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[Frameworks] Save Lolita: new film urges release of captive killer whale

2013-03-19 Thread Sandra Maliga


http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0122-hance-lolita.html


Through his new 90-second PSA,Save Lolita, filmmaker Daniel Azarian wanted to 
connect people to the plight of Lolita on a deeply human level; the only 
problem: Lolita is an orca, also known as a killer whale. But the stark, moving 
PSA succeeds, given the sociability of an individual—human or orca—who was 
stolen from her family and held in captivity for the past 42 years at Miami's 
Seaquarium.



- Sandy Maliga
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Re: [Frameworks] ELEPHANTS AND FILM

2013-03-18 Thread Sandra Maliga

This is tragic and infuriating.

Why can't anyone tell the Chinese people that elephants are threatened? If
elephants are extinct there will be NO MORE IVORY. Don't they have media in
China? Get the word out.

Why don't the Chinese import some elephants and start their own herd? They
could manage them carefully and eventually harvest ivory when the herd needs
thinning. No matter the cost; demand for ivory will drive the price ever
higher. They could promote homegrown ivory as superior.

Documentaries shown in the US and Europe make us feel bad but don't save
animals. How about showing some documentaries in China? How about a message
on every cell phone in China? I'd give money for that.

- Sandy Maliga

On Mar 18, 2013, at 11:02 AM, David Baker dbak...@hvc.rr.com wrote:

Esteemed cohorts everyone,

What I really love besides Experimental Film are Elephants.
I LOVE all Elephants but especially those that live free in the wild.
I love the complexity of elephant societies.

Something amazing to read is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition

Something important to see is:
National Geographic - Battle For The Elephants (2013)

I hope everybody on this forum is aware of the horror that is happening to
these animals right now, today.
More Elephants are being killed
than are being born. They are being wiped out, expunged from the earth.
The numbers of those massacred are crazy.
Last year 30,000 elephants were murdered.
The killing rate is accelerating. The New York Times describes it as a frenzy.
Horribly helicopters and machine guns do the job annihilating whole herds.
China is the problem.
The CHINESE demand the elephant's ivory tusks to make ludicrous carved luxury
goods.

If there is hope it might be through FILM.

Apparently, ridiculously the burgeoning Chinese middle class thinks elephant
tusks fall out naturally.
They call them elephant teeth.
Using film to educate in Africa and China may be the elephants last best hope.

The Experimental Film community can contribute importantly and make a
difference.
Kickstarter it isn't, but If you want to help or know of a cognizant
compassionate human being who does
please go here:

http://africanenvironmentalfilms.squarespace.com/donate

or here

http://www.savetheelephants.org/home.html

If you are a teacher please share this with your students.
Time is of the essence.
The force of human compassion is the solution.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/opinion/death-of-the-elephants.html

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=organized-crime-elephant-slaughter

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/02/world/asia/an-illicit-trail-of-african-ivory-to-china.html?pagewanted=all

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/17/opinion/sunday/slaughter-of-the-african-elephants.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/06/science/surveys-quantify-loss-of-african-elephants-for-ivory-trade.html?ref=elephants

http://ntdtv.org/en/news/china/2013-03-15/china-s-demand-for-ivory-fueling-elephant-poaching.html

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Re: [Frameworks] ELEPHANTS AND FILM

2013-03-18 Thread Sandra Maliga

Not advocating. I don't want to see any elephants killed. I have no interest
in ivory. I can't understand how there could be people who do not understand
that elephants should never be killed. BUt there are. There are people who lie
for money and people who listen to them. Moreover people who like ivory have
no respect for the law. And the laws are not enforced.

So what can be done?

As I understand the Chinese, they are pretty pragmatic, if I can generalize.
Maybe taking action to propose a way to get legitimate ivory could deflect some
of the interest in illegal ivory. Prohibition leads to crime, legalizing and
controlling is better.

When elephants could live and flourish in the wild there were natural deaths
that left tusks. If a herd was provided with space to thrive tusks could
occasionally be found. If the space was limited humans might be able to
reverently cull the herd by painlessly killing extra males and gathering
their tusks. A mother with young would never be killed by rational keepers.

Poachers are not concerned with keeping elephants alive; they care only for
short term profit. Poaching must be illegal. Murdering mother elephants must
be illegal.

Perhaps another possibility is to pressure the Chinese government to enforce
the laws. I went to the Chinese news in English - CCTV site
http://passport.cntv.cn/app_pass/verify/english/new/login.jsp?errtype=-5#

and they have articles about the threats to elephants. So some Chinese are
aware. How do THEY propose to get the word out to those who buy ivory?

- Sandy

On Mar 18, 2013, at 2:36 PM, Sandra Maliga neor...@e.com wrote:

This is tragic and infuriating.

Why can't anyone tell the Chinese people that elephants are threatened? If
elephants are extinct there will be NO MORE IVORY. Don't they have media in
China? Get the word out.

Documentaries shown in the US and Europe make us feel bad but don't save
animals. How about showing some documentaries in China? How about a
message on every cell phone in China? I'd give money for that.

- Sandy Maliga

On Mar 18, 2013, at 11:02 AM, David Baker dbak...@hvc.rr.com wrote:

Esteemed cohorts everyone,

What I really love besides Experimental Film are Elephants.
I LOVE all Elephants but especially those that live free in the wild.
I love the complexity of elephant societies.

Something amazing to read is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition

Something important to see is:
National Geographic - Battle For The Elephants (2013)

I hope everybody on this forum is aware of the horror that is happening to
these animals right now, today.
More Elephants are being killed
than are being born. They are being wiped out, expunged from the earth.
The numbers of those massacred are crazy.
Last year 30,000 elephants were murdered.
The killing rate is accelerating. The New York Times describes it as a
frenzy.
Horribly helicopters and machine guns do the job annihilating whole herds.
China is the problem.
The CHINESE demand the elephant's ivory tusks to make ludicrous carved
luxury goods.