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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

The truth about "Angora" - Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins

Angora rabbit, wool, fur, inhumane, pluck, shear

The truth about "Angora." Angora is the soft downy shed undercoat of a moulting Angora rabbit. They naturally shed three times a year. The already shed fur would normally be brushed or plucked which should not be painful. I brush my bunny, skunky, kitty when they shed their under coat and they enjoy it. Factory farming and greed has caused some to pluck or shear ALL the fur off the rabbit which is inhumane and not even true "angora." Because we humans can no longer be trusted to harvest angora humanely, we should not buy angora products. I just wanted to point out that angora wasn't always inhumane.

We humans bred "angora" rabbits to have long, soft fur. Some have angora rabbits because they just love them. Others comb out the undercoat to sell as angora wool. We also bred some cats, dogs, other animals for the same qualities either just for aesthetics or for commercial use for clothing, fabrics.

These animals would not survive in the wild without humans to brush and maintain their unnatural coats. Should we have bred these animals for these traits which we then exploit for our own wants and needs? Maybe 500 years ago these things may have been needed for human clothing, i.e. angora, cashmere, fur, silk, leather, suede... Nowadays we have cotton, hemp and other plant based products which we can use to make clothing.

My personal feeling is that we shouldn't use animals for anything. It's not even mandatory for human survival. I wear cotton and not wool. I don't feel we should be breeding these animals for human use. I feel the same about animals as food. We bred the modern chicken, cow, pig, goat, sheep. Their original form was very different than today's animals.

I realize that everyone feels differently about this. The only thing I really care about is that animals be treated as humanely as possible. Ripping the fur off or shearing a rabbit is not humane. It's animal cruelty.

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins of Cummins Real Estate Services has been in real estate since 1983, over 35 years. She is licensed by the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers. Mary Cummins was an agent and broker licensed with the California Department of Real Estate selling residential income, commercial buildings, raw land and homes for Merrill Lynch Realty in Beverly Hills and Westside Properties in Los Angeles before concentrating on appraisals. Mary Cummins currently provides real estate appraisals, expert witness testimony, historical research, legal real estate research for mortgage brokers, banks, lawyers, factors, insurance companies, financial consultants and private individuals. Mary Cummins was born and raised in Southern California. Cummins attended Beverly Hills Good Shepherd Catholic School and Beverly Hills High School. Besides being on the Dean's list, Mary Cummins was a top ten national swimmer and competed on the men's water polo team. Mary Cummins began college at the age of 15 attending the University of Southern California on scholarship, majoring in Psychology/Sociology. http://www.animaladvocates.us http://www.facebook.com/AnimalAdvocatesUSA

Cute baby wild bunnies! Animal Advocates, Mary Cummins, wildlife rehabilitation

Baby wild bunnies! Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates, wildlife rehabilitation, Los Angeles, California

Baby bunny, Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates, wildlife rehabilitation, Los Angeles, Califoria

Baby bunny, Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates, wildlife rehabilitation, Los Angeles, California

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates rescues kitties and bunnies in Los Angeles, California, real estate appraiser

Bunnies and kitties rescued by Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates rescues domestic and wild bunnies in Los Angeles, California, real estate appraiser

Some domestic and wild bunnies rescued by Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates in Los Angeles, California.

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Eastern gray, eastern fox squirrels don't adversely compete with native western gray squirrels - Mary Cummins

Eastern gray, eastern fox squirrels do not adversely compete with native Western gray squirrels - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

Our native squirrel is the Western Gray squirrel. They live in taller, older growth trees generally away from humans and have one litter per year. This squirrel is threatened and their numbers are diminishing. The main reason for their threatened status is human development which isolates populations. They also only live in tall older growth trees which have been devastated by the bark beetle, forest fires and persistent drought. They travel and eat mainly in the trees. They cannot replenish their populations as easily as they only have one litter per year.

Fish and Wildlife, members of the public brought Eastern Gray and Eastern Fox squirrels from the east to the west for hunting and eating well over 100 years ago. These squirrels are in abundance. They are in abundance because they are more adaptable. They can live in new growth trees side by side with humans. They travel by tree and ground to find food and mates. This means there is a wider variety of food available to them. They also have two litters per year.

Nicole Carion a wildlife biologist who is also the wildlife rehabilitation coordinator for California Department of Fish and Wildlife stated "these animals adversely compete with native California wildlife to their detriment and the department recommends euthanasia rather than release." This statement is completely false.

People have merely observed that eastern gray and eastern fox squirrels were introduced to California over 100 years ago. During this same time human development, bark beetle, disease, mange, wildfire, drought...have decimated the western gray population which only live in the foothills in California. Because they only have one litter per year they cannot quickly rebound. Correlation does not equal causation. These squirrels don't utilize the same resources. They don't fight over resources.

If any of you have seen a Western Gray squirrel, they are the largest tree squirrel in our nation. If someone were to put a Western Gray, Eastern Gray and an Eastern Fox squirrel in a room with only one nut, I can assure you the Western Gray would end up with the nut while the other two squirrels lick their wounds.

I have a friend in Chico, California where they have a large Western Gray squirrel population. When I was up there I saw the western grays chase the fox squirrels away from feeders. Fox squirrels did not stand a chance even though they are a somewhat larger squirrel themselves.

Many research studies have been done which show these squirrels do not compete for the same resources. If one were to kill every eastern gray and eastern fox squirrel, the native western gray squirrel population would continue to plummet at the same rate. California would then be left without any tree squirrels except flying squirrels. Squirrels play a vital role in our environment. They plant trees by spreading and burying seeds. Killing eastern gray and fox squirrels is not the answer to the western gray squirrel problem.

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Native wildlife names in Spanish - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

I made a list of our most common native wildlife names and translated them into Spanish. "ll" is pronounced like a "y." Feel free to correct this and add to it in the comments. 90% of people who contact us speak English. The rest generally speak Spanish. Thanks!

MAMMALS = MAMIFEROS

Opossum = Tequache
Raccoon = Mapache
Squirrel = Ardilla
Striped Skunk = Mofeta
Spotted Skunk = Zorillo
Coyote = Coyote
Fox = Zorro
Elk, Moose = Alce
Deer = Ciervo
Wolf = Lobo
Otter = Nutria
Bear = Oso
Mink = Vison
Horse = Caballo
Seal = Faco
Dolphin = Delfin
Lion = Leon
Bat = Murciélago

REPTILES = REPTILES

Snake = Culebra
Turtle/Tortoise = Tortuga

BIRDS = AVES

Eagle = Aquila
Vulture = Buitre
Owl = Buho
Goose = Ganso
Seagull = Gaviota
Hawk/Falcon = Halcon
Dove/Pigeon = Paloma
Duck = Pato
Turkey = Pavo
Chicken = Pollo

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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LA Times forces their writers to kill stories, corruption - Mary Cummins, Animal Advocates

LA Times forces their writers to kill stories, corruption

I've told people before that the LA Times will tell their writers to kill stories or else. The editor does this because he or someone higher up in the Times is being influenced by outside sources. People say the Times is just the PR arm of the Mayor and City Hall, and they are right.

For instance in 2006 the Times had two writers working on a story about Kapparot. Religious ritual sacrifice of animals is illegal in the City of LA as per municiple code. Two writers interviewed Ed Boks of LA Animal Services. They interviewed others. Then they stupidly went to get a quote from the Mayor. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa told the two writers to kill the story. They said "no!" The two writers told me this in writing.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa then went to their editor. He told the editor to kill the story or else the Times won't get any more interviews or quotes from the Mayor or City Hall. The Times editor killed that story.

Below is an article about the Times killing negative stories about the owner of the Dodgers. It's just one tiny example of the corruption at the Times. If you are reading the Times, know that you are not reading independent stories. They copy/paste PR's from City Hall. They won't attack the City unless they are attacking one person that the Mayor wants gone.

http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2013/10/tj_simers_sues_la_times_a.php

Mary Cummins of Animal Advocates is a wildlife rehabilitator licensed by the California Department of Fish and Game and the USDA. Mary Cummins is also a licensed real estate appraiser in Los Angeles, California.

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Wednesday, November 12, 2014