Committed to Radiant Peace

Radiant Peace Caretaking                

One of our Radiant Peace Projects is adopting various members of the animal kingdom as representatives of the many living beings on this planet who need our support.     

Here are some pictures:  to see full-screen images, click on a picture or name!   And if you know of a representative of the animal kingdom that we might support, please send us the details at ideas@radiantpeace.org.

About our adoptees:

Pelicans have a wingspan of 8 to 9.5 feet and are often injured by fishing hooks and lines.  The white pelican, like its relative the brown pelican, eats fish of little commercial value, and hunts in cooperative groups of 10-15 birds. The bulk of the white pelican population lives in Western Canada, with the rest in West and Central North America.  In the spring, large groups return to the northern areas from their winter homes in the Gulf Coast states, California, and Florida. We support a permanently-injured White Pelican at the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary.
(Information and photo courtesy of the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary, Indian Shores, Florida.  The Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary is the only bird sanctuary which focuses on rescuing and rehabilitating seabirds.  Birds that are too injured to survive in the wild stay on at the sanctuary, and the sanctuary has had great success in raising offspring of these permanently-crippled birds who then fly away to join the wild population.)

Pacific Harbor Seals are usually found in small groups along the Pacific coastlines of North America.  They are shy and prefer secluded areas for resting and pupping sites.  They remain close to shore and spend much time out on land, and so they can be easily disturbed by human activity.  The two-month-old pup pictured here had swallowed a fish hook which was surgically removed by The Marine Mammal Center.  She was released back into the wild shortly thereafter.

California sea lions range along the Pacific coast from Mexico to Washington.  A gregarious species, they enjoy close body contact and often pile together when resting on land.  The sea lion pup pictured above was born on a public beach and left by his mother, who possibly was alarmed by the crowds of people.  The Marine Mammal Center introduced him into the company of other wild sea lions where he learned the skills he needed to surivive on his own.  He was sighted again after his release into the wild "in the company of his frisky cohorts."
(Information and photos copyright The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, California;  photo of Pacifica by Ken Bach.  The Marine Mammal Center's mission states, "We recognize our interdependence with marine mammals and our responsibility to use our awareness, compassion, and intelligence to ensure their survival and the conservation of their habitat.")