fox, kiko goat, & bunnies
Ruminant photo op of the day
Sheep, painted in the colours of Rugby World Cup teams (L-R) Argentina, Italy, Romania and New Zealand graze in Dunedin, New Zealand, Sept. 11, 2011. (David Rogers/Getty Images)
All Blacks!
Happy Feet the penguin begins long swim home to Antarctica
The celebrity penguin was released into the water from a New Zealand fisheries vessel Tabout 435 miles south of New Zealand’s South Island.
Toilet paper brand wipes out forests and endangered species
An investigation released today reveals that Auckland based company Cottonsoft is sourcing its toilet paper from rainforests in Indonesia, home of the critically-endangered Sumatran tiger.
The evidence is the result of an eight-month investigation by Greenpeace, the Green Party and WWF-New Zealand into exactly where the toilet paper sold by New Zealand retailers originates from.
Cottonsoft refused to disclose where they were sourcing their toilet paper from so samples were sent to a US laboratory for forensic testing. This confirmed the presence of mixed tropical hardwoods (timber that comes from rainforests) in a range of Cottonsoft products.
