A Cause

Images like this one have been haunting my dreams. They race through my brain the moment my head leaves the pillow. And why you ask? He's smiling, what could be haunting about that.

As Ric O'Berry (first Dolphin trainer turned Dolphin activist) once said "The Dolphin's smile is natures biggest deception." It gives the illusion that they are always happy, when in reality, they are not.

I recently watched "The Cove" a documentary on Japan's mass slaughter of Dolphins which is then sold as whale meat. Dolphin meat is highly poisonous because it is filled with Mercury. It is an amazing movie, which is why it won the Oscar last year, but this is not the full reason for this blog.

God made me a passionate person. I can get heated up very easily about certain topics. It must be the Italian in me that allows my blood to boil at a moments notice, if you know my Italian family members, you'd understand why I say that.

This topic has been in the works for many years, but it really started forming since I moved to Montana. Nature And What Man Is Doing To It.

As anyone who reads this knows (if anyone reads this) I have a video blog, which tracks my outings in the wilderness. I have always had a heart for animals, but never a passion for their well being. While filming my vlog (video-blog) Adventure Awaits, we have gone out to just find wild life and capture it on video.

At first we were only able to find birds. Then we got an owl, then deer (which until this point were never around when I had my camera), then Antelope, then we hit the jackpot we got a fox. Now this is where God really comes in. I have always wanted to see a fox up close, but normally they were seen running away at a distance. This fox let us creep right up to him in our car. We were no more then 5 feet away from this beautiful, young, red fox.

It was amazing.

It was exciting.

It was spiritual.

I have had plenty of good times, but that one ranks pretty high.

When I'm not going outside, I am watching Planet Earth or Life or Man vs Wild or Into the Pride or something about nature. And it keeps getting beat into me that everything in nature works with each other.

Except man.

Even reading the Bible. God told us to take care of the animals, he put us in charge of the care of his land. How are we doing so far?

I have been able to see two white tigers up close and personal, with bars between us. The last wild White Tiger was seen in the 1950's, but now they are only seen in zoos and magic shows. We have destroyed this creature, like we have so many others.

In the show Into the Pride, the host/ main character says there isn't anywhere you can go where humans haven't been, where there isn't a sign that they've been there.

It's true.

On outings, I have found wrappers, S hooks, a car door, a fridge. Why are these things dis guarded here, in the wild?

We have lost touch.

Most people will see a Moose next to a Ski Resort and think it's tame and have their children get close to it to take pictures, not even thinking this animal could be rabid and not acting right.

Or when told there is a black bear and her babies in the brush next to the parking lot, they'll stick their head in to check things out.

Or at Yellowstone, people put their life in danger all the time by getting too close to the animals there. "It's a park, what could happen?" Yeah, it's a park with really wild animals in it.

I realize we live in a broken world, but why can't we strive for Eden?

And that sums up everything right there. What makes me whole? Caring about this world and the hope that we will learn from our mistakes.