Orphaned Elephants are Rescued, Rehabilitated and turn back into the Wild Life

The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust is today the most successful orphan elephant rescue and rehabilitation program in the world. It is founded in 1977 by Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick, in the honor of her late husband, The unique Orphans' Project exists to give hope to Kenya's threatened elephant and rhino populations as they fight for against the threat of poaching for their ivory and horns and the decrease the numbers of habitat due to human population pressures, deforestation and drought. Till date, the trust has effectively hand-raised more than 150 infant elephants by caring for them and then effectively reintegrating them back into the wild herds of Tsavo.

Thus for instance, in one heart touching story, a baby elephant named Sities found a second chance at life through the foundation. "Sities, renowned for her one tusk, was rescued in 2010 at just 5 weeks old after she was heard bellowing for help. Sadly, her mother was nowhere to be found and so Sities became a part of our Nursery herd. Moreover five years on and Sities is now at our Ithumba Reintegration Centre, preparing for a life in the wild!"

In these spectacular before-and-after photographs, you may the chance to see how many of these orphaned elephants looked when they were first found versus how they appeared after being under the loving care of the nursery. This is extremely heart touching nursery, where animals are carefully nourish under intensive care. Source: My Modernmet

Affectionate Father Helps Son with Down syndrome to fly in Pleasing Photograph Series

When photographer Alan Lawrence's son Wil was born in October 2013, he knew that there was something dissimilar about him. Whereas looking into his eyes, the whole thing started to go into a dream state. I know, my emotions of happiness paused as the whole thing around me seemed to sluggish down. The nurse may have been talking to me, but I wasn’t listening,” and i could instantly tell from the almond shape of Wil’s eyes that he had Down syndrome.” Well, right after doctors confirmed Lawrence's suspicions, he went online to learn that whole he could about Down Syndrome, but found that there was little to no positivity. 

Therefore the optimistic father knew that, somehow, he would change this. Wil is the 5th child in the Lawrence family and the only one with Down syndrome. Whenever he would crawl around on the floor, he'd attempt to lift his legs in the air and flap his arms, making his parents think that he was trying to fly. Actually I inspired by this, the enthusiastic photographer decided to make upbeat images of Wil flying. Moreover by holding his son aloft and then later editing him out of the photograph, the gifted father came up with the photograph series recognized as Wil Can Fly. 

Thus after posting the series on his blog and on Instagram, Lawrence gained huge attention for his utmost efforts toward changing the negative stigma surrounding this disorder. Now, the family has established a Kicks-tarter project to raise funds for a Wil can fly calendar. They have also started the YouTube channel "Bringing Light" to share stories from other families who have been blessed with a child that has Down syndrome. When you looking at the photograph below as I was thinking about this photo, it actually kind of hit me that he really can fly. He really can fly. He’s still very young, but we know as family that Wil can do anything that he puts his mind to. Source: My Modernmet

Striking Winged Insects Made of Discarded Circuit Boards

Portsmouth, a talented United Kingdom-based artist Julie Alice Chappell makes stunning miniature sculptures of insects using circuit boards found inside unwanted electronics. She says; my art practice comprises breaking down the pre-existing materials, reinterpreting them and providing them a fresh form with different purpose, producing something striking, whimsical and precious. It is all started some years back, when she came across a large box of tiny electronic components at the Beneficial Foundation in Portsmouth, and then recognized as the "The Craft Bank." The center receives surplus items from numerous companies and they pass along these "hidden treasures" to schools, community groups and artists. The first thing that came into my mind when I looked at them was, “a mass of tiny bodies and legs ants!” I decide to take them home to my children and we made ants.

It was only few years later, when she found the box again, and this time, sparked a different idea. Nevertheless; Chappell was enrolled in a Fine Arts degree program and through it she grasped that she can use found objects in her artwork. As part of her degree, she got involved with environmental art.

Thus when during a workshop, she met few upcoming artists who were making life-size robots with circuit boards from computers. However they abandoned their project for some reasons, Chappell took home the circuit boards because she found them so visually attractive. Though watching a nature program on bio-diversity, she believed about the "ants" in the cupboard and she proceeded to create various bug sculptures using her newly found circuit boards. Through her series, called Computer Component Bugs, the artist despairs to raise awareness of environmental waste. The recycled bits of cultural refuse that are woven throughout my work signify a direct encounter with the overindulgences of modern living highlighting the dangers of planned obsolescence and e-waste in the environment. The work displays an aesthetic beauty whilst providing a socio-political discourse, trying to reclaim waste and the destruction of the natural world, in the beauty of visual art.

Source: My Modernmet 

Unbelievable Nurse Cat Looks after Other Animals at Animal Shelter

An innocent little black cat “Radamenes“in Bydgoszcz, Poland, has come through hell and high water to support the animals at the veterinary center there get better. After the veterinary center brought him back from death’s door, he’s returning the favor by cuddling with, massaging and every so often even cleaning other animals convalescing from their injuries and operations. “Radamenes” has gained huge local attraction, and people have begun visiting him at the center for good luck! Read on for more of his story. “Rademenes” is the name taken form the Polish TV series "Siedem życzeń" (Means Seven Wishes) - it is a beautiful cat that is an incarnation of the man from the ancient Egypt and grants series protagonist wishes.

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