Exploits of a Vegan Wannabe

This weekend we have the opportunity to see Born To Be Wild, a 3D nature documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman. We were given a pair of complimentary tickets so it is like date night for free with an animal movie in 3D. It is similar to winning the vegan lottery. Now all I have to do is sneak sprouted spirulina snacks into the theater in my recycled plastic bottle purse and I will be in geeky vegan heaven.   What a difference a year and a VegFest makes. A year ago I would have been noshing on a box of Milk Duds and a vat of buttery popcorn.  Not now, I love being plant strong!!

So, I watched the trailer for Born To Be Wild and am now waiting for it with baited breath. Who doesn’t want to listen to the melodic and transfixing Morgan Freeman for two hours? The movie looks like it will be visually stunning while sharing a message of hope. I am looking forward to that. It also looks completely different from any animal rights/exploitation /redemption films I have seen. Below is a great description of the movie from Robin Lawless of This Dish is Veg. Thank you Robin.

The film documents the plight of orphaned orangutans and elephants and the efforts of two dedicated women, Dr. Birute Mary Galdikas and Dame Daphne Sheldrick, who have made it their life’s work to ensure that these species remain not just on the planet, but in the wild.

The film, which is narrated by Morgan Freeman, travels to the remote jungles of Borneo in Indonesia where Dr. Birute Mary Galdikas started a small research outpost in 1971 to study orangutans, the only great apes living in Asia. The small outpost, named Camp Leakey after the famous archaeologist, soon evolved into the Orangutan Foundation International, a rescue and conservation organization dedicated to saving the species that are in danger of extinction because of habitat destruction, poaching, hunting and the illegal pet trade. Dr. Galdikas and her organization work to protect orangutans and their habitat as well as rehabilitate wild-born and ex-captive orphan orangutans for release into the wild.

The film then travels to Africa where Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick runs an elephant orphanage on the edge of the Nairobi National Park in Kenya. For the past 25 years Dame Daphne and her staff at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (named after her late husband) have hand reared and rehabilitated back into the wild over 130 baby elephants, as well as a multitude of other animals like black rhinos, buffaloes, zebras, mongooses and birds. Sheldrick is a recognized authority on the rearing of wild creatures and is the first person to have perfected the milk formula for baby elephants and rhinos.

Born to be Wild 3D will open in IMAX theaters on April 8th. The filmmakers have released several fascinating behind-the-scenes webisodes from the production of the film.

If you have seen any beautiful, moving, stunning animal loving movies, please share.  Have a delicious day.

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