For a start: A look in eight bird nests in The Netherlands. (Beleefdelente.nl)
THE PROMISED LAND FOR PIGS
< At The Promised Land for Pigs (Bofkont TV) Click for LIVE view
Dafne Westerhof from The Netherlands is a communication trainer and a farmer. In Amstelveen she runs Het Beloofde Varkensland (Dutch for: The Promised Land for Pigs).
"As part of the training", she told Radio Netherland Wereldomroep, "I had to learn about after-birth care for pigs, and I was horrified. They wanted us to take newborn piglets and cut off their tails and castrate the males, and without anaesthetic. And all the while, these little piglets were just screaming. Well, I refused, and decided instead to set up a home for pigs rescued from factory farms and laboratories". The result is a farm-cum-refuge, Familie Bofkont (Dutch for: Family Lucky), which is home to one goose, one sheep, two cows, ten cats, twelve pigs and 150 roosters. The very extensive website (in Dutch language) starts with portraits of the inhabitants (alive and passed away) and tells lots of details about motivation, history and present.
Dafne Westerhof has become very well-known within the Netherlands, and not just because of her opposition to mass-production of livestock for agriculture or her willingness to rush out and rescue abandoned pot-bellied pigs found wandering around the Dutch countryside.
Over the last few years, Dafne has discovered something rather wonderful. People like to be with pigs. Not only that, but pigs seem to have a beneficial effect on people, especially if people can get to massage a pig. Massage a pig? Dafne explains: "Once I bought a three-week old piglet from a farmer and she was very nervous, scared of everything. So I started to massage her and immediately she became calm. And then I discovered that pigs have a sort of 'secret spot' at the point where the front legs meet the body - their armpits, if you like - and if you massage them just a little at this spot, the pig will go into a sort of trance."
In 1998 Dafne Westerhof bought Aagje, her first bio industry pig, a newborn animal, for Het Beloofde Varkensland, to live a life long. She won a proces against ear marks for all hobby farmers. She developed a protocol for castration under narcose, what didn't happen before.
Read Het Groot Familie Bofkont Boek (Dutch. English Google translation: The Big Family Lucky Book).
First confrontation with snow (December 22, 2009).
De Varkensfluisteraar (Het Parool, 12 maart 1995)
Video: Biggetje naar Beloofde Varkensland | Opvang verwaarloosde varkens
The Promised Land for Pigs: Pigmassage.com (English summary)
(1) NessieCam (Scotland) Loch Ness | (2) LlamaCam (Indiana - USA) Near Goethe Link Observatory | CalfCam (The Netherlands) Everdingen (Click picture for LIVE)
(1) The Loch Ness Investigation Bureau was active during the 1960's and '70's in the hope to add a Nessie sighting to the historic records. Still a Loch Ness Livecam is overlooking the Scottish lake. 'Nessie' even has her own Nesspaper.
(2) Yellow Wood Llamas is situated in south central Indiana since 1995. The owners 'enjoy working with our llamas for the show ring, and for public relations with children. We also use their fiber to make yarn and woven products'. At four LlamaCam you could see the animals around the farm. The website provides detailed information.
(3) The calfs living in Dutch Peter's Farm (website in Dutch language) can choose themselves when, if and where to walk, stand, lie, play or sleep; only not when to be eaten. Therefore you find recepies at the site. Click link for LIVE. Principle of the farm is the well-being of the animal.
(1 + 2) KittyCam (Wisconsin - USA) Madison | (3) ChickenCam (Massassuchetts - USA) Hyannis
(1 + 2) Since April 2003 KittyCam features the lives of four cats, Zoey, Stormy, Finnegan and Domino, at two cameras, 24 hours per day. You can see them getting some much needed rest, keeping an eye on the neighborhood and playing with each other or their toys, if you want two hours back. At the website you find some details about there adventures.
(3) The URL suggests you find here Flying Skunks. What you see, however, are chickens in Vasalini's Chicken Farm. A webcam shows the daily life with 40 chickens and 2 goats in Hyannis in the American state of Massachussetts. Nicky Vasalini was a nickname of parttime chicken farmer Tony Cordray used at school. He also is webmaster of the Martha's Vineyard webcam
at Martha's Vineyard Haven.
(1) BugCam (Oregon - USA) Medford | (2) CockroachesCam (Columbia) University of South Carolina | (3) BeeCam (Pennsylvania - USA) Draper's
(1) At its original website the BugCam features 24 hours a day a 10-second refresh video of various "good bugs" eating "bad" bugs. The cam is a feature of Nature's Control, a supplier of the 'most effective natural pest controls' for greenhouse, garden, and indoor plants, living in Medford in the US state of Oregon. At the site you find lots of information about all kind of pests and 'hired bugs' to eat them, more natural and less harmful than the use of pesticides.
(2) The Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches (Gromphadorhina portentosa; Dutch: 'Sissende kakkerlak') is a great elementary school pet or traveling exhibit for the classroom. Kids are very impressed with the size while its slow movements and inability to fly reassure the more nervous sorts (teachers included). In the Coker Life Sciences Building (with webcams in the lobby, Tim Mousseau's Lab and at the roof), on the campus of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, South Carolina (USA), they are excellent mothers, for an insect at least! The females carry their developing embryos inside their abdomens to protect them from predators. They then "give birth" to live young roaches that look a lot like their parents, except they are much smaller! Animals that carry their developing eggs internally are said to be ovoviviparous. The newly hatched nymphs grow to weigh about as much as a mouse when fully grown. The USC-Roach-Cam shows their development.
(3) Draper's Super Bee Apiaries, Inc. since 1974 is situated in Millerton, Pennsylvania (USA). Now a BeeCam observates a hive 24 hours a day. The
website provides a lot of information about bee keeping and honey (statement) has a
photo gallery.
(1) FisheyeViewCam (Florida - USA) Coral Gables
The Fisheye ViewCam is used by marine biologists to study coral behaviors at Fisheye View labs in Coral Gables, Florida. A remote camera captures one frame every 3 seconds. When viewed at 100-1,000 times normal speed, these time-lapse motion studies allow researchers to better understand these unusual slow-moving marine animals. The webpage contains several issues for more information.
(1) ParrotCam (Belgium) | (2) PetCam ( Oregon - USA) Portland | (3) CatCam (California - USA) San Jose
(1) All we know is: the ParrotCam is situated in Belgium ald 'live' from 10.00-18.00 UTC.
(2) The Oregon Humane Society in Portland (USA), was founded in 1868. According to OHS it is scientifically proven that pets make us happier and healthier. And a third of the Oregonians, over a million people, are petless; 'without a dog for a best friend, a cat to come home to, or a bunny to talk with at the end of the day'. They are 'committed to ending petlessness. Because once every man, woman and child has a pet, the world will most definitely be a better place'. How? Read the FAQ.
(3) The CatCam is on the web since September 20, 1996. Four cats live in the house of Erik Mark Francis in San Jose, California (USA). The website gives many details, has a FAQ, recent images and Best of CatCam pages.
(1) ElephantCam click for LIVE | (2) GatorCam (Florida - USA) Gatorland | (3) LeprechaunCam (Ireland) near Tipperary
(1) The AfriCam (click for live) is situated in Tembe Elephant Park in the north eastern corner of South Africa. The elephants at Tembe are the largest elephants in the world and are also the last of the natural free roaming elephants. The live webcam is situated at the water hole, named Mahlasela. The elephants will NOT be there all the time. The advantage of a waterhole location is the (only relative) predictability that elephants will come to the waterhole to drink and enjoy mud-baths. The herds, however, range over a park of hundreds of square kilometres, so some patience is required. The Africa Web Cams are powered by solar panels. Images are transmitted to Internet servers by satellite.
(2) Gatorland is located on Hwy 441 at the Orlando-Kissimmee line in South Orlando. Next to alligators and crocodiles you find thousands of birds, tortoises, iguanas, emus, fish, goats, and more surprising animals. Daily they offer four animal shows. At the website you can read about the park and get more information.
(3) It's a long way to Tipperary. But if you arrive there, there's not much to see. The webcam is in a hidden location in the field. If you see anything, the webmaster asks to report your sighting . The area has a reputation for supernatural beings of all types. Leprechaun, sheerie and pooka are all regarded as being particularly active in the spring. The camera equipment is set to 'spy' on the 'little people'. Read what others have observed here.
(1) DuckCam (California - USA) Live Ducks | (2) BeehiveCam (Illinois - USA)
(1) The Duck Cam features two of the world's most famous ducks, Trouble and Mischief. Their pond is located in Los Angeles, in sunny Southern California. If you don't see ducks on the Cam, it is because they are free to come and go as they please.Lori Flynn and Greg Goodman started Live Ducks as an entertainment website - a fun way to share the webcam. They were flooded with questions ranging from: "How long does a duck live?" to "How do I help an injured duck?", so the website has evolved into the premier website for duck care, information and emergency. You even find a memorial for ducks living forever in the Great Pond in the Sky.
(2) This Hivetool image is created by an infrared BeeHiveCam at a small bee colony inside a hive in Illinois, United States.The lights on the camera are invisible to the human eye but create a bit of heat inside the hive.
The queen and a few frames of brood were removed from a colony when a new Cordovan queen was introduced. The brood nest has been moved to one side of the box where the camera is mounted. We occasionally rotate frames to insure there is brood to observe in front of the camera. At the Hivetool website you find more information, like a complete guide to beekeeping.
OTHER ANIMAL WEBCAMS
- Wildlife TV (GB) Variety of Live Web Camera feeds in conjunction with other organisations including the BBC.
- AnimalCams (USA) Smithonian National Zoological Park, Washington DC. Many animals have a page with information and a LIVE webcam.
- San Diego Zoo (USA) San Diego, California, with PandaCam, PolarCam, and ElephantCam
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