Fiona Wu

learning about research in animal science and raising awareness about animal-related issues #39canimals 🐬

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals humans and animals suffer differently, but it’s not because one is superior over the other

[SONGQI WEN @albert_wen4real]

#39canimals Quote from AP:
“Animal is not insensate-less senate than us, certainly, but able to bond and romp and care and suffer in their own particular ways.”
https://t.co/mT6L9ZfVck

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals Adopt puppies to save their lives

[牛的 @tonnnyyyyliii]

By helping to make your local pet store puppy-friendly, you can make it difficult for puppy mills to sell their puppies to the public. Ideally, with less customers, puppy mills will slowly go out of business because they are losing money.
#39canimals
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[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals Social media is a great way to advocate about worldwide issues

[Carol Cui @carolcui123]

#39canimals
Another solution is to have a social media campaign, which aims to provide the public with awareness of elephants, hoping that people will not hunt them illegally or trade in ivory.
Here is an example of a social media campaign:
https://t.co/lMmc9lz16u

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals we NEED to clean after ourselves

[Darren Wittry @WittryDarren]

One way to reduce raptor collisions with traffic is to keep our streets clean. Food waste on the streets attracts rodents and other hungry animals, which then encourages raptors to hunt along busy streets.
#39canimals

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals

[Darren Wittry @WittryDarren]

Sometimes, a better solution to pest control than pesticides is to allow nature to run its course, which means letting raptors hunt. They are the best all-natural pest control agent, but they cannot hunt pests down if pesticides continue to stand in their way.
#39canimals

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals Take action to stop ivory poaching. Protect the elephants!

[Kelly :) @KellyUrdaz]

problem 1: "Elephants are becoming extinct due to the fact that humans are killing them for financial purposes ( Why Care? - World Elephant Day)". #39canimals

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals We need to find alternative practices to reduce noise pollution because it’s harming animals

[itsGordon @itsGordon1]

#39canimals "Among all potential threats, the ocean noise pollution causes the most disruptive problem to sperm whales since it leads to distortion and confusion among sperm whales’ communication and socialization."

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals We need to start realizing that top predators such as wolves are crucial in balancing the food chain.

[daniel @danielw39c]

"The Center for Biological Diversity states that ' ...today wolves occupy less than 10% of their historic range…' (“America's Gray Wolves: A Long Road to Recovery”)." #39canimals

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals To protect dolphins, we need stronger regulations to end dolphin captivity

[aria @aria39c]

#39canimals "The best global solution is offered by government officials or scientists using their power to pass bills to help end captivity."
https://t.co/Z0vATFE4we

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals This is why it’s important to educate ourselves about animal-related issues

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#39canimals I agree that wolves are important in maintaining an ecosystem because without them, the food chain would be disrupted.

[daniel @danielw39c]

"A sufficient population of wolves has been proven to be beneficial for ecological balance and biological diversity." #39canimals https://t.co/iL1Y8H4f3e

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#WhatIlearnedin39C I learned that we should use Google Scholar & the UCI VPN when we are looking for scholarly, credible articles for research papers.

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#WhatIlearnedin39C I found our reflection blogs serving an important role in helping us retain information from our animal-related research.

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#WhatIlearnedin39C In the past 10 weeks we used Twitter for research on animal-related issues, I realized that there is a large part of social media dedicated for advocating for animal rights.

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#WhatIlearnedin39C I learned that building an appealing webpage is crucial for helping readers navigate the website.

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

#WhatIlearnedin39C I learned that dolphins have shorter lifespans in captivity from an average of 30 and 50 in the wild to an average of less than 20 years!

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

"According to [The Dolphin Project], the most effective ways to protect dolphins and orcas are to raise awareness and sign petitions." #39canimals
https://t.co/vINjsjZA3B

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

“We share the world with creatures whose curious brains peacefully seek us,” and we mistreat and unethically use them for our own advantage (Safina 375). #39canimals

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

"Wassermann concludes that previous studies have overestimated the public opinion on captive entertainment because data has proven that captive cetacean attractions provide minimal educational and conservational benefits." #39canimals
https://t.co/6qtHKz9W76

[Fiona Wu @fionaw39c]

While dolphins are capable of adapting to living in small tanks, “cetaceans are so complex that life in the barren tanks” is far from “meeting their needs (Marino 183).” #39canimals
https://t.co/evbgVHxkem