Happy Feet?

Every single day the world gets a little warmer. While some of us are enjoying the beautiful 68 degree weather in the middle of January we forget about the ones that are losing their homes little by little. In our typical day to day we forget about the animals that live on these ice caps. Every day they become closer to instinction because there will be nowhere for them to go once the ice is gone. That is what they were born to do and they will never evolve quickly enough to live outside of this terrain. Most people have seen the WWF commercials with the Polar Bear floating on a small chunk of ice in the middle of the ocean and if you haven't and you have any kind of sympathy for animals it will make you think. If you haven't seen the commercial, then more than likely you have watched or heard of Happy Feet. It is an animated movie about a penguin who dances instead of singing his heart song but that is beside the point of the movie. While it entertains that story, it was truly made to show each and every person what was happening to the world we live in. Our fishing habits, our methods of garbage disposal, our entire world is based around what is the most practical thing for us and how can we accomplish something as quickly as possible without regard to who it is truly affecting. The penguins and the polar bears cannot change what is happening in their world. They do not understand where their food supply is going or why their home is disappearing in front of their eyes. It is up to us as a society, us as a country, us a world, to stop what is happening to the animals and to the only place we have to call home. We have to save our world and we have to start today. If not for ourselves then for the sake of our children and their children. Maybe you don't love animals but surely you love your family and friends. This is their world too and without everyone's help there is nothing we can do to stop the effects of Global Warming. It will not only be the isolated Polar Bear on the chunk of ice or the penguin starving with a plastic coke can holder around his neck, it is all of us.