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Showing posts with label bear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bear. Show all posts
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Asian Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus) also known as the Moon Bear or White-Chested Bear - WWF maximum cards about Pakistan
"Asian Black Bear
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Himalayan Bear)
The Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus), also known as the Moon bear[2] or White-chested bear[3] is a medium-sized species of bear, largely adapted for arboreal life, which occurs through much of southern Asia, Korea, northeastern China, the Russian far east and Honshū and Shikoku islands of Japan."
There are many dangerous "entities" lurking in the wilderness of "The Pure Land" (a.k.a. Pakistan). This one here is NOT the deadliest. So don't shoot this innocent animal - it has no hidden agenda and it just wants to satisfy...bear necessities.
Oh, wait - killing may not be the worst thing that can happen, even to a bear!
"Animals Asia Foundation (AAF) is a Hong Kong-based charity that seeks to end cruelty to animals in Asia.
The AAF was founded in 1998 by Jill Robinson, who felt compelled to create the organisation after learning of the plight of the Asiatic Black Bear known as the “Moon Bear” because of the yellow crescent on its chest. Moon Bears are farmed throughout Asia for their bile, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine. The methods used in bear bile farming involve bears living up to 25 years in crush cages with metal catheters inserted into their abdomens for bile extraction or open wounds through which the bile drips.[1]"
"In February 2009, Animals Asia rescued a dozen malnourished, diseased Asiatic Black Bears from abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China. The bears were given to Animals Asia under an agreement made in 2000 with the government to save sick bears from state and illegal farms. The animals went to the foundation's Moon Bear Rescue Center outside Chengdu, which has handled 260 freed bears since the agreement was signed. [5]"
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Maximum card: brown bear (Ursus arctos) - Romania
Romania has all the Top 10 [Eurasian] brown bear fur trophies in the world, according to http://evz.ro.
Now, from wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_in_Romania:
"Romania has a long history of hunting. The country remains a remarcable hunting destination, drawing many hunters because of its large numbers of brown bears, wolves, wild boars, red deer, and chamois. The concentration of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the Carpathian Mountains of central Romania is [the] largest in the world and contains half of all Europe's population, except Russia.[1]"
"World's foremost trophy record book of Rowland Ward mentions Romanian lands as provider of world records for stag (by local and foreign sportsmen), chamois (by Frederick Selous) and Eurasian Lynx (by the Prince of Liechtenstein)."
"Bear hunting (vanatoare de urs). Romania has the highest number and density of brown bears in entire Europe, second only to Russia and is one of the only few countries to allow its hunting. The population is so large, that many bruins are encountered in suburban areas feeding of waste, yet the big ones are to be encountered solitary in the sub-alpine forests. According to CIC, the world record Eurasian brown bear trophy skin (687.79 CIC points) was shot in Romania in 1985, and for the skull trophy, Romania has 2nd place (69.30 points), while 1st place (70.0 CIC points) was shot in Kamchatka, Russia. Around 250 permits are issued yearly for two bear hunts: fall season (Sep. 15 - Dec. 31) and spring season (Mar. 15 - May 15). Methods used are spot and stalk, waiting, game drives and under special permit, over bait; anything else, like trapping, shooting from blinds or elevated stand or use of archery are illegal. Recommended are large caliber rifle magnums, with a 7x64 mm minimum necessary. Good populations are in Gurghiu, Vrancea, Fagaras and south-east Carpathians. In Romanian cynegetical tradition, bear baculum is regarded as unconventional trophy."
Word of the day: baculum. You don't have the foggiest idea what it means? Click on it. Wikipedia will tell you.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Lovely Giant Panda maximum card maxicard #2. Created only a few zazzle customized postage personalized stamps
"- Condition: circulated, postmarked in Washington, D.C., near the Zoo; large size stamp (more expensive to produce)! 2.5x1.5 inches (63x38 mm); 4.5x6 inches (107x152 mm) postcard. The automated spray-on postmark is smeared because the postcard is glossy and the postal manager refused to handcancel it for me, without even seeing or knowing that it's a Zazzle stamp. "I ain't gonna do no handcanceling!" [whatsoever, for any mailpiece].
- Year: 2008 postmark; I have designed this 2007 stamp.
- Catalog value: Only 20 stamps created; 3 (at least) I keep, 17 (at most) still available. This denomination is no longer available for future orders, as the current first class rate is 44 cents.
So, nobody else in the world can offer this item, freestyle maximum card with giant panda customized postage, exactly as shown.
The Zazzle customized postage (personalized stamps, personalised stamps) are perfectly valid for postage, as demonstrated by this circulated item."
In conclusion, this is and will remain a unique item in the world in this exact configuration. No additional copies.
- Year: 2008 postmark; I have designed this 2007 stamp.
- Catalog value: Only 20 stamps created; 3 (at least) I keep, 17 (at most) still available. This denomination is no longer available for future orders, as the current first class rate is 44 cents.
So, nobody else in the world can offer this item, freestyle maximum card with giant panda customized postage, exactly as shown.
The Zazzle customized postage (personalized stamps, personalised stamps) are perfectly valid for postage, as demonstrated by this circulated item."
In conclusion, this is and will remain a unique item in the world in this exact configuration. No additional copies.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Non-traditional maximum card: a personalized stamp that I designed, a custom postcard I made from a book cut-out, and custom postmark (my MPP+ add-on)
Below, the front side:
The back side:
Above, it's the backside, with the make-up postage for the then-current rate. Look what a desolated landscape. Dang, where's the food, man? (Bear?) :)
The back side:
Above, it's the backside, with the make-up postage for the then-current rate. Look what a desolated landscape. Dang, where's the food, man? (Bear?) :)
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