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* ANIMAL TOY STORE * TAPIRS * SHERYL'S WEB SITE, BLOGS and PHOTO ALBUMS (or, scroll down: everything links from this page) |
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tapirback.com is three things: The web site of The Tapir Preservation Fund (TPF), the online gift shop that supports TPF, and Sheryl Todd's personal web site. When I created my web space in 1996, I bought a domain and called it "tapirback.com." The word was a pun made of two things I loved - tapirs and books ("paperback"). I put a few pictures and stories online about my experience raising tapirs, and I called that part of my site "The Tapir Gallery." Online I met tapir fans who wanted to contribute to saving these endangered animals, and I met people in the field doing the actual work of tapir conservation. In 1998 I founded The Tapir Preservation Fund to help bring these two elements together. I hadn't thought of starting a new web site for TPF, I simply expanded The Tapir Gallery as TPF's fledgling home on the web. If you want, you can read more about the history of The Tapir Gallery and its unusual store. The main focus of the site remains TAPIRS. But tapirback, the host, is also my personal site. The links below lead to tapir blogs and groups as well as into the corridors of my own gallery. Thank you for visiting. |
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The Tapir Gallery![]() The official web site of the Tapir Preservation Fund. Tapirs have been my passion since 1968, and perhaps before that. |
Tapir and Friends Wildlife World Online Store![]() ![]() ![]() A treasure trove of special gifts that save endangered species Tapir and Friends Wildlife World is the primary fundraising program of the Tapir Preservation Fund, a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization founded by Sheryl Todd for the conservation of the four endangered species of tapir (pictured below). These little-known "living fossils" are - surprisingly - related to the horse and the rhinoceros. |
Images![]() Photos and art: animals, industrial images, and magnificent places, inlcuding Paris, Colorado, and Oregon |
Journey of Wandering Paths![]() A non-linear trip through art, time, and dreams |
Links![]() Some of my favorite places on the Web - a few of them, anyway |
My Pix on Panoramio and GoogleEarth![]() What the Earth looks like from my eyes |
Off-Site Places ![]() Off-site links to a few of our special places on Earth |
Stanley and Mona Tapir![]() The two tapirs I raised in Claremont, California |
Sheryl Todd's Personal Blog![]() I started posting April 8, 2006, with a picture I took of this nice rock fish at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. |
Astoria, Oregon, Daily Photo![]() See Astoria, Oregon, one photo per day. |
Web Log: Theodore Jameson (Ted) Todd (1923-2003) ![]() In memory of my father. |
The Tapir Preservation Fund (TPF) Blog![]() The official blog of the Tapir Preservation Fund (TPF). A nonprofit for tapir conservation. |
Animal Gifts and Toys Blog![]() Our Tapir and Friends Wildlife World Online Gift Shop supports tapir conservation. |
Laurel Sullivan's Blog![]() This is Laurel's blog. She's my friend, my semi-daughter and mother of Teagan, my grandtapir. |
Gary's Blog: "Work Redefined"![]() Have some irreverent fun with corporate-speak! |
Our CafePress Store for Tapir Conservation![]() "Buy a gift, save a species" is a slogan we've used since 1996. Come see all the cool tapir gifts CafePress has made possible! |
"Tapirs" Google Group![]() TPF's Google Group, "Tapirs." Join the discussions and help save tapirs! |
Aquatic Mammals |
Birds |
Bend, Oregon ~ 2009 |
Astoria, Oregon ~ 2008 |
Only after the last tree has been cut down,
only after the last river has been poisoned,
only after the last fish has been caught,
only then will you find that money can not be eaten.
~ CREE INDIAN PROPHECY
Your purchase of
stuffed animals,
plastic animals,
and other toys and gifts from
Tapir and Friends Wildlife World
helps preserve endangered species
and their rainforest habitats.
All tapirs are endangered species
Saving tapirs helps save the rainforest