Lonesome George, the last of his kind

Lonesome George, the last of his kind
please forgive us...

George...the rarest creature on Earth

George...the rarest creature on Earth
and the loneliest

Lonesome George

Every now and then George closes his eyes for a few centuries the stars stop for the occasion and the sun goes out, his night lit only by dream...

"Hello, big boy," she says, shell new and lustrous, green as the deep sea; and her eyes deep as the dark gems that glow deep where it roots...

George, lifting his nose skyward still seeing her behind his closed eyes moves forward
slow as lava oozing from the bottom of the sea

His scaled feet arch like trees first planted then pulled up from their roots...

"I'm coming," he says.

Written by, Steve Campbell

"Lonesome George" is the name given by biologists to the last surviving male Giant Galapagos Tortoise. There are no surviving females.

The entire Giant Galapagos Tortoise species was destroyed directly by humans. The tortoise's shells were used to make tourist trinkets. The shell is part of the tortoise's body (like turtles). Without their shell, they die much like a human having their skin removed (I imagine, equally as painful).

Items that were made with the tortoise shells include women's hair clips & barrettes, ash trays, decorative shoe horns, letter openers etc.

The animal was usually still alive when it's 'soft' body was cruelly cut out from it's shell. In countries like China, and the Island of Bali, this brutal and unethical practice of live tortoise/turtle slaughter continues.

George is approximately 90 years old. In 2008, great efforts were made to help George produce offspring by fertilizing eggs of a 'close' relative species. Sadly, the experiment failed.

George is the rarest known creature in the world and... the loneliest.

Extinction is forever.


Lonesome George, the window to his soul

Lonesome George, the window to his soul
Pain and Suffering is Universal

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Firefighters Watch As Home Burns: Gene Cranick's House Destroyed In Tennessee Over $75 Fee (VIDEO)


TO KNOWINGLY ALLOW THOSE INNOCENT, HELPLESS ANIMALS TO BURN TO DEATH. TO KNOW THAT AND CHOOSE NOT TO ACT.THERE IS ALSO THE CASE OF A BURNING HORSE BARN, IT TOO, HAD LIVING BEINGS (HORSES) TRAPPED INSIDE AND WAS ALLOWED TO BURN TO THE GROUND.



WELL AMERICA, IF YOU WANT LESS GOVERNMENT AND A REDUCTION OF REGULATIONS, THIS IS WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL LOOK LIKE. WELCOME TO THE RADICAL RIGHT-WING CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN TEA PARTY NATION WHERE "PUBLIC SERVICE" IS AVAILABLE BY "SUBSCRIPTION" ONLY.



THIS "CONSERVATIVE" POLITICS WANTS LESS GOVERNMENT UNLESS YOU ARE A WOMAN OR GIRL, WHO IS PREGNANT (OR HAS THE ABILITY TO BECOME PREGNANT), OR IF YOU ARE GAY, THEN, GOVERNMENT IS BIG... REALLY BIG.



ONE MAY WONDER EXACTLY WHAT IS "IT" THAT IS BEING "CONSERVED"?



I'VE READ (UNBELIEVABLE) COMMENTS AROUND THE WEB THAT SUPPORT THE TENN FIRE DEPT.'S DISGRACEFUL CULTURE AND AGREE WITH "SUBSCRIBED" PUBLIC SERVICES. SO WHAT "PUBLIC" SERVICE IS NEXT? THE POLICE DEPT, (OR SHERIFF)? PUBLIC EDUCATION?



THE FIRE DEPT WAS ALREADY ON THE SCENE AND THE NEIGHBOR (A "PAID" SUBSCRIBER) SPECIFICALLY ASKED THEM TO "PUT WATER ON IT". IT SHOULD NOT MATTER THAT THE MAN HAD NOT PAID, PERIOD. THE ANIMALS SHOULD'VE BEEN SAVED.



THE NARCISSISTIC, SPIRITUALLY RETARDED, SOCIOPATH MONSTERS, WHO LABEL THEMSELVES AS "CONSERVATIVE" WHO SUPPORT (IN)ACTION LIKE THIS, ARE TOXIN IN THE WELL OF HUMANITY. POLLUTING AND DISFIGURING OUR NATION'S MORAL INTEGRITY AND TAKING US ON A RED ROAD-TRIP TO ETHICAL BANKRUPTCY.
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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