Wild Side News

Dr. Robert Watson / Chief Scientist talks about the world's challenges over global warming and the Bank's projections and responses to deal with this emerging crisis.

Mountaintop Removal / The New Eco-Terrorists and their ongoing attacks on fellow Americans, the Homeland, and our way of life.

Mountaintop Removal

We talk with Pauline Canterberry, Board Member / Coal River Mountain Watch (www.crmw.net) whose community is just one of hundreds under siege from the terrors of mountaintop removal.

For more information on people who are fighting to save their communities visit these websites.

Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition   www.OHVEC.org

Coal River Mountain Watch  www.crmw.net

Appalachian Voices  www.appvoices.org

Howard Paul / President / Colorado Search and Rescue

A, 12 year old Michael Auberry wandered away from his family and friends in a National Park in North Carolina, and he was gone.

For 4 days Park Rangers and Search and Rescue teams scoured the hills and woods. It's a painful time for everyone.

Getting lost happens to more good people than we sometimes want to admit. And that means it can happen to you.

What do you need to do to give your self the survival edge in such a situation? What leads to getting lost, and what can you do to prevent it?

Dr. Irving Biederman Professor of Neuroscience / Department of Psychology / USC (University of Southern California)

What is it about the world that attracts us? And why? We talk with Dr. Irving Biederman, whose research probes deep into the human brain to unlock the secrets of our desires to learn new things and to perceive and appreciate the beauty of our world.

Daniel Kopulos owner of a new Uptown Manhattan bird store makes sure that their birds go home with people who are well informed about what they are getting into. Pet birds, those lovely, adorable amazing bundles of wonder, are very intelligent, and with this come some very special demands. Pet owners at Uptown Birds spend up to three weeks in classes which prepare them for a potential lifetime relationship with their new friend.

Daniel Kopulos, co owner, shares his extensive knowledge about living with birds.

Dr. Timothy Gentner Assistant Professor Psychology Department  University of California San Diego

Dr. Gentner has been studying the ability of the European Starling, one of the world's most accomplished singers and mimics, to understand and create complex patterns of song that indicate the capacity to utilize recursion. What's it mean?

They've got a lot to say, and they know what they're talking about.

Canine Companions for Independence with David Ball & "Hawk": Graduates

We see them every so often, a dog tethered to a person in a wheel chair. There is a lot to this connection between a human and an animal. It's an amazing story of dedication, hard work and passion. It is a story you will love to hear. And it is an opportunity for you to become part of this most amazing truth about what is possible between humans and our animal friends.

Learn more about CANINE COMPANIONS at www.cci.org

Robert Kennedy Jr. provides a most compelling talk about nature, people and power. His talk is 38 minutes long, and packed with great wisdom.

He delivered this speech to the 2006 graduating class of the Presidio School of Management in San Francisco.

Ben Campbell / Director: Faith-Based Initiative: Ben Campbell introduces the work that Conservation International (CI) is doing to help restore balance and the natural systems in some of the world's most concentrated areas of concern.

With the realization that in many parts of the world faith and life are openly acknowledged, Conservation International applies various strategies to bring principles of conservation into areas often threatened by the more industrialized nations.

CI's Faith Based Initiative sensitively embraces change through values that many people of faith share.

To learn more visit Conservation International www.conservation.org

Captain Paul Watson of the  Farley Mowatt, (the lead ship of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society) talks about his efforts to save whales in the Antarctic Ocean, which this week brought new levels of direct confrontation as ships collide in their efforts to command the future of the whale.

Japan continues its quest for whale meat, which is forcing ever increasing confrontations between those who wish to enforce the global bans on certain whale hunters, and those who continue their quest. This week sees direct confrontation between the two sides. Today we talk with Captain Paul Watson whose boat, the Farley Mowat has already sideswiped a whaling vessel in direct action to prevent more loss of life to whales. He talks from the Farley Mowat by satellite phone from his ship while pursuing the illegal whalers.

www.seashepherd.org