you do, pressure your politicians to demand an end to this senseless slaughter. This baby tries to wake his mother after she was brutally butchered by poachers.If the demand stops,the killing stops. RT to share this heartbreaking video
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And let’s not forget about the ocean acidification, the loss of coral reefs, the draining of peat bogs, melting ice caps etc.
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Let us remember that animals are not mere resources for human consumption. They are splendid beings in their own right, who have evolved alongside us as co-inheritors of all the beauty and abundance of life on this planet. Marc Bekoff .@LolaYaBonobo .
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.@CadburyUK is driving extinction! They’ve destroyed tens of thousands of hectares of rainforest in just TWO years because of their disingenuous use of #palmoil. Please RT to join me in telling @CadburyUK that unless they change rapidly, we will boycott their products.
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Before the criticism starts, I’m not undermining or lessening the understandable devastation felt at the loss of an iconic building, but there are other important losses to consider and ‘rebuild’.
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A death sentence has just been issued. The Batang Toru dam construction has been allowed to proceed. The Tapanuli Orangutan was discovered last year and there are 800 individuals left. Once this is built, they will diminish into extinction.
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A little clip of my interview on @SkyNews - debating the #climatestrike with a head teacher.
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10,000 people congregated today because of our love of one thing - our wildlife. It was inspiring, it was moving and it was momentous. Thank you so much everyone.
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She was shot 74 times. Her baby was killed in the process. Why? The palm oil industry. I’m not vilifying the farmers harvesting the crop, it’s the consumers who demand dirty, unsustainable #PalmOil who are culpable. In other words, will you please change your habits?
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.@realDonaldTrump has weakened the endangered species act and trophy hunters around the globe are applauding him. After all, they now have better access to some of Earth’s most precious & endangered species so they can slaughter them.Why wouldn’t they be happy? .#BanTrophyHunting
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This baby elephant rushed to rescue a ‘drowning’ human. The empathy and compassion shown by a creature who faces so much at the hands of humans is extraordinary. and heart breaking.
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Today we will lose 200 species of plant, insects, birds and mammals. WE are the causation of such destruction. Animals are not:.medicine.Jewellery .Or clothes. Their home is not there to be decimated and their babies are not their to be stolen. #EndangeredSpeciesDay
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They can die of a broken heart. They become depressed and refuse to eat because they so miss their mothers. It’s time that we stop the exploitation of these compassionate and intelligent gentle giants. #BeKindToElephants
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To those missing the point:.I’m not directly referencing the spray used, I’m talking about how we cause ecological disasters and then attempt to construct a facade that everything’s ok. Which, right now, it’s not.
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This #polarbear home was invaded by tourists from the Cruise Ship @HLCruisesInt. He defended himself and his home, mildly injuring a "polar bear guard". He was then shot dead. Here's a thought. Why not look at the bears from afar and leave them alone? RT to Leave the bears alone.
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Two sperm whales found beached with stomachs brimming with plastic.
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Look at the size of these hummingbird chicks. life is delicate.
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Want to know what extinction looks like? .Here is the Vaquita. There are 12 left in the world. TWELVE. Soon our planet will be devoid of yet another magnificent creature because of human greed.
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They show empathy, mourn the dead, distinguish between different human languages, use tools and have extraordinary memories. Yet we still brand them ‘trophies’. It’s time that Trump agrees to #BanTrophyHunting NOW.
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If a reptile has enough compassion to save a ‘friend’, then humans must be able to dredge up enough compassion to protect the world that sustains us and the creatures that inhabit it.
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There were only 30 of these ‘big tuskers’ left in the ENTIRE world last month. Now there are 29. This big Tusker was murdered by a #Trophyhunter in Zimbabwe. If that was the human race, he would have just killed 3.3% of the population-over 250 million people. #BanTrophyHunting
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It’s terrifying that our species is causing the sixth mass extinction and climate breakdown and yet all I hear about on the news is #Brexit. At this point, I can safely say that the majority of my generation just want a planet to live in when we’re older.
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These amazing ladies inspire me so much. They are Africa’s first and only women led anti-poaching unit and they dedicate their lives to protecting some of the most magnificent creatures on Earth. Wow! 👏🏽👏🏽
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And then we wonder why the environment is crumbling under our weight.
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A 93 seconds well spent. Happy Birthday, Sir David - a hero to all!
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.@rickygervais expresses his usually clarity and compassion for the animals :. ‘Big-game trophy hunters are psychopaths’. RT if you agree we should #BanTrophyHunting. Support @BornFreeFDN in their endeavours to put an END to this barbaric practice.
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.@AbeShinzo How will you justify to your children and grandchildren why you were entitled to experience some of the most magnificent creatures on this planet, and yet chose to destroy them?
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We did it! The ‘wildlife official’ who slaughtered 14 endangered animals has been asked to resign because of his ‘poor judgement’ and ‘disrespect for the animals’ he slaughtered. A small win, but a win nonetheless. @rickygervais
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So beautiful, so majestic, so sublime. So endangered. So threatened by @china’s new plan to legalise tiger bone under the false pretence that it has medicinal value. It doesn’t.
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Yes, 2019 hasn’t been great. at all, but every day there are billions taking action like this & allowing their empathy & compassion to rule & change the world in a beautiful way. 2020 can be spectacular if we all do this.
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This ‘whale prison’ was found by a drone in the Far East Region of Russia. The whales are being exploited for commercial purposes - they’re being sold to Asian aquariums. International outrage may be a lifeline for these whales. Please RT.
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This GPS tracking of the migration of birds across Europe is incredible.
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I fear that in the face of mass extinction we’re losing hope. If we lack hope, we become apathetic. For this reason, every day I’ll post a video to remind us of what we’re fighting for - our inestimable wildlife. Today we start with a mother’s love.
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On #IndigenousPeoplesDay , I’d like to reshare an important statistic:. Indigenous people make up less than 5% of the world’s population but protect over 80% of our planet’s biodiversity !
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Botswana has now officially lifted the ban on elephant hunting!. I’m not going to pretend that elephant populations in Botswana are dwindling, because they’re not, but that doesn’t alter the immorality and cruelty of this. An elephant’s intelligence could exceed that of humans.
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This is the reality of #trophyhunting. They can no longer hide behind the facade of ‘conservation’. Killing is not, and never will be, conservation. It is brutal. It is cruel. It is unnecessary. I will continue to speak out against #TrophyHunting. RT to join me.
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Pollution. plastics. Trophy hunting. extinction. The natural world is being ravaged by humans. Change must start now. @NickyAACampbell @CBTHunting @AidanRGallagher @ZacGoldsmith @willtravers @PeterEgan6 @stae_elephants @SteveBackshall
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#ReasonToProtect .We don’t know what this baby Gray Whale’s saying, but it’s beautiful, poignant & seems to speak to something deep within us anyway. If we want to learn more about these magnificent creatures, we must begin by protecting them & their home
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Today I had the great privilege of meeting Iman. She is the very last Malaysian Sumatran rhino on earth. You can listen to this video and hear her contented munching, or you can hear the plaintive calls of the last individual of a species. This is what extinction looks like.
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Social distancing lessons from trees. Crown shyness is a phenomenon in which the crowns of trees do not touch each other, forming a canopy with channel-like gaps in order to protect themselves and others.
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A whale’s life is based around their ability to hear, now @realDonaldTrump is issuing permits that allow blasts as loud as dynamite to be fired every 10 seconds (for months at a time) in their habitat.
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The U.K. are the first country to declare an environment and climate emergency. Just now. Today could be the day we look to back to in 50 years and thank ourselves for taking action. So let’s do just that; take action. #ClimateEmergency #environmentemergency.
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People have been asking for centuries what differentiates us from other animals. Other animals feel empathy, other animals communicate, other animals are intelligent. But this. this is exclusively human.
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Parliament looms in the background as over 20,000 young people take to the streets of London to demand climate action and ask for a future. We need awareness and passion and urgency. We need a fundamental systematic reform for our planet and our species. #ClimateStrike
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Soulful. Serene. Sublime. So beautiful. So endangered by our actions. How can a #TrophyHunter see the slaughter of one of these creatures as a success?
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Yesterday I went to visit one of the sites that @TripAdvisor advertises. This is what I found.
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This baby stays by his friend’s side whilst medics treat him. In this not enough evidence of elephants striking capacity for empathy, loyalty and their intelligence? . This video should be enough to convince any stubborn politician to #BanIvory
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Today’s #ReasonToProtect is the intricacy of nature. I love the natural world for its sheer magnitude and overwhelming beauty, but also the litttle things too; the detail in a leaf or the pattern on a chameleon.
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She is not a trophy. Tomorrow the U.S. House will vote on H.R. 6784, a bill poised to remove protection for gray wolves nationwide. If passed, wolves will die at the hands of trophy hunters. Act now >> .
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