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“Last week, there was a train derailment in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, involving ten wagons, carrying up to 750 tonnes of diesel. It caused a fire that could be seen for miles and some fuel contaminated the land and entered the water.
I know there are some nice sites around there, they will be affected.

I have been planning to see what damage has been caused. Not sure if there is much that the council can do? Repairing the railway or other cleanup activities may be a big job. If need be, I can and will help out, where possible. It's an important time of the year for some animals, getting ready for winter. So, I hope it doesn't damage too much of the habitats.

I'm sure if the diesel hits the sandbanks and soaks in, it could be dangerous for years to come. A mop-up squad, straight away, could help for the future. Thankfully, the RNLI are close and may lend a hand, in the deeper waters, or advise the clean-up team on safe areas. Has the line been cleaned? It is an important train link to West Wales. It is also close to the Gower and the WWT Wetland Centre.”

[Neil Smith- Swansea – Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK]
By Damien Rosser

“They think that we’re disgusted because of the way it looks, but it’s not. If they stay out here, if anybody stays out here long enough, they can feel these pollutants letting out, and it’s hurting us. I have one medicine I’m taking now if you hear the crackle in my voice, that’s because this mess has gotten into it, and it has [hurt] my vocal cords, and I have taken…all kinds of medicines. So, this needs to go, that’s it. Because it is killing us. It’s not so much about the beauty or anything else, but it is actually killing us.”

[Marsha Jackson – Shingle Mountain, Dallas, TX]
By Alex Holland

“I work as a manager, snake rescuer, cactus gardener, eagle healer among many other duties at the family managed rescue center for exotic animals of the city of La Paz, in Baja California Sur (Mexico), who the local folk kindly nicknamed “El Serpertario” or “the house of snakes”, due to its fame of rescuing snakes from unjustified violence.

El Serpentario functions as one of the sanctuaries for misunderstood animals, a kind of place to find the beasts and mesmerizing flora of the Baja. I am the daughter of the director Don Victor and share the same values as the rest of their family.
I grew up in a home where nature was respected and loved – that was my school, my education, and when you grow up with that, it becomes part of yourself.

A perspective that if more people shared, we would be in a much compassionate place – a philosophy of life, acknowledging our responsibility as a society.

We all come in life to enjoy nature, not to destroy it. We are all key parts of a chain of the planet. We cannot deny the joy of enjoying the planet that we were born to future generations.”

There are many unheard hero’s that people do not recognize. To me, El Serpentario, is one of those, is a center that functions from Adriana’s family good-will, young volunteers in the non-profit endeavors. They risk their own life when rescuing venom snakes or brown eagles, maintaining them in their own house, to preserve our natural heritage, while making actual labor of it. Not your everyday rescue center.

https://www.facebook.com/elserpentariodelapazbcs/

[Adriana Velazquez – La Paz, Mexico]
By Sebasitán Balart & Lía Álvarez

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