Denver, CO Breed Specific Legislation Magazine Cover protraying the truth about BSL Laws, Killing Innocent Dogs out of Discrimination

A few nice about pet animals images I found:

Denver, CO Breed Specific Legislation Magazine Cover protraying the truth about BSL Laws, Killing Innocent Dogs out of Discrimination

Image by Beverly & Pack
The truth about Denver, CO is displayed on this mock magazine cover of the city in the Rocky Mountains that is killing innocent animals with their ignorant discrimination tactics.

Topics of news stories cover of "Killing Dogs":

Denver Mile Die City
at Tax Payers Expense

Disabled NOT Welcomed
Holocaust in the Rockies
Racism in the West
Euthanizing Service Dogs
Death Row Dogs
Stop BSL
Looks that Kill

growing up

Image by Genista
About 10 milimeters tip to, err, toe. There is at least ten of these guys still left under protection of their fierce parents.

Cats climb on human cat tree

Image by rikkis_refuge
Between now and Sponsor Appreciation Day on April 28, come visit the animals. Get your photo taken with the most number of animals possible sitting, climbing, or sleeping on you. Photos will hang in the gift shop. At 3 p.m. on April 28 the winners will be chosen. All winners will receive a custom Rikki's T-shirt in their favorite size and color. Winners will be in the categories of: Most Number of Species Piled on Me, Most Number of Animals on Me, Most Number of Animals on My Head, and Most Unusual and Creative Pose.

Come on out and join the fun !!! No complaints about paw prints !!!!

Rikki's Refuge No Kill Animal Sanctuary, www.RikkisRefuge.org - Next tour March 31, 2007 1 PM, next Open House and Sponsor Appreciation Day April 28 from 12 to 4. 540-854-0870 x2 or mail@RikkisRefuge.org

Endangered Species Laws

Some cool animals that are extinct images:

Endangered Species Laws

Image by amareta kelly
A species (group of like organisms that can reproduce) is listed as endangered if it is in immediate danger of extinction throughout all or a significant part of its habitat. Fossils show that many plants and animals have become extinct over millions of years.

watersome.blogspot.com/2011/11/endangered-species-laws.html

Canavalia rosea/maritima

Image by wallygrom
From Wikipedia -
Canavalia rosea is a species of flowering plant in the pea family, Fabaceae, that has a pantropical distribution. Common names include Beach Bean, Bay Bean, Seaside Jack-bean, Coastal Jack-bean, and MacKenzie Bean.

Synonyms include -
Canavalia maritima
Canavalia obtusifolia
Dolichos maritimus
Dolichos obtusifolius
Dolichos roseus

Coastal Jack-bean is a trailing, herbaceous vine that forms mats of foliage. Stems reach a length of more than 6 m (20 ft) and 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in thickness. Each compound leaf is made up of three leaflets 5.1–7.6 cm (2.0–3.0 in) in diameter, which will fold themselves when exposed to hot sunlight. The flowers are purplish pink and 5.1 cm (2.0 in) long. The flat pods are 10.2–15.2 cm (4.0–6.0 in) long and become prominently ridged as they mature. The buoyancy of the seeds allows them to be distributed by ocean currents.

C. rosea inhabits upper beaches, cliffs, and dunes throughout the world's coastal tropics. It is highly salt-tolerant and prefers sandy soils.

From Wikipedia -
Canavalia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family (Fabaceae) and comprises approximately 70-75 species of tropical origin. These vines have usually bright pea-flowers which are pollinated by insects such as solitary bees and carpenter bees (e.g. Xylocopa confusa).
They are commonly known as jack-beans. The species of Canavalia endemic to the Hawaiian Islands were named ʻāwikiwiki by the Native Hawaiians. That name means essentially "the very quick one" and comes from the Hawaiian word for "fast" that has also been appropriated into the name "Wikipedia". The generic name is derived from the Malabar word for the species, kavavali, which means "forest climber."

Several species are valued legume crops, including Common Jack-bean (C. ensiformis), Sword Bean (C. gladiata) and C. cathartica. At least the first makes a beneficial weed- and pathogen-suppressing living mulch. The Common Jack-bean is also known as the plant from which the lectin concanavalin A, con A is produced. This lectin is of major commercial and scientific importance as a reagent in glycoprotein biochemistry and immunology. Also, the Jack-bean is a common source of purified urease enzyme for scientific research.

Bay Bean (Canavalia rosea) supposedly is mildly psychoactive when smoked - it is used in tobacco substitutes.

Some animals have adaptation to the defensive chemicals of jack-beans. Caterpillars for example of the Two-barred Flasher (Astraptes fulgerator) are sometimes found on Canavalia. The plant pathogenic ascomycete fungus Mycosphaerella canavaliae was described from a jack-bean. Introduced herbivores have wreaked havoc on Canavalia on the Hawaiian Islands and made some nearly extinct; it may be that these lost their chemical defenses as no herbivorous mammals existed in their range until introduced by humans.