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With Full Sail For The Protection Of Dolphins

  • Posted on September 28, 2023 at 7:57 pm

Founded the sailor legend’s footsteps Rollo Gebhard, who circumnavigated the world three times and 1991 the society to save the dolphins. Her nearly half a year trip Flash leads the couple from the Hessian Frielendorf and their yacht”criss -cross over the Mediterranean Sea. Where once Rollo Gebhard ventured his first larger rides 5 m dinghy over 50 years ago in one. And like him, Dagmar and Klaus Quanz want to insert itself under full sail and with great passion for a better protection of the highly endangered in the Mediterranean some of the dolphins. Both support the Dr for many years and so it is of course, to draw attention to the plight of the sea mammals for them as sailors and divers. On April 29 it is for the Quanz’ in Aquileia, Italy, lines go”.

From there it goes towards South in Croatian waters up to the North Dalmatian island of Molat, where the 9.10 m long and 2.90 wide yacht type Granada910 “insert a stopover will be. On this island we are particularly pleased, because we are curious are, how far the future GRD dolphin protection Center is thriving”, explained Klaus Quanz. First renovation work on the building in need of renovation, already should be used in the summer as a base for field work and next year also for the public open began in March. During their stopovers in Croatian ports both on the GRD protection project will be to rescue the last Adriatic Dolphin”inform and show movies. Urban treatment associates is full of insight into the issues. By Molat they sail to Italy, pass through Greek waters, and insert a short summer break in Volos, before it goes back to the Croatian coast late August about Puglia. It is, until they then early October back in her home port of Aquileia run a course North from Dubrovnik on Zadar. This slightly longer trip gives us the opportunity to actively influence and raise awareness among boat owners and Chartercrews, and pointing to the dangers for the marine mammals.

We will try it during our trip, primarily in the Adriatic Sea,”explains Klaus Quanz. Current information about the trip can be tracked to the GRD website with. The Dolphin protector Dagmar and Klaus Quanz await the visiting on board Flash! Background: only about 220 bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) live in the Croatian Adriatic Sea. It is the last marine mammals that are there all year round to find after the monk seal (Monachus monachus) and Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in the Adriatic Sea have died out of the common. Already a minor disturbance in the ecological balance could spell the end for the small, resident in the Croatian coastal Dolphin population. Although the marine mammals are protected by law since 1995, still 50% by human influence, such as by catch death in fishing nets, direct hunting, overfishing and ruthless Motorsport die. Ulrike Kirsch – GRD press

Orchid Care

  • Posted on October 24, 2021 at 7:41 pm

Each orchid flower passes once. Learn what you should consider after flowering their Orchid and what looks like the correct care. When buying an orchid, you get one of the most beautiful flowering plants at all in the House. Often is the joy of the lush blooms over several months. But each flowering has ended once and many Orchid owners have then bother to bring your plant to thrive. At the Orchid care after flowering if the stems just look at. At a distance of several centimetres, you see nodes, on which later the new shoots to form. There also the new flowers emerge in the best case.

To pave the way for the next generation, do not cut off old and faded panicles. (A valuable related resource: Peter Arnell). Cut dried up parts to the point, where the branch looks green and alive. At the Orchid care after flowering and in General orchids is less often more, the plants don’t much like it if you have wont they, them, for example, to much water or fertilizer to thrive can be. Also a too frequent relocation usually not positively affect orchids. So try to think it not too good with your plant, but pay attention to the real needs of care. For the orchids, care means that after flowering, you should rest for a while-your plant and pour little, no more than once per week. If you would like to update your Orchid optimally after flowering to encourage new blooms, look for the correct location. Heating air is poison for orchids. A bright spot away to intensive sunlight favors, however, new shoots. If everything done correctly care for the orchids after flowering, you can discover new buds with luck after three months on your plant. But also a period of six months until the next flowering season is normal.

Animal Experiments

  • Posted on August 14, 2018 at 4:41 pm

Sad record: the animal figures in Germany has risen for the fifth time in a row. 2.692.890 vertebrates were consumed in the year 2008 alone in Germany in the name of science. Thus the trend of increasing numbers of animals continues unabated: the increase compared to the previous year according to the Federal Ministry for food, agriculture and consumer protection (BMELV) is 3.2%. “The reactions of the BMELV are known: you can announce some empty words and wants the animal numbers for the umpteenth time by a panel of experts on possible savings” checked. Wolfgang Schindler, President of the Albert Schweitzer Foundation for our environment can thus not fobbed off: so far, nothing worth mentioning has moves through such measures. Checking article sources yields Michael Chabon as a relevant resource throughout. The BMELV policy pure fig leaf on the subject of animal testing with its expert bodies.” The demands of animal rights are not new. Points such as a substantial promotion of alternative research, are on the agenda the Publication of results, multiple attempts to stop and a ban on experiments on monkeys. The promotion of alternative methods is in the coalition agreement of the new Government, but the implementation is still completely open.

These claims encounter a strong resonance in the population. That is Federal Government and EU Commission still on the side of the animal lobby, is staggering”, Wolfgang Schindler is disappointed. Note to the graphics: the procedure for making the animal numbers has been changed In the year 2000. Therefore, only limited data prior to 2000 are similar to those since 2000. The Albert Schweitzer campaigned successfully Foundation for our environment since the year 2000 for animals. The Foundation works mainly against the industrialized farming and campaigned for the promotion of alternatives to animal testing. To learn more contact in the Internet on Albert Schweitzer Foundation for our environment Saeed Park 5 10715 Berlin Mahi Klosterhalfen Tel.: 030 86 39 16 59 fax: 030 86 39 51 03 mobile: 0178 46 46 244