#cats of puerto rico

[catfindr]

#petfinder #catfinder #cat #kitten #kitty #food mention #cinnamon #pr #puerto rico

[melauhh]

Dear Han Solo, “I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you; but instead I am deeply honored knowing you spent the rest of your life with me.” – Camille Marcotte

📍 San Juan, Puerto Rico

🎞️ Olympus MJU, Kodak Ultramax 400

#35mm #film photography #filmisnotdead #aesthetic #photography #analog #philosophy #puerto rico #life quote #love #cute pets #petstagram #rainbow bridge #i miss you #han solo #cats of tumblr #cute cats #kitty #caturday #kitty cat #analogue #35mm film #original photographers #female photographers #photographers on tumblr #women photographers #portrait #quotes #camille marcotte #kodak film

[ecoamerica]

Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared

The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

#ACLA24 #ACLA24Leaders #youtube #youtube video #climate leaders #climate solutions #climate action #climate and environment #climate #climate change #climate and health #climate blog #climate justice #climate news #weather and climate #environmental news #environment #environmental awareness #environment and health #environmental #environmental issues #environmental justice #environment protection #environmental health #Youtube

[honeytearays]

2/25/2023

Playing with the cats of San Juan 😊

My Instagram

#q #cats #kitty #nature #cottagecore #art #fashion #flowers #san juan #travel #puerto rico #animals #rustic #photography #alex journals #alex travels #mine #i pet so many cats the past few days im so content

[dandelionrevolution]

Good News - April 8-14

(Actually 8-12 due to irl obligations)

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1. Interior Department Finalizes Action to Strengthen Endangered Species Act

“These revisions, which will increase efficiency by reducing the time and cost to develop and negotiate permit applications, will encourage more individuals and companies to engage in conservation benefit agreements and habitat conservation plans, generating greater conservation results overall.”

2. Young Puerto Ricans Restore Habitat Damaged by Hurricane While Launching Conservation Careers

“Corps members help restore the island’s environmental and cultural assets and volunteer in hard-hit local communities. They also gain valuable paid work experience and connections to possible future employers, something many young Puerto Ricans struggle to find.”

3. Australian-born cheetah released in Africa for the first time ever. Watch the heart-warming moment Edie is set free

““The Metapopulation Initiative will bring in appropriate males, probably two initially, to breed with Edie,” King says. “It’s those future cubs, and their cubs, that will ensure the legacy of spreading Edie’s genetics across the southern African metapopulation. And we will have also provided Edie – a wild animal, let’s not forget – with a chance of a life in the wild.””

4. Baby Bald Eagles Confirmed in 2 of 4 Nests in Will County Forest Preserves

“A pair of fuzzy eaglet heads were spotted popping up out of one of the nests this week, officials said. Two weeks ago, monitors noticed adult eagles feeding an unseen hatchling (or hatchlings) in a different nest.”

5. New Hope for Love for Japanese Children Needing Families

“The new system, established by a 2022 law, offers private childcare institutions financing to transform their business model into “Foster Care Support Centers” that recruit, train, select, and support foster parents, and assist the independence of children living in foster families. If a childcare institution becomes a Foster Care Support Center, the government will fund full-time staff members based on the number of foster households they cater to.”

6. Nexamp nabs $520M to build community solar across the US

“Nexamp, a community solar developer and project owner, has secured a whopping $520million to install solar arrays around the nation in one of the largest capital raises to date for this growing sector. Community solar gives renters, small businesses and organizations the chance to benefit from local solar power even if they can’t put panels on their own roofs.”

7. A natural touch for coastal defense: Hybrid solutions which combine nature with common “hard” coastal protection measures may offer more benefits in lower-risk areas

“Common “hard” coastal defenses, like concrete sea walls, might struggle to keep up with increasing climate risks. A new study shows that combining them with nature-based solutions could, in some contexts, create defenses which are better able to adapt.”

8. Rewilding program ships eggs around the world to restore Raja Ampat zebra sharks

“A survey estimated the zebra shark had a population of 20 spread throughout the Raja Ampat archipelago, making the animal functionally extinct in the region. […] Researchers hope to release 500 zebra sharks into the wild within 10 years in an effort to support a large, genetically diverse breeding population.”

9. Forest Loss Plummets in Brazil and Colombia

“New data reveals a decline in primary forest loss in Brazil and Colombia, highlighting the significant impact of environmental reforms in curbing deforestation. According to 2022-2023 data from the University of Maryland’s GLAD Lab and World Resource’s Institute (WRI), primary forests in Brazil experienced a 36 per cent decrease in deforestation under President Inácio Lula da Silva’s leadership, reaching its lowest level since 2015. Colombia nearly halved (by 49 per cent) its forest loss under the administration of President Gustavo Petro Urrego, who has prioritised rural and environmental reform.”

10. New Agreement Paves the Way for Ocelot Reintroduction on Private Lands

“With the safe harbor agreement in place, partners plan to begin developing a source stock of ocelots for reintroduction. Over the next year, they plan to construct an ocelot conservation facility in Kingsville to breed and raise ocelots. Producing the first offspring is expected to take a few years.”

April 1-7 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)

#hopepunk #good news #endangered #law #puerto rico #conservation #habitat #australia #cheetah #africa #big cats #bald eagle #birds #eagles #japan #foster care #solar #solar panels #solar energy #solar power #community solar #coastal #ocean #climate #shark #deforestation #rewilding #south america #ocelot #environment

[classychassiss]

Tommy Time pt 2

#cats #cat #sato #puerto rico #video #a little levity #pls reblog resources on my blog if youre seein this #orange cat

[chrryblssmninja]

Please comment on this NPS form (deadline Nov 22) that they need to listen to the community, conduct an environmental impact study, and not consider mass euthanasia for cats that have been there 100s of yrs

Comprehensive article in English:

Article by Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco

"The old city’s street cats, first brought to Puerto Rico by Spanish conquistadors more than 500 years ago, have been a staple ever since and are now a tourist attraction. You can’t walk the cobblestone streets without seeing cats slinking between cars or lounging in the sun, at home in the city as much as their human cohabitants.

The NPS claims it has received a series of complaints from “visitors” about cats attacking them and the foul smell of urine and feces. The agency says it has been looking into the issue for years but only recently started putting more resources into the issue after an uptick in complaints.

It has come up with two plans of action: either let the cats stay as they are, or begin systematically removing them. While the NPS insists that removal means the cats will be adopted, activists fear that it would mean most being euthanized."

More from the article:

"The agency held two open houses on November 2 and 3, where it presented its plan and timeline to residents, allowing the public to comment. As reported by the AP’s Dánica Coto, the first night was tumultuous, with members of the public voicing their frustration at being asked to only leave written comments without being able to speak. The second night, things went a little more smoothly, but people still had a rage in them that was felt with every rousing speech and reinforced by applause from the audience.

Activists in attendance wanted to completely halt any plan that would remove the cats from the area, instead pushing for the NPS to work with the community-led organization Save a Gato to systematically trap, neuter, and release (TNR) the cats."

It is through community actions orgs like these that almost all of the cats are spayed/neutered, vaxxed, and fed.

"Save a Gato has been practicing TNR at cost for years —bringing the group “up to their neck in debt”— and ships cats to the United States, where they have a greater chance of adoption. Cartagena claims the little help they have gotten from both the NPS and the San Juan government has led to the cat population booming over the last decade."

Major point from this article:

"The lack of data and environmental impact studies was one of the most salient issues raised by activists during the two open houses. The only NPS study done was through feeding cameras over a period of a few months, which Save a Gato claims is not enough to assess if there is an actual cat problem. Multiple activists told Latino Rebels that it was “unconscionable” to outline a plan to remove the cats without any studies that show how removing them would affect the old city.

“Things need to evolve. We don’t need to stay in the past,” said Viviana Busquets, who spends about $800 a week running her own program to neuter cats from Puerto Rico.

She is a huge advocate of TNR and has raised the alarm about the “vacuum effect,” wherein removing cats from an area creates a vacuum leading to another cat colony moving into the space formerly occupied by the first.

Busquets proposes that the NPS change its one-size-fits-all policy to better adapt to the environment of Puerto Rico.

... Many activists, like Busquets, recognize the overpopulation of cats in Old San Juan and are not against removing them if they were to be adopted, but they oppose any plan that would kill cats. They push for all levels of government to work with people living in the community and groups like Save a Gato to help adopt the majority of the cats out of the city.

Old San Juan has been one of the hottest sites for gentrification in Puerto Rico with many of the colonial buildings being bought up by crypto millionaires and other rich foreigners as people who have lived there for decades are unable to deal with rising rent prices. Some view the push to remove the cats as merely an extension of this trend."

#Puerto Rico #cats

[postcardsfrompresley]

#cat #San Juan #old san juan #puerto rico #travel

[irenedrawstoo-blog]

My baby kiki is lost. If someone is from Vega baja almirante norte sector roca dura and has seen her please comunícate with me.

Is almost Halloween and Im sacred of something bad happening to her

#lost cat #gato perdido #puerto rico #vega baja

[jara-l-art]

I know it’s been a while, been going through a bad stage of art block but I managed to fish these guys out of my wips and finish them!

Meet the Vejigatitos!(vejigante inspired kitties)

#vejigatitos #vejigante #puerto rico #artists on tumblr #illustration #art #my art #cats #kitties #cat art

[flusx]

#photography #artists on tumblr #cats of tumblr #film photography #puerto rico #nature #cats #pentax 645

[memoriaeternae]

#puerto rico #tumblrican #photodiary #fotodiario #photographers on tumblr #nature #naturaleza #adventure #never stop exploring #cat #photowalk

[catfindr]

#petfinder #catfinder #cat #kitten #kitty #food mention #7up #orange tuxedo tabby #mackerel tabby #pr #puerto rico

[darthskinnius]

His name is Spoons.

📍Puerto Rico Canon R6 Mark II

#nature #puerto rico #wildlife #cats of tumblr #cats #white cat #san juan #photographers on tumblr #photooftheday #cute animals #kawaii #petstagram #portrait #canon r6 mark ii #canon #Spoons the cat #pets #cute #adorable #cute pets #liminal #dreamcore #real life #reality #aesthetic #lovecore #alice in wonderland #surreal #surrealism #liminalcore

[jrwiyuri]

I want a cat so bad life is a cruel cruel world

#stupid snake talk #that Tommy clip made me cry /srs #when I was in Puerto Rico I saw a bunch of cats & got to pet 1 for 8 minutes no joke #and she was so sweet and nice and precious I WANT ONEEE #AHHHHHHH #life is literally so fucking mean 2 me.. where is my beautiful kitty cat??? huh?? #where is my joy??? #no boyfriend here no kitty cat here… this is FUCKED

[suduu]

San Juan (old cat city of balcony gardens), Luquillo (scorching beach town where the locals drink at the Whistle Stop Cafe) and Vieques (home of the world’s brightest bio bay and free-roaming Paso Fino horses that contend with packs of wild dogs)

Hooves on the Ground 

Puerto Rico

#puerto rico #old san juan #cats #horses #iguanas #street art #cemetery #animal rescue #la perla #travel #photography

[jasminelavendergirl]

Puerto Rico

#puerto rico #sunset #cat #kitty #travel #colors #soft