Hi Friends and Lovers of the Wild,

Back in January, I posted a story on our facebook page concerning a study of the Common Murre (Uria aalge) die off that occured in the Eastern Pacific Ocean the the Fall/Winter/Spring of 2015/2016. It's a sad story about the deaths of a million of these remarkable seabirds.

Immediately after posting the story I got a message from a friend and fellow animal rescuer in the Los Angeles area:

"It all seems so heartbreakingly pointless doesn’t it? We’re busting our asses saving one animal at a time and the whole f*****g planet is on the brink of extinction. If we don’t blow ourselves up in another war first."

I felt that her despair was real and very familiar. So I wanted to address it without relying on platitudes... It became the instigator of our second podcast for our newy launched Bird Ally X: New Wild Review.

It's a 29 minute "meditation" on our current world and the inevitable nature of despair. No answers are offered, but I hope that those of you in this field who feel hopeless at times are at least offered a branch to cling to...

As always, if you like our content and appreciate our work, please support us.

Thank you for your love of the Wild, and your support of Bird Ally X,Monte Merrick

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This podcast was written and produced by Monte Merrick. The music used in this podcast is from Dreaming Dead Sea (Uria aalge)