Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tragedy. Show all posts

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Sickening tragedy then Human Triumph

With such sickening human tragedy as the loss of life in the terrible Australian bushfires, we find a flipside - the best of humanity as people rally together to look after those who are in need and have lost so much.
It is so sad to see the images of children, families and innocent babies who have lost their lives in the disaster. We can however take hope from the way people respond in such times of need. Perhaps we could learn to behave this way in everyday life.

Bush Fires result in Drop Bear casualties in City Parks...


Due to the devastating bushfires in South Australia, native marsupials like the dreaded drop bear are losing their habitats and moving into city parks where they and the local humans are at risk.

Australians are rallying together to support each other in this time of need. New Zealand is also helping by sending medical and firefighting experts. I wonder how the native animals could be saved? You may have seen the poor koala on the news with the bandaged legs.

This might give us cause to wonder if what we read is always reliable information. As it turns out, the koala in question was filmed a week before it was sent around the world as a "breaking story". You might also want to research the existence of drop bears and critically analyze your sources of information.