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🗓️ New year, new dates to keep track of.
If you meant to grab a 2026 TCWR calendar and haven’t yet, here’s a friendly reminder!

The TCWR calendar has been a longtime favorite, featuring rescued cats who call the sanctuary home. It’s one of the ways people enjoy following the cats throughout the year 🐾 https://shop.turpentinecreek.org/products/2026-turpentine-creek-photo-calendar

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Turpentine Creek Jan 19

The Canada Lion Rescue throw is one of the items people often ask about 🦁
Get your blanket today and help support the lions who call TCWR home!

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DoomsdaysCW Dec 20

On a related note, @MaQuest ...

In #Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives #tree #saplings a fighting chance

Ruth Kamnitzer
21 Nov 2025

Excerpt: "Elliott and colleagues had seen examples of air pruning systems while touring nurseries in Australia, and previous studies have shown that air pruning can be beneficial for a number of tropical tree species. However, in Thailand, specialized air pruning equipment has to be imported and is prohibitively expensive.

"So instead, the researchers cast around for a local solution. The answer was in plain sight.

" 'If you go to a bar in the countryside, you know, a little restaurant, out the back there’ll be a rubbish pile full of disused bottle crates,' Elliott says. 'You can [also] go down to the #recycling shop and buy them really cheaply.'

"Each bottle crate fits about 12 bags with saplings, and the structure creates a gap of 2 centimeters (nearly an inch) at the bottom. The researchers wondered if this gap would be enough to create air circulation for air pruning.

"To test the idea, they raised saplings of five native tree species using three different methods: in crates placed directly on the ground; in crates placed on wire benches (for improved air flow); and the conventional method of a polyurethane bag on the ground. They then planted the saplings in a deforested site within #PraBangKhram #WildlifeSanctuary in southern Thailand."

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/11/in-thailand-a-cheap-bottle-crate-hack-gives-tree-saplings-a-fighting-chance/

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In Thailand, a cheap bottle crate hack gives tree saplings a fighting chance

A surprisingly simple and creative innovation could help restoration projects in the tropics, according to a recent study. Researchers from the Forest Restoration Research Unit at Thailand’s Chiang Mai University (FORRU-CMU) found that cultivating saplings inside repurposed bottle crates substantially improves the survival and growth rate of nursery-grown native saplings for reforestation. Climate change, the […]

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News Beep Dec 20

Aussie family finds rare ‘colony’ living in Christmas tree box after noticing ‘strong smell’

Like many Aussies around the country, one Sydney family recently hauled their Christmas tree out of storage with…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/322030/

Killer Rabbit 90 Nov 22

The answer is NO! "Can a wildlife paradise on a Colombian island survive the arrival of a military base?" https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/22/colombia-pacific-coastguard-gorgona-island-marine-park-conservation-wildlife-military-us #Colombia #MilitaryBase #wildlife #WildlifeSanctuary #biodiversity #pollution

Can a wildlife paradise on a Colombian island survive the arrival of a military base?

It took 40 years to turn Gorgona into a biodiversity haven and model marine protected area. Now a new coastguard station has sparked fears of militarisation and ecological ruin

The Guardian

Turpentine Creek Sep 1, 2025

Tiger Plush Reveal - Meet September’s Roar Box friend — the tiger plush in a safari vest! 🐅💛 Missed out? You can still get your paws on one for a limited time.

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