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Wild Tigers are near extinction according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Today, there are only a little over 3,000 tigers in the wild accounted for and this is a significant reduction from the 100,000 big cats that are said to have been around hundreds of years ago.
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio has joined forces with WWF in a campaign called Save Tigers Now to stop poaching, consumer demand for tiger parts, protect parklands where tigers can roam and mate in their natural habitat, support long-term research and monitoring for better conservation methods for these big cats and reduce conflict between humans and tigers. During an investigation, Tim Santel at the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife uncovered that â...dead cats are worth more than live catsâ on the black market, where Tigers are killed and sold for parts.........skin, skull, meat, gull bladders, bone, etc. making a lucrative investment for the dealers who participate in the horrid activity of poaching and black market sales of animal parts.
Watch the following video clip from WWF called âCaptive Tigers: Easy Targets for Black Market Salesâ to learn more about Tigers held in captivity. This is one of the major problems facing wild tigers that result in them being an endangered species. The video clip features footage from the documentary âThe Tiger Next Door,â a movie by Camilla Calamandrei. The filmmaker urges audiences to support efforts in banning private ownership and breeding of tigers.
One of the easiest ways to help save tigers from extinction is by not purchasing any products that are made from tiger parts. This may seem like it is easier said than done but as a Leonardo DiCaprio fan and a person who loves tigers, I believe that making buying decisions that may improve the life of these big cats is the least that we can do in a society that is continuously developing condos, highways, commercial real estate and other properties that benefit man and man only over green lands.
It does not cost us anything to join the World Wildlife Fun and Leonardo DiCaprio in the quest to save the wild tigers.
If the request of being more mindful of your purchases is not enough to support the efforts of a large organization that works to protect nature, an A-list actor who chooses his work and affiliations wisely and a documentarian whose brought worldwide awareness to an important cause, consider this.....
All of the special effects, CGI for computer animation or 3D imaging and such in the world wonât recreate wild tigers if they become extinct one day, due to the negligence and cruelty of mankind.
This ainât the movies. This is real life. Save Tigers Now. If not for me, do it for the World Wildlife Fund.
If not for the WWF, do it for Leonardo DiCaprio.....I mean shoot, he gave us âTitanic,â âBlood Diamondâ and âInceptionâ! Are you really going to deny a guy who gave you âInceptionâ?
It is shaping up to be a Leonardo DiCaprio filled summer this year since June just ended earlier this week without a farewell post (Iâve been busy these last few weeks, so bear with me guys and gals) to close out the âCatch Me If You Canâ actorâs spot on the King Dong throne.
Add to that no post for new candidates to take DiCaprioâs place on this blog (Iâm now sick...have been for these last few days and getting worse, not better, so Iâm a bit behind on writing posts in advance at the moment) and it would be sad to just say goodbye to him without a proper wrap-up.
This is why I am extending the reign of Leonardo DiCaprio as King Dong of the Madlab Post. He will continue to be the subject of weekly posts throughout the month of July 2011. Last month, I started watching a few of his movies that I never saw before and noticed that as he became older and joined the group of A-list celebrity actors, Leonardo DiCaprio has not been in many drama films....or at least it seems that way. Action, check! Comedy (sorta...for some reason, âMarvinâs Roomâ is listed as a comedy on different retail and non-retail sites online), check! Suspense/Mystery, check! Drama? Queue the crickets!
No Drama for Leo, huh? In that case, it better this way? Would YOU like to see Leonardo DiCaprio choose more roles for movies in the drama catetgory?
First love would have to be defined as a first crush, since love is something that I still need to find before writing about it. Thanks to Leonardo DiCaprio, maybe I can move a little closer to having a better understanding of how one should pursue it because I do not think that I know what love is yet, but I believe that I do know what it is not. *Disclaimer: This is a lengthy post, so grab the popcorn....you've been warned.
My First Crush - Before Learning about Leonardo DiCaprio In grade school, I had a huge crush on one of the boys at my school who was one grade above mine so he was also older. This crush lasted for six years or more, through high school and beyond despite the fact that I was too scared to tell him at first, so we just became really good friends. However, everyone knew because I surely didnât hide it while in class, the lunch room, the school yard during recess or in the hallways.
I watched as he started a relationship with a girl who was in the same grade and I later also knew when their relationship ended, yet did not pursue him although I did love him and knew he loved me.....or so, I thought. So, after graduating from high school, I kind of gave up on the idea of us being a couple and started focusing more on my studies. This is when it happened.....he asked me to be his girlfriend (well, not exactly in these particular words, but Iâm sure you get the idea) and can you believe this.....I hesitated.
I wasnât sure if we should be in a relationship since itâs been so long since I tried to get him to notice me but it didnât take much time for me to agree. Yay! I finally had him. Life couldnât get any better than this, except for the fact that our relationship quickly took a downturn within less than five months. I ended up breaking up with him, which was the hardest decision for me to make at that time because I did love him but us as a couple was not working.
While I was young, I am glad that I was at least old enough or wise enough, or whatever, to realize that the relationship was toxic. Unfortunately, the end of our relationship eventually became the end of our friendship, or at least the type of friendship that we had before becoming a couple.
Lesson: Love is not disrespectful, indifferent nor lacking understanding.
My First Introduction to What Love Could be, along with the Release of âTitanicâ
In high school, one of the boys in my class liked me and pursued me heavily. He was a very nice and respectful person who also carried my books and such to my next class from time to time, which I now realize is the making of a true gentleman and someone that girls should be looking to date instead of paying attention to all of the jerks, whether in high school or not.
Anyway, we became friends and were fans of the rap group Bone Thugs âNâ Harmony so there was always something to talk about but I still never gave him the time of day as far as dating was concerned. When âTitanicâ starring Leonardo DiCaprio was released, he hated this movie after watching it in the movie theater and told me that it was long.....too damn long when we were discussing the film in class one day. Still, I liked the movie when I finally got to watch it later on TV or something and today, it is among my favorites.
Watching âTitanicâ was also the first time that I became familiar with Leonardo DiCaprio because I didnât really know who he was prior to the release of this movie. My high school friend and I were eventually going to go to prom together and then that got kind of complicated due to my impatience and moreso, the fact that technology only evolved so much at that time, so we didnât have as many ways to communicate with others as we do today, in 2011.
After the unsuccessful and heartbreaking ordeal with My First Crush, I realized that I had made a big mistake by not giving a relationship with the high school friend a chance. Unfortunately, it was too late. After high school, my friend went away for work and although we had long-distance phone conversations and wrote letters to each other, we were in different states and at different points in our lives while also being around other people. He became engaged and then the engagement ended a while later.
We eventually started to discuss the possibility of us being together when he returned home and even getting married in the future but none of this came to fruition upon his return. Call it timing, call it fate or call it something else....no matter what the reason was or is, he and I never became a couple. Now, the fact that I was in a relationship around the time that he eventually came home is a factor but not the only factor.
In fact, blogging about our history and hits and misses between each other will cause this post to be longer than it already is, so Iâm stopping now. The bottom line is that my interactions with him taught me a lot about how females should be treated and what respect looks like and even a preview of what love may sorta look like but sometimes people change or feelings change and sometimes, two people are just not meant to be together so it is best to want happiness for one another, even if that means that this happiness will not be between these two parties and itâs also best to hope that the other person does find the love that he or she deserves. I also can't help but wonder if us not dating means that there was never really any love there in the first place or "true love," whatever that means.
Lesson: Love is never lost or abandoned without finding out what could be.
My First Realization that Leonardo DiCaprio may have the Answer to the Question of How to Find Real Love
While reading about Leonardo DiCaprioâs life and film career, I found out that he took a two-year hiatus from the big screen after starring in âThe Beach,â which did not do very well at the box office or receive a favorable response from critics and garnered DiCaprio a Razzie Award nomination. Upon his return to the big screen, DiCaprio brought us âGangs of New Yorkâ and âCatch Me if You Can,â which were both well received and box office successes worldwide. According to People, this actorâs choices for which movies he works on are no accident and why he has continued to do so well post-Beach.
"I've been extremely careful about the work that I get involved in nowadays" - Leonardo DiCaprio
My Translation: Leave all of the grade school, high school and possibly even college BS behind.....know what we want when it comes to love and relationships and be more diligent in obtaining it, by maintaining standards regarding the quality of mates that we choose which means moving on if love is not present. Therefore, if love (DiCaprio speak: a successful career, or whatever he was referring to when talking to People Magazine) is the goal, then choose mates (DiCaprio speak: work) that help us meet that goal.
Lesson: Love is great when you can identify it. Love is to be taken seriously and handled with care because when you find it, it can be the best thing that you ever experienced and it can also lead you to achieve great things (read: happiness, purpose and passion).
The biggest lesson of all is that when it comes to Love, there is no waiting for the right time or trying to force it to happen the way you imagined it or want it to be. Love makes you feel like you can fly, like it's straight out of a scene from "Titanic."
This weekend, Iâve been enjoying âAll the Boysâ by Keri Hilson and this song is so fitting for the latest Group Blogging Experience topic. Here it is for you all to enjoy!
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