The impact of going meatless for just one day

Going meat free just one day a week has a larger impact on the environment then most people realize.
 
If you eat one less burger a week, it's like taking your car off the road for 320 miles.

If a four-person family skips meat and cheese one day a week, it's like taking your car off the road for five weeks -- or reducing everyone's daily showers by 3 minutes.

If a four-person family skips steak once a week, it's like taking a car off the road for nearly three months.

If everyone in the U.S. ate no meat or cheese just one day a week, it would be like not driving 91 billion miles -- or taking 7.6 million cars off the road.

Its not too much to do, especially with so many great vegetarian and vegan options on the market these days.  Its just one day, can't kill you to try it.

A girl and her seal

I know the seals and the staff and volunteers are not supposed to get attached but once you've meet Sully that's just impossible.  This seal has just too much personality not to love.

Sully is a male gray seal pup that was found stranded in East Hampton underweight with a broken jaw.  Supposedly he was also lethargic but I've also heard rumors of him chasing the staff around the treatment room upon arrival so you let that little face help you decide what went wrong there!

The rest of the seals just swim, eat and sleep to pass the day but not Sully.  It doesn't much matter what you're doing near the tanks.  Whenever he sees a human he "stands" up in the water and just watches and waits.  If he thinks you're leaving without him, or more accurately, without feeding him, he starts jumping up and down in his tank making a huge racket and a small mess.

He is completely fascinated by the sights and sounds of what goes on around him.  Even when he eats he tosses his fish and catches it or he dances around the tank with it in his mouth.  He's just always having a good day.  I am still 100% positive he gets a massive kick out of scaring the crap out of me when I check his tank to make sure he's eating.  It really is something special to see a wild animal just having a few moments of pure joy.

There is a link to the hospital tank cams where you can see Sully in action.

Hospital Tank Cams

You will want to click the top camera.   He is the seal in the tank on your right.  You can play with the sizing and angles.  He's the active one usually bobbing up and down not swimming. 

Now that he has a and he's almost off all his medication he'll be released soon.  This one will be so bittersweet to see but I'll be there.  I was so blessed to be a part of his recovery, I'll never forget him.