![]() 8709 Australians and 2701 New Zealanders were sent to their deaths by incompetent British commanders. Last month was the anniversary of 100 years since Australians and New Zealanders landed at Gallipoli, Turkey in 1915. WAR: Tony Albert is a highly regarded Aboriginal artist and his striking memorial to the previously overlooked contribution of Indigenous soldiers to our armed forces was recently unveiled in Hyde Park, Sydney. Photography by City of Sydney Paul Patterson. Tony Albert’s Memorial to Indigenous soldiers in Hyde Park. Only 3 out of 15 lions used in the filming of Born Free were rehabilitated, which angered Joy and George and Virginia and Bill Travers. ![]() George gambled that Boy would not kill the younger Christian who was nearly old enough to be perceived as a threat. This was why he created a pride around our Christian the lion, with Boy as the adult male. ![]() George Adamson later said they should have kept the three cubs as this would have made Elsa’s lonely and precarious rehabilitation easier. The film portrayed Joy Adamson as the one keenest to keep the cubs, but it was George who relented at the last moment and did not send Elsa with the others to a zoo in Holland. The lions were wonderful and Elsa was an amazing animal. Virginia McKenna, although more English rose than the volatile Austrian Joy Adamson, is an excellent actress. The film was not dated and Africa looked so beautiful and fresh. In NSW we are celebrating that Mark Pearson won a seat for the Animal Justice Party in the NSW Parliament Upper House.īORN FREE: I loved seeing Born Free again and it was a successful fundraiser for The Feline Foundation and Animal Works. Through a wide variety of animals and experts, there are many discussions and views on subjects as diverse as sentience, rewilding, compassionate conservation, and interspecies friendships. There are many articles which illustrate the fantastic range of contemporary thinking about animals. He seems mainly concerned with the prevention of the poaching of rhinos, especially that rhino horn can now command up to $75,000 a kilo!Ĭhristine Townend sent me this link to Psychology Today. The other interview was with Australian Damien Mander who brings his experience as an ex-soldier to the Anti-Poaching Foundation primarily working in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. 170 have been rehabilitated successfully to natural habitats and are forming viable populations. Jacqui Sunderland-Groves, a primatologist and Senior Advisor at Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia described “forest school” where orangutans are taught and prepared to be returned to the wild. I have heard two interesting interviews relating to animals on our ABC Radio National lately. He is an active campaigner against the “canned hunting” of lions. I want to ask Kevin about the risks he seems to take with lions that I never would, and if he shampoos them – they look so fluffy and gorgeous. See here for details of when he is appearing at fund raisers in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney (17th June) for Painted Dog Conservation Incorporated. I am very much looking forward to meeting “lion whisperer” Kevin Richardson when he comes to Australia next month.
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