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Cruelty-Free Gear for the Vegan Motorcyclist
Leather this, leather that—it's all I heard about when I bought my first motorcycle. I had always wanted a bike, but when I saw Brad Pitt riding one in the trailer for Benjamin Button, I knew it was time. I mean, nothing is cooler than Brad Pitt except Brad Pitt on a motorcycle. And if looking cool weren't enough, there was the economic advantage (65 mpg, anyone?). Plus, I thought it'd be a great way to restore the image of the vegan man as a cat-loving, tofu-eating Prius driver (OK, I do love cats … and tofu).
For a vegan, finding the right motorcycle is the easy part. Even if the seat is made from chemically-treated leather, it still won't stand up to the elements or hold its shape like a synthetic one will. As far as safety gear goes, popular opinion says that leather is most likely to keep you alive should you lay it down. For me, staying alive is important, and from boot to helmet, all my armor is man-made. And just as faux chicken nuggets and vegan cheese are becoming more readily available as demand increases, vegan motorcycle gear is on the rise.
Take these vegan motorcycle gloves that Aerostich Rider Warehouse is promoting this week. Complete with clever tagline "Ride 'til the cows come home," Aerostich, among the biggest of online resources for motorcyclists, is giving away a free bottle of Nikwax Waterproofing Spray (it's cruelty-free!) with the purchase of either pair of vegan gloves. I would have jumped on this immediately, except that I already own both the hot weather and the three-season version. These are high-tech, knuckle-armored, and tough as nails. They are reinforced with kevlar, which is the same stuff that bulletproof vests are made of—kind of important when it's you versus pavement. Both pairs are lightweight and super comfortable, and they fit like, well … like a glove.
Most of us picture bikers as leather-vested tough guys, but two-wheeled vegans are sprouting up everywhere. Are you a vegan with an unlikely hobby? Tell us your story below.
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Hi! I love animals, all kinds, I may not be a vegan or vegetarian but I have never bought any clothes that I knew were made from materials made through animal-cruelty! I am also a motorcycle lover, I love old school cruisers and custom bikes, and I find that most of the synthetic motorcycle attire I've found out there have the more modern sport bike look to it with either very tight fit or lots of colors and logos on them.
What Im wondering is where I can find cruelty-free old school-design motorcycle attire, all black, not too tight fitting jackets, vests, boots and pants? If anyone knows a company that makes products like this, please do tell!
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Such a nice post love to read it.
To the poster that made the comment 'eggs are cruelty free'
Try using that argument on the billions of male chicks that 'discarded' during the sexing process. They are either gassed in bulk or thrown into a mashing machine alive & conscious by the thousands .
The female chicks that pass the sexing test them have their beaks cut off then sent to crammed cages for 2 years before being sent to slaughter featherless & emaciated from their caged life.
Thank you PETA & PETA members for letting us all know we're not alone in our choice to not be a passenger on the earth but be a participant doing the right thing by the creatures we share our home with..
Not long ago made the commitment to being vegan, after too many years of waffling between being an omnivore and a lacto-ovo vegetarian. Still have leather pants, boots & gloves, and a leather seat and saddle bags. Plan to switch out as things wear out. I do thank the animals who gave their lives for what I own and honor their energy. Will, though, buy no more animal products in the future, just can't do it.
i'm a 12 year old boy and a vegan and this year joined the cheerleading squad and had to by the school rules buy and wear leather sneakers for the team, my mother and i tried to fight it if we could of found the same pair and style of Nike sneakers that would of been fine, more name brand companies should start selling more vegan products,i do get teased at school because i wear these leather sneakers and am a vegan…
I was really surprised that an entire article would be devoted to a company that does not carry 100%vegan items. This company sells cowhide, deerskin, elkskin products. Although I think it is good that they do carry some vegan items, I still don't think it's worth praising. People need to be really careful when selecting things to buy, and read what these things are made of. This article made it seem like they sold all vegan things. I even called customer service and literally asked them if cowhide was from an actual cow.
WOW! I totally love this article!! I'm a biker girl, my bike and outfit are totally cruelty free too! I had a tailor make me some synthetic fringe for it only for 15€!
I ride and race a motorcycle as well, and Joe Rocket just released a hemp motorcycle jacket. now although I don't believe that we should kill cows for leather, they haven't found an alternative for leather race suits (textile/kevlar suits are not allowed)
I almost exclusively wear Draggin' Jeans (www.dragginjeans.com). They make jeans lined with Kevlar (for abrasion protection) and they have armor you can get too. They also have a really cool shirt made out of Kevlar.
I love this post! I admit, is can be tough to find a motorcycle that is leather free. It just doesn't make sense that for a bike to be great, it must have leather. I drive a scooter, and am glad it is all synthetic 🙂 There really is no need to have leather on any biker gear.
Vegan bikers are hot!!!
OMG I LOVE this post. You have no idea. I'm already in a small niche (vintage scooter enthusiast) and then to be vegan – it makes it an even smaller niche. At the national scooter rallies I have met other vegan scooterests who deal with this same dilemni. It's hard to find good gear. Thanks for this post – my boyfriend (hardcore vintage scooter/motorcycle guy) even approves of the brands you mentioned!
I use a Corrozo (sp?) hot pink armor jacket – all vegan and I have various different veggie boots that I wear. I wear a hot pink full face helmet and blue jeans. My synthetic gloves didn't hold up so well so I'll probably be buying the brand you mentioned.
Anyway thanks for posting – keep me in the loop. AT the national rally we were hoping to form a vegan scooter association with info just like this!
Look at me at the bottom of this link! http://www.bostonstranglers.com/members.html
My dad, who has no interest in going vegan or vegetarian, made certain that his, my mom's and my (gift) riding gear was all synthetic. We all have fabric, plastic and steel boots that he got from a reputable company, whose name currently escapes me, and the mesh padded jackets. For those that are worried about the jackets, speaking as someone that has crashed at 60km/hr with one on I couldn't beleive how well it held up! And instead of me rubbing along the jacket it kept me from smacking too hard either. It was awesome!
And my dad keeps saying I'm the odd one. I crashed to avoid a squirrel. But everything, and everyone, is all ok and that's what counts!
Dude! I am a minister through Christian Motorcyclists Association, and the jacket you are wearing in the photograph looks just like mine. It's great, and with the mesh lining and many zippers I can vent the thing and ride in comfort even on 110 degree days, zip in ice filled packs (specially made for the jacket) if I am still too hot, or just ride with everything securely zipped when it's cold. Some of these jackets even come with heating elements that the rider plugs into the battery of the bike so the rider can keep warm on the coldest of days. Also, the rider can zip in body armor for extra protection against falls.
Hey man, I ride bikes too.
I use airseal paratrooper boots for riding my bike, and they wear very well. They have steel caps as well, and the ankle support is good as well. 🙂
These are what I use.
This boot is also great for bikes. 🙂
Oh, they also have jackets and gloves for bike riding as well. 🙂
Take care, Jesse.
Hello "Concerned By-Stander",
Thanks for commenting!
While I cannot address each of your concerns in this small space, I wanted to address the overall tone of your comment. We are not interested in depriving people of the freedom to make choices; we simply want to help them make informed choices. Just because something is legal doesn't mean that it shouldn't be challenged. Slavery and spousal abuse were once legal—until compassionate people acted to help people understand why such practices are unacceptable. PETA acts to help animals whose suffering is ignored in favor of human pleasure and convenience.
To learn more about PETA and our life-saving work in behalf of animals, please visit http://www.PETA.org/about.
Look, I know that "PETA'S" agenda is to go against animal cruelty, and that's kool, but I think y'all are takin' it too far! What correlation do eggs have with animal cruelty? And what gives us the right to tell people in other countries what is, and isn't okay to do? You know, like that article about telling the Indonesian government to not do what they are doing.As a person that doesn't really care for the "PETA" lifestyle, let me suggest that you stop trying to fight everything you don't agree with all of the time.
Where do I get a vegan bikers jacket & pants?
Does anybody know of a vegan engine oil to use in cars?
high-tech, knuckle-armored, and tough as nails. more than.
nothing is cooler than Brad Pitt except Brad Pitt on a motorcycle. hehe
Jonathan- actually, plenty of Vespas are vegan. Just make sure the seat is synthetic!
God Bless You All!!!
I'm a vegan and a guy, which is (sadly) plenty unlikely in itself. But I am a recreational street speed skater with a pair of Roces five-wheelers that are made entirely from plastics and metal, as opposed to leather. I still get a good skate on, and I didn't have to have anything killed to do it. Own the streets!
telling my harley riding parents about this!
Is a Vespa vegan? I want one so bad…what do you think about the leather on the seats? What do I do?
Right there with ya, brother. Love my Cortech jacket and trust it to protect me as much as leather (without smelling like dead skin).
I wish there were more casual/cruiser styled vegan motorcycle boots, though. Sidi is the only company I know of that makes cruelty-free motorcycle boots and they're all racer style. I'd prefer something more Mad Max than Tron.
its cruel and inhumane to kill animals for own greed and vanity.


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In addition to all the benefits, IoT is also bringing new kind of customer experience challenges - cars that unlock themselves, thermostats turning houses into saunas and baby video monitors broadcasting over the internet. This list can only increase because while IoT services should be intuitive and simple to use, the delivery ecosystem is a myriad of potential problems as IoT explodes complexity. So finding a performance issue is like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.
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The idea of comparing data in motion (at the sensor level) to data at rest (in a Big Data server warehouse) with predictive analytics in the cloud is very appealing to the industrial IoT sector. The problem Big Data vendors have, however, is access to that data in motion at the sensor location. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Scott Allen, CMO of FreeWave, discussed how as IoT is increasingly adopted by industrial markets, there is going to be an increased demand for sensor data from the outermos...
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"Qosmos has launched L7Viewer, a network traffic analysis tool, so it analyzes all the traffic between the virtual machine and the data center and the virtual machine and the external world," stated Sebastien Synold, Product Line Manager at Qosmos, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 19th Cloud Expo, held November 1-3, 2016, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Using a Solution Focused Approach, I work with you to determine what strategies have worked in the past and how you can best replicate those experiences to overcome times of anger. I believe that you already have the skills necessary to manage your anger, however, you may not be aware of them due to always focusing on the problem rather than solutions.
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There are many tools for anger management that can be effective when the client wants relief from those feelings of anger and control of the way they express their anger by turning it into a positive experience. There are many exercises that I use to assist in that process and it can be extremely effective when the desire to change is there.
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|Alex Gandsas, MD, Performs First "Scarless" Weight-Loss Surgery (Sleeve Gastrectomy) at Kennedy University Hospital
|Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Kennedy University Hospital's Bariatric Surgery Program now offers "scarless" (i.e. non-visible scar) single-port sleeve gastrectomy, a surgical weight-loss procedure. Alex Gandsas, MD, MBA, recently became the first Kennedy physician to perform this "scarless" single-incision weight-loss surgery at Kennedy Hospital-Stratford on a 42-year-old woman from Sewell, NJ. Instead of the usual six incisions required to perform bariatric laparoscopic surgery, this new procedure uses only one incision – through the patient's naval (i.e. belly button) – significantly improving the cosmetic result.
"The belly button is the body's natural scar," Dr. Gandsas said. "By performing the procedure through one single incision in the naval, the resulting scar is practically invisible."
A laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is traditionally performed through six incisions, ranging in size from .5 to 1.5 centimeters in diameter. These incisions allow the required surgical instruments to be inserted, as well as a special camera to view structures inside the abdomen. But with single-port sleeve gastrectomy, the same surgical equipment is guided through just one incision in the naval.
While more technically challenging for the surgeon than other minimally invasive bariatric procedures because of ergonomics, patient outcomes with single-incision sleeve gastrectomy are excellent, said Dr. Gandsas, Kennedy – Stratford's Chief of Surgery and a Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at UMDNJ-SOM. Minimally invasive procedures are associated with shorter length of stay, less pain and quicker return to normal activity.
The technique is different but the principles of single-incision Sleeve Gastrectomy are identical to the conventional laparoscopic approach. The ideal candidate for the single-incision sleeve gastrectomy has:
· A body mass index less than 45kg/m
· Has had no prior abdominal surgery
· Do not have a lot of central obesity, i.e., a thicker abdominal wall.
Kennedy University Hospital's Bariatric Surgery Program, based at its Stratford, NJ, hospital, offers several options for qualified weight-loss surgery patients, including Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding, or LAP-BAND® surgery – which has been performed by Kennedy Bariatric surgeon Louis Balsama, D.O., as a single-incision procedure on qualified patients -- Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, and sleeve gastrectomy. The Kennedy Bariatric Program is accredited by the American College of Surgeons' Bariatric Surgery Center Network (ACS BSCN).
Prior to joining Kennedy in 2010, Dr. Gandsas had served as Chief of the Division of Bariatric Surgery and Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, and was an Associate Professor of Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. A 1985 graduate of the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine in Argentina, Dr. Gandsas completed a Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship at Duke University in 2000 and a Bariatric Surgery Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2001. In addition to his medical degree, Dr. Gandsas holds a Master in Business Administration degree from the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School in Baltimore, MD.


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State agencies are being instructed by the governor's office to not recognize same-sex marriages that were conducted following the federal court order.
Hundreds of marriage licenses were issued for same-sex couples following the ruling made June 25. An appeals court halted the ruling three days later as the Indiana Attorney General's Office issued an appeal.
Gov. Mike Pence's office has issued a memo to state agencies to go on as if the marriage licenses were not issued during the three days following the federal courts decision.
The memo noted that Indiana will recognize the out-of-state marriage between Amy Sandler and Nikole Quasney of Munster, which complies with an order from the Court of Appeals.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-GLM plans to introduce a new branding platform called Signature Mix Marketplace at its New York City events next spring.
The Signature Mix umbrella will include the National Stationery Show, Creative & Lifestyle Arts, and the premiere of Gift>it - Distinctive Gifts. Gift>It will feature products from among popular leading brands and emerging, young businesses that will complement the offerings at the Stationary Show and Creative & Lifestyle Arts. Such products range from decorative objects for the home and office, "kitchen chic," specialty toys and games, to men's gifts and gadgets, jewelry and confections.
The marketplace will run May 18-21, 2014, at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and will feature some 900 exhibiting companies and more than 10,000 product lines.
"Annual events provide unique opportunities that differ from their semi-annual counterparts, largely due to the scope of participants and the content of the event from beginning to end," said Patti Stracher, show director. "What's so exciting here is the product combination within signature mix--a first for the industry. It will provide a fresh, new experience for both the thousands of buyers that have attended NSS over the years, as well as attract a breadth of new buyers to the marketplace."
As part of this evolution, the Stationary Show and Creative & Lifestyle Arts will shift to--and Gift>it will launch with--a 10 a.m. start time, to allow for early morning meetings, seminars and events.
"Addressing the combined business needs of retailers and manufacturers in the stationery, lifestyle gift and craft communities with broad-based buying, learning and networking opportunities is GLM's goal in creating the signature mix marketplace," said GLM CEO Charles McCurdy. "We expect this marketplace to stand out from other show experiences due to the unique combination of products it will represent and professionals that come together."
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text: Ann Toney | LEAP | Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Watch A Video Why Legalize Drugs? Find A Speaker Events About Who We Are Vision & Mission LEAP Statement of Principles Dedication Privacy Statement LEAP'S partner organizations Check our photos on right LEAP at large Some of our speakers, past and present Civil Liberties and Public Policy Conference 2011 Prop 19 990 For Speakers Learn & Discuss Blog LEAP in the News LEAP Publications LEAP on Facebook Leap on Twitter LEAP on Youtube Take Action Join LEAP's Email List Volunteer Write Legislators LEAP Banners For Law Enforcement Police Prosecutors Judicial Federal Agents Customs and Border Patrol Corrections FAQ Join LEAP as an Official Law Enforcement Member For The Media International Support LEAP Join LEAP as an Associate Member Donate To LEAP Store Shop Amazon, Help LEAP Use AMEX, help LEAP LEAP Printable Membership Forms Contact « Previous Page About Ann Toney Former Deputy District Attorney Denver, CO "A drug arrest on your record has enormous consequences which most prosecutors do not appreciate or relate to." Ann Toney has been practicing law since 1984 and spent about half her career as a prosecutor. She first served as an Assistant District Attorney in North Carolina, handling felony cases including homicide, drugs, sex offenses, and violent crimes, and then became a prosecutor in Guam where she prosecuted felony sex offense crimes exclusively. From 2000 to 2009, Ann served as deputy district attorney in Colorado, prosecuting felony cases including drug cases, vehicular homicide, sex offenses, and DUI charges, and other misdemeanors. Ann strived to fulfill the ultimate goal of prosecuting as that of seeking justice. "I was very up-front that I did not feel it was my role to win or lose," she says. "It was the government's role to be open about the facts, and if there was evidence there, then it's there. When I believed a person was a danger to society I would seek a prison sentence and by the same token, I evaluated each case individually and pursued an appropriate disposition protecting the victim and community while being fair to the defendant." But as she witnessed, drug crimes permeate the legal system which causes significant and long-term harm to those who are convicted or even just arrested. "A drug arrest on your record has enormous consequences which I do not believe most prosecutors appreciate or relate to," she says. "Schools, employers, and even apartment complexes all treat people even charged with drug offenses differently, and their lives are never the same." As for what keeps the system this way, Ann, who holds a Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling, believes that it is irrational fear. "Mothers mistakenly believe that if their child smokes marijuana, then he or she will inevitably end up take more serious drugs. I would advise mothers not to buy into propaganda regarding drugs and unintentionally alienate or vilify their children." As a member of LEAP, Ann works to help people understand that, while drugs can be dangerous, the prohibition laws only serve to increase drug-related harm. Ann now has her own law practice in Denver. Ann Toney's Articles Ann Toney's Events The Russ Belville Show: Ann Toney go to top All Rights Reserved Law Enforcement Against Prohibition 121 Mystic Avenue, Suite 9, Medford, MA 02155 phone: (781)393-6985 Google+ Site designed by Glopilot.com


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Teenagers are often excluded from meaningful and interactive volunteer opportunities due to their age.
Underprivileged children all over Atlanta are deprived of critical life-enhancing experiences that allow them to celebrate and be celebrated.
What we do:
- Mentor 60-70 Atlanta teens through our annual Leadership Training Program and teach fundraising, public speaking and project management skills
- Provide advocacy and awareness training on issues relating to homelessness; and
- Plan on-site programs at local shelters and community centers to provide festivals and outdoor programs in which our volunteers and guests can meaningfully interact with each other.
Every December, our teens host Amy's Holiday Party, their capstone project after a year of learning and logistical planning.
At Amy's Holiday Party, now in its 22nd year, we:
- Engage over 350 teen volunteers for a day of meaningful, hands-on service;
- Provide a celebration for more than 800 underprivileged children and their families;
- Partner with over 50 homeless shelters, foster care and refugee centers in Atlanta
- Plan a carnival with prizes, craft projects, pictures with Santa, and a dance with a DJ;
- Serve over 1,000 lunches; and
- Distribute over 3,000 brand new gifts in our 'Toy Store.'
Every year, Amy's Holiday Party and our other programs (teen activities, after school program events, outdoor festivals) expand in scope and participants as CCC further develops its mission of training young community leaders and serving children in need. There is an evident need for this type of work.
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Sunday 9:30 am Road Ride starts from the shop. 40+/- miles. John Sutton will lead.
The picture above is from the highly successful Breese Hollow Ride on Thursday July12. 28 riders from Manchester , Dover/Wilmington and Bennington left from the Monument , rode to Pownal, across to New York and back up through the Hollow. Many cows were counted. Libations at Madison Tavern followed.
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Human immune deficiency virus infection in patients diagnosed at age 50 years or later
Abstract number: P1206
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Objectives: Age related immune deficiency is a well known entity. Having considered this fact, immune deficiency due to HIV infection may be more severe in older patients.
Methods: A retrospective observational study in registered HIV infected patients in order to review epidemiologic, clinical, laboratory data and response to treatment in patients diagnosed at age of 50 or older.
Results: Among 1680 registered HIV infected patient there are 91 HIV infected patients who found their HIV positive situation at age of 5074, aged 5084 years. There are 22 women (24%) and 69 men (76%). HIV transmission risk factor Is homosexual-bisexual contact in 44% of cases, heterosexual contact in 44%, blood and blood product transfusion in 2% and unknown risk factor in 10% respectively.
49 patients (54%) were asymptomatic (stage A of CDC), 16 patients (17.5%) symptomatic non-C(Stage B) and 26 patients (27.5%)present AIDS difining condition(stage C). CD4 count before treatment ranged between 4 and 754, as a mean 226 cells/ml. 35 patients (38.5%) present low CD4 count (less than 200) and 15 patients (16.5%) with CD4 less than 100 cells /ml.
79 patients (87%) are treated and 12 patients (13%) untreated including 1 patient with indication of treatment.
After treatment CD4 count ranged between 10 and 1511, as a mean 511. CD4 count before and after antiretroviral treatment was increased (285).
After treatment there were 14 patients with viral load more than 500 copies /ml including 8 untreated patients. It means 6 patients (7.6%) under treatment in virologic failure. There are 9 patients (11%) with detectable viral load but less than 500 copies/ml.
Conclusion: 76% of diagnosed patients at age of 50 or later are men. Male-female ratio is 3/1. Homosexual-bisexual contact is still an important risk factor in patients diagnosed at age 50 or more.
Age related immune deficiency in patients older than 50 is an important factor. Mean CD4 count was 226 in spite of 54% asymptomatic patients (stage A). It means that this group of patients is more immune deficient. After antiretroviral treatment there is pretty increase in CD4 count, it means a nice immunologic response.
Virologic response after treatment is as well as young even better may be because of better observance.
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What kind of space is u in? Is A a differential operator? Do you know anything about A other than it's a linear operator?
What is the overall context for this problem? Is it from a textbook? If so, how did the book define a linear operator?
In particular, I'm interested in knowing if A always maps real-valued vectors/functions to real-valued vectors/functions. If it does, then you can choose as your real-valued solution. If not, your problem is a bit more complicated.
Note, that, since the real numbers are a subset of the complex numbers, saying there is a complex solution could mean that there is a real number solution. However, the problem says "it also has a real solution" and that is not true.


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How to install an application in background on Android
You need to attention to four things before use these codes:
1 – This technique is only useful and just will work for you if you will make an application for a specific device you have its certificate, just like me.
2 – Doing this technique you will access classes that the Google doesn't guarantee its portability to future versions;
3 – I used and tested it in version 2.2;
4 – You need remember put the permission in your AndroidManifest.xml.
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES"/>
A video was added on Youtube to quickly show the feature:
I also recommend you read the previous post.
So, let's go. Today I'll pass for you guys something that I think is very interesting. I'll talk about how you can install APKs in background (without user interaction). It's a good tip because this issue isn't easily found on the web. Beyond that, you can learn more about how the Android frameworks works.
I needed to find a solution for this because I had to develop an application that it needed to be updated remotely and it couldn't be exposed in the Android Market. It was a private commercial application. The customer did not want to the user had the option to cancel the installation (which happens if you sends the user to the default screen installation). The update was an obligation.
So let's begin where I began. First of all, I wondered how the Android System does to uninstall applications. You can see it in [Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications -> "choose any app" -> "click in Uninstall"]. So I searched for the source code this activity. There is a text "Uninstall application?", then I searched for this string in the source code of Android:
find . -name *.xml | xargs grep Uninstall application ./packages/apps/PackageInstaller/res/values/strings.xml: <string name="uninstall_application_question">Uninstall application?</string>
I found the string with the name "uninstall_application_question". So I searched for the activity that use it:
find . -name *.java | xargs grep uninstall_application_question ./packages/apps/PackageInstaller/src/com/android/ packageinstaller/UninstallerActivity.java: question.setText(R.string.uninstall_application_question);
I found UninstallerActivity.java. In UninstallerActivity class there is a button "mOk" that sends you to UninstallAppProgress.java. In this class we see PackageDeleteObserver that removes the application. It extends android.content.pm.IPackageDeleteObserver. Let's search for this class:
find . -name IPackageDeleteObserver.java ./out/target/common/obj/JAVA_LIBRARIES/framework_intermediates/ src/core/java/android/content/pm/IPackageDeleteObserver.java
In this package we also have IPackageInstallObserver.java. In this class we see:
/** * API for installation callbacks from the Package Manager. * @hide */
It's what we want, but I tried to import this class and I saw that it doesn't exist in android.jar. Apparently the Android system have access to it and we don't. But, did you remember that in my previous post I said that the Google remove the access of some framework's class? It puts "@hide" in comments on the methods and classes of the source code of the framework that it doesn't want to expose to the developer.
Now the big tip: you can access these classes through reflection, because they have loaded into the system. I don't know if this is a bug, but… this solves our issue!
But, why have theses classes been loaded into the system? As I said in previous post, the android.jar has everything you need to develop your application using Java, but the classes are in the jar just for you compile your aplication properly, ensuring that it will run on future versions of Android. The applications are compiled without them, the framework's classes aren't built into your apk. The codes inside the jar are stubbed out. This is because the code inside the jar is never runs, so there's no reason to make your application bigger because of this. Beyond that, all applications on device share the same framework, so these classes are already running on the device actually. That means: you can load any framework's class through reflection.
So finally let's to do the code to install the application directly by API without interface. First, download my code, let's see it:
final ApplicationManager am = new ApplicationManager(InstallInBackgroundSample.this); am.setOnInstalledPackaged(new OnInstalledPackaged() { public void packageInstalled(String packageName, int returnCode) { if (returnCode == ApplicationManager.INSTALL_SUCCEEDED) { Log.d(TAG, "Install succeeded"); } else { Log.d(TAG, "Install failed: " + returnCode); } } }); ... Button btnInstall = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnInstall); btnInstall.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { try { am.installPackage(txtApkFilePath.getText().toString()); } catch (Exception e) { logError(e); } } });
Let's see the ApplicationManager.java class that I created:
public void installPackage(Uri apkFile) throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException { method.invoke(pm, new Object[] {apkFile, observer, INSTALL_REPLACE_EXISTING, null}); }
As you can see, I invoked the method by reflection. To obtain the method I did:
public ApplicationManager(Context context) throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException { observer = new PackageInstallObserver(); pm = context.getPackageManager(); Class<?>[] types = new Class[] {Uri.class, IPackageInstallObserver.class, int.class, String.class}; method = pm.getClass().getMethod("installPackage", types); }
To determine whether the application is installed successfully, we need to create a class to implement the callback "packageInstalled". We must pass an observer in the parameter of the method "installPackage". Thus we need to extend IPackageInstallObserver.Stub to obtain the return as did UninstallAppProgress activity:
class PackageInstallObserver extends IPackageInstallObserver.Stub { public void packageInstalled(String packageName, int returnCode) throws RemoteException { if (onInstalledPackaged != null) { onInstalledPackaged.packageInstalled(packageName, returnCode); } } }
But we don't have access to IPackageInstallObserver class (it is @hide in SDK) and how could we get the class by reflection and create a subclass of this? How would we do? Well, I did not know to do this, then I discovered an other way to do it.
I know that IPackageInstallObserver class has already loaded in the VM, so I decided to create a copy of the class in my project with the same package structure and the method signatures, but stubbed out, exactly as does android.jar! The VM loads the framework's class first so I used my class just to compile. When is running, the VM uses the framework's class and not the mine.
So that's it, folks. I hope this has helped you. Download the code, run it and read it, everything will seem easier. Please, leave comments.
The complete code the project is exposed in the Github: here or direct download zip file here
You can hire me for your mobile project or consultancy🙂
6 de July de 2011 at 08:05
I try use your project code without modify but i found an error:
13 de February de 2013 at 15:54
I got the same exception. And SecurityException as cause, with string indication, that app has no android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES permission.
I tested in on SDK 2.3 and 4.0.
So, this method works only on earlier versions.
7 de July de 2011 at 04:45
I tested it in emulator 2.2 but i have the same error😦
I used the project code provided by this link: " https://github.com/paulononaka/Android-InstallInBackgroundSample".
10 de July de 2011 at 12:13
I am downloading apk file from remote server, i am storing it in SD card, and trying to install it using your code but i am getting protection level 3 exception, can you please help where should i keep my apk file , so your code will execute without any exception
Please help.
27 de July de 2011 at 01:34
Ótimo post, mas tive um problema diferente.
07-27 01:00:05.404: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(18551): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
07-27 01:00:05.404: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(18551): java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com.paulononaka.apihelper.ApplicationManager$PackageInstallObserver
07-27 01:00:05.404: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(18551): at com.paulononaka.apihelper.ApplicationManager.(ApplicationManager.java:36)
07-27 01:00:05.404: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(18551): at com.paulononaka.InstallInBackgroundSample.onCreate(InstallInBackgroundSample.java:28)
07-27 01:00:05.404: ERROR/AndroidRuntime(18551): at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
Tem alguma ideia do que pode ser??
Estou fazendo um atualizador e o seu código é exatamente o que eu preciso. Como é um app privado, numa versão fixa do android e ele vai bloquear todos os acessos ao SO, não preciso me preocupar tanto, posso usar o certificado que vc falou, mas tenho um porém. Como fazer isso? vc tem alguma dica ou link pra me ajudar???
Parabéns pelo post e pelo blog!!
28 de July de 2011 at 00:25
Funcionou perfeito!!!! Está de parabéns!!! Você é O CARA!!
Continue assim!!
28 de July de 2011 at 16:23
ola paulo, mt joia essa sua aplicaçao.
Vc que ja tem uma experiencia com aplicaçoes em background, eu precisava de uma aplicaçao que pegasse os dados de gps, e mandasse para um servidor, registrando de tempos em tempos, ate ai td bem, o problema é que eu preciso que ela seja totalmente em background, sem nenhuma interface grafica, eu tentei tornar ela um service, mas ai nao consigo enviar os dados de forma algum, nem por clientehttp. nem por socket, vc tem alguma luz pra me dar. vlw
29 de July de 2011 at 14:26
opa paulo, ja implementei e funcionou perfeitamente. É pra conectar em um servlet que eu tenho pronto aqui, vou tentar fazer as adaptaçoes nessessarias pra isso.
Brigadao cara, salvo minha vida😛
3 de August de 2011 at 16:00
E ae paulo, fico show de bola a aplicaçao que vc mandou cara, adicionei umas coisas, um banco nativo, caso nao consiga conectar no banco grave os dados no banco, e assim que conectar manda td e apaga ^^.
So tendo problemas nos parametros, cada vez que manda o get, ele nao limpa os parametros, e manda o anterios, mais o atual, e assim vai acumulando ate estora o limite. to tentando da um jeito nisso, se quiser dar uma olhada como ficou, ainda ta dando uns errinhos bobos, mas com o tempo eu vou tentando arrumar. :p
3 de August de 2011 at 16:02
caso nao consiga conectar no servidor grava no banco*
3 de August de 2011 at 16:40
aqui uma versao pouco mais atualizada.
19 de November de 2012 at 07:06
can you post your version in another site please , I can't access to this link.
24 de August de 2011 at 07:42
Unfortunately this has been patched. They up'd the permission for INSTALL_APP or whatever to applications signed with the manufacturer's certificate, or if the phone is rooted. Sorry guys.
28 de September de 2011 at 03:34
Hello ,
Very tutorial and project ,,
However I am facing some problem in using the code might be some where i m wrong ………
i have modified ur code a little bit
I have changed this ……..
//my path to apk
catch (Exception e)
then I am getting the Toast saying that "an error occured plz check log";
But der is nothing in logcat…
Am I wrong some where Please help me out …
Thanks in advanced…..
19 de October de 2011 at 17:28
it worked great for me using the path "/sdcard/your.apk" instead of "/mnt/sdcard/your.apk"
13 de January de 2012 at 07:47
I try to use this project but i have the same problem like Mr.Vipin Sahu
Please there is any way to solve this problem?
19 de October de 2011 at 17:23
I was able to get your awesome code to work on the emulator (in Eclipse I needed to set the path to the certificate/keystore you provided because the default debug keystore won't permit the INSTALL_PACKAGES permission).
My question is, how did you get the google_certificate.keystore ? Is it publicly available ?
19 de October de 2011 at 17:35
Also, now I want to give the app to the firmware engineer so that he can include it in the firmware. My question is: how do I build the APK ? Do I use the same Google keystore – but it asks me for a password when I export.
20 de October de 2011 at 16:23
I have two final questions on this topic…
1) does the flag INSTALL_REPLACE_EXISTING ensure that app-data is kept, i.e. database ?
2) why does the ActivityManager force stop the newly installed/reinstalled package ? Is there a flag to prevent the force stop ? See my log below…
DEBUG/PackageManager(59): Scanning package hello.world
INFO/PackageManager(59): /data/app/hello.world-1.apk changed; unpacking
DEBUG/installd(35): DexInv: — BEGIN '/data/app/hello.world-1.apk' —
DEBUG/dalvikvm(3861): DexOpt: load 23ms, verify 4ms, opt 1ms
DEBUG/installd(35): DexInv: — END '/data/app/hello.world-1.apk' (success) —
DEBUG/PackageManager(59): Activities: hello.world.ActivityMain
INFO/ActivityManager(59): Force stopping package hello.world uid=10038
INFO/installd(35): move /data/dalvik-cache/data@firstname.lastname@example.com@classes.dex -> /data/dalvik-cache/data@firstname.lastname@example.com@classes.dex
DEBUG/PackageManager(59): New package installed in /data/app/hello.world-1.apk
12 de January de 2012 at 00:02
thanks for a good tip!!
it` very useful for me.
I have a one question.
my customer request API to install apk in background.
but your project has many java files
he want to use it like a method, not including extra files😦
Is it possible to intergrate files or decrease the number of files?
thanks in advanced
30 de January de 2012 at 09:24
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30 de January de 2012 at 09:26
could anyone help me?
1 de March de 2012 at 06:58
paulonona, the firmware engineer I work with is upgrading from Android 2.2 to Android 2.3 and it seems that it's no longer working:
D/installd( 885): DexInv: — BEGIN '/system/app/customInstaller.apk' —
D/dalvikvm( 2011): creating instr width table
D/dalvikvm( 2011): DexOpt: 'Landroid/content/pm/IPackageInstallObserver;' has an earlier definition; blocking out
D/dalvikvm( 2011): DexOpt: 'Landroid/content/pm/IPackageInstallObserver$Stub;' has an earlier definition; blocking out
D/dalvikvm( 2011): DexOpt: not verifying 'Landroid/content/pm/IPackageInstallObserver;': multiple definitions
D/dalvikvm( 2011): DexOpt: not verifying 'Landroid/content/pm/IPackageInstallObserver$Stub;': multiple definitions
I/dalvikvm( 2011): DexOpt: not resolving ambiguous class 'Landroid/content/pm/IPackageInstallObserver$Stub;'
I/dalvikvm( 2011): DexOpt: not resolving ambiguous class 'Landroid/content/pm/IPackageInstallObserver;'
D/dalvikvm( 2011): DexOpt: load 9ms, verify+opt 10ms
D/installd( 885): DexInv: — END '/system/app/customInstaller.apk' (success) —
Do you have any suggestions ?
Looking at the JavaDoc, it seems there's no longer a IPackageInstallObserver
14 de June de 2012 at 08:38
What is the license of this API?
Can I use this API to products?
9 de July de 2012 at 08:56
Hi thanks for sharing!
I have a question – for this to work, do I need to Export my application as signed Android application, using the "Android tools -> Export as signed.." with the certificate you provided in the certificate folder?
If so, what's the certificate password? I used "android" and it seem to work… but I have to copy the APK and put it in /system/app and only then install it.
Can you verify what i'm doing is OK?
31 de August de 2012 at 16:16
Hi thanks for code but I get the follow error:
08-31 16:14:33.271: W/System.err(5322): Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Neither user 10106 nor current process has android.permission.INSTALL_PACKAGES.
I already insert the INSTALL_PACKAGES in the manifest.
I'm using android 2.3.3
21 de November de 2012 at 07:16
Hi i just download your project and run without modified the code in emulator its working properly but when i connect device it gives an error
[2012-11-21 15:45:55 – InstallInBackgroundSample] Installation error: INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_INSTALL_LOCATION
[2012-11-21 15:45:55 – InstallInBackgroundSample] Please check logcat output for more details.
[2012-11-21 15:45:56 – InstallInBackgroundSample] Launch canceled!
3 de December de 2012 at 07:01
Hi, I have tried this on my custom android build and it works like a charm. Thanks!
The issue I have is that I kick off downloading and installing of the apk with an intent service…
Downloading runs on the intent service fine, but the service is not blocked when installPackage is called (as this is handled and returns asynchronously).
Is there anyway I block the intent service thread until onPackageInstalled has completed.
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3 de January de 2013 at 07:54
Hi, I have the following issue when the (installer) app is installed in the systems apps folder.
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/JavaBinder( 2592): *** Uncaught remote exception! (Exceptions are not yet supported across processes.)
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/JavaBinder( 2592): java.lang.AbstractMethodError: abstract method not implemented
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/JavaBinder( 2592): at android.content.pm.IPackageInstallObserver$Stub.packageInstalled(IPackageInstallObserver.java)
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/JavaBinder( 2592): at android.content.pm.IPackageInstallObserver$Stub.onTransact(IPackageInstallObserver.java:56)
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/JavaBinder( 2592): at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:338)
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/JavaBinder( 2592): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method)
12-29 15:50:37.704 W/dalvikvm( 2592): threadid=9: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x40a5d9d8)
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/AndroidRuntime( 2592): FATAL EXCEPTION: Binder Thread #2
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/AndroidRuntime( 2592): java.lang.AbstractMethodError: abstract method not implemented
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/AndroidRuntime( 2592): at android.content.pm.IPackageInstallObserver$Stub.packageInstalled(IPackageInstallObserver.java)
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/AndroidRuntime( 2592): at android.content.pm.IPackageInstallObserver$Stub.onTransact(IPackageInstallObserver.java:56)
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/AndroidRuntime( 2592): at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:338)
12-29 15:50:37.704 E/AndroidRuntime( 2592): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.run(Native Method)
Any clues?
3 de January de 2013 at 11:00
Seems like proguard was the culprit obfuscating IPackageInstallObserver class. I have now added it to the proguard config file so it's kept
15 de March de 2013 at 03:59
What is manufacturer's security certificate and how we get it and compile with this certificate
Thanks in Adavance
20 de May de 2013 at 07:53
Is there anyway to retrieve the permissions (and possibly the localized permission text) from the apk file that is about to be installed, prior to installing it?
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12 de November de 2013 at 08:32
hai IPackageInstallObserver class not , i did get any return code …….. let me know what the reason
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15 de April de 2015 at 12:31
I am always getting RuntimeException while trying to initiate ApplicationManager class :
final ApplicationManager am = new ApplicationManager(InstallInBackgroundSample.this);
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Exception returns Stub as detail message
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James Brush
The Short Bio
James Brush lives in Austin, TX and posts things online at Coyote Mercury where he keeps a full list of publications. He also edits the online literary journal Gnarled Oak.
The Less Short Bio
James Brush lives in Austin, TX where he teaches high school English. He claims Newport, RI as his hometown, but after twenty-some-odd years in central Texas, he can't imagine living anywhere without a great Mexican restaurant on every corner. He earned his MA at the University of Texas at Austin where he was a James Michener Fellow at the Texas Center for Writers. He is the author of Highway Sky, the Pushcart-nominated Six October Stones, Birds Nobody Loves, A Place Without a Postcard, and numerous scraps of paper around his house. His favorite thing to do is hang out and spend time with his wife and young son. You can find him online at Coyote Mercury or anywhere good enchiladas are served. He also edits the online literary journal Gnarled Oak.
I'm a writer some of the time and a high school English teacher most of the time. I am driven to create and learn and so I tend to seek out situations where those two things go hand in hand.
I am married to a wonderful woman who inspires me daily, and we have two very odd but sweet greyhounds and a cat who sometimes thinks I need to be bitten. I like to spend time hanging out with my family and playing with our young son. I'm into cycling, hiking, reading, writing, and pretending to play my guitar.
I was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and I have lived in Austin, Texas since 1988. On the way to Austin, I've lived in Miami (or so my parents tell me), Rhode Island (again), Virginia, The Philippines, Italy, and Rhode Island (one more time). I also lived in Dallas for a few months, but I got back to Austin as soon as I could.
After graduating from UT in 1993, I freelanced on film sets for a few years, mostly as a camera assistant. Between gigs, I wrote and worked as a substitute teacher, which made me want to be a full time teacher.
I eventually went back to UT for a second helping, where I was a James Michener Fellow at the Texas Center for Writers and earned an MA in screenwriting. After grad school, I wrote a novel called A Place Without a Postcard. I published it in 2003.
I got certified to teach in 1999, I love spending my days doing work that I believe is important.
Writing is my passion. I write stories and poems and have written a few screenplays as well. When I write stories, I feel as if I am watching a movie no one has seen before. When I stop, I feel like I am waking from a dream, refreshed and wanting more.
I got into writing poetry in 2009 and have been involved with various online poetry activities since then. I started Coyote Mercury Press and published my first poetry collection Birds Nobody Loves: A Book of Vultures & Grackles in 2012. I started the online literary journal Gnarled Oak in 2014.
Some of my favorite books are Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, VALIS by Philip K Dick, Don Quixote by Cervantes, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig, The Sibley Guide to Birds by David Allen Sibley, and The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein.
I love birds. I had parakeets when I was younger, and my parents bred canaries and finches. I spend endless hours watching the birds come and go from the backyard feeders and when I need a stronger fix, I love going out to look for birds. Even if I don't see any, the time outdoors is always time well spent. Birds are also the closest most of us can ever get to wild nature and for that I love them. I am also fascinated by migration and the way the rhythms of the year and the seasons are seen in the movements and behavior of birds.
The name of this site, Coyote Mercury, is a reference to a character in my first novel. I blog for a variety of reasons, and they seem to change with the seasons. It is a place to create, write, explore, connect, learn, and experiment. I have done all of those things around here, and I am constantly discovering new things to do with this site.
Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll check out my online literary journal Gnarled Oak. You can also follow me on Twitter.
Here's a few links to articles, interviews and other stuff about me:
Episode 12 of The Armadillo Podcast
Steven Phenix interviews me about writing, living in Austin, and Kinky Friedman's gubernatorial campaign. This was my first podcast, and Steven was a pleasure to talk to. He even edited out my coughing. There are two other articles on his site that lead up to the interview here and here.
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Why there is no Christian 'community'
Congregational studies show that congregations differ, often quite intensely and extensively, in their life and language and in what they do and thus in their understanding of, say, the meanings of the word God. To say this is not merely to make the obvious point that the local Methodist church does things differently than the high Anglican church around the corner. Within the same denomination and in similar localities, congregations usually differ substantially, each having its own, often easily recognizable style.
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Robert Henry papers, 1952-1981
Henry, Robert, b. 1933
Active in N.Y.
Collection size: 0.4 linear ft. (160 items).
Collection Summary: Biographical material; business letters from galleries and art organizations; receipts; price lists of paintings; unpublished writings by Henry; exhibition catalogs and announcements; clippings, press releases and other printed material; a cassette tape of an interview with Henry conducted by April Kingsley; and photographs of Henry and his paintings.
Biographical/Historical Note: Painter and educator; New York City.
Donated 1981 by Robert Henry.
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Antiguan Racer
The Antiguan racer (Alsophis antiguae) is a harmless rear-fanged (opisthoglyphous) grey-brown snake found only on Great Bird Island off the coast of Antigua, a small Caribbean island, thus colloquially named the "Antigua racer snake". It is among the rarest snakes in the world. However, in the last 15 years, conservation efforts have boosted numbers from an estimated 50 to some 500 snakes.
The Antiguan racer is a snake which belongs to the family Colubridae, which includes about half of the world's known snake species. It belongs to the genus Alsophis, which contains several species of West Indian racers. Most of the members of its genus are threatened or extinct.[2]
This racer exhibits sexual dimorphism.[2] The adult racer is about one meter long, with females being larger than the males.[2] The males are a dark brown with light creamy markings, while the females are silvery-gray with pale brown patches and markings.[2] Females also have larger heads than the males.[3]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
The Antiguan racer is only found on Great Bird Island, a small island three kilometers off of the northeast coast of Antigua.[4] The island is extremely small at only 20 acres (81,000 m2).[4] It prefers to live in shady areas with logs and dense undergrowth, although it is often found on sandbars, rocky ridges, and forests.[2]
Ecology and behavior[edit]
The Antiguan racer is harmless to humans and has a gentle temperament.[2] It is diurnal, being active from dawn to dusk except for a rest around mid-day.[2] At night, it rests in a hidden shelter.[2] The Antiguan racer has a poor resistance to common diseases not found in Antigua, which has ended some attempts at captive breeding.[5]
The racer primarily eats a diet of lizards, including the local Antiguan Ground Lizard.[2] While the species sometimes hunts for its food, it is typically an ambush predator, waiting for prey with most of its body buried beneath leaves.[2] The racer typically eats a lizard once every two weeks.[2]
Relationship with Humans[edit]
In the centuries before the Europeans arrived in Antigua, the Antiguan racers were numerous and widespread. The thick forest that covered the island teemed with lizards, the snakes' favored prey, and the racer had no natural predators to threaten them.[6]
In the late 15th century, European settlers began to colonize and develop Antigua and Barbuda for huge plantations of sugar cane. The ships which brought slaves to the island also brought rats. Feasting on the sugar cane and, among other things, the eggs of the Antiguan racer, the rat population rocketed. By the end of the 19th century, the island was overpopulated with rats.[6]
The plantation owners, desperate to rid themselves of the rats, came up with a plan to introduce Asian mongooses to kill the rats. However, they failed to realize that black rats (Rattus rattus) are mainly nocturnal, while the mongooses prefer to hunt during the day. Instead of eating the rats, the mongooses instead ate the native birds, frogs and Antiguan racers. Within sixty years, the snake had vanished completely from Antigua and most of its offshore islands and many believed that it had become extinct.[6]
However, a few Antiguan racers survived on a tiny mongoose-free island known Great Bird Island. In the early 1990s, a local naturalist from the Island Resources Foundation met a zoologist from Fauna & Flora International. Together, they visited Great Bird Island and rediscovered the snake.[6] However, there were only 50 snakes alive in 1995.[7]
Conservation work quickly got underway with surveys of the snake's biology. In December 1995, rat poison was laid across Great Bird Island to eliminate the rats which were threatening the racers.[8] The effort succeeded. In 1996, five adult racers were collected and sent to the Jersey Zoo for the first attempt at captive breeding.[5] The female racers laid eleven eggs with five hatching, but proved to be difficult to keep in captivity due to their feeding habits and low resistance to diseases. Nine of the ten captive racers died because of the common snake mite.[5]
However, the eradication of rats and mongooses on Great Bird Island led to a population explosion, with the number of racers on the island doubling in two years.[9] However, 20% of the racers were underweight because of the lack of number of lizards to maintain the population levels.[9] Efforts began to clean other offshore islands of Antigua of rats and mongooses to reintroduce the snake so that the population can continue to grow.[9]
It is currently threatened by hurricanes, such as Hurricane Luis and Hurricane Georges, flooding, drought, and inbreeding due to low genetic diversity.[10]
- ^ Day, M. (2007). "Alsophis antiguae". 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. Archived from the original on 19 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "The S Files". The Antiguan Racer Conservation Project. 2001. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ "Antiguan Racer". ARKive. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ a b "The Last Resort". The Antiguan Racer Conservation Project. 2001. Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ a b c "Safety Net". Antiguan Racer Conservation Project. 2001. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ a b c d "Hiss-tory". Antiguan Racer Conservation Project. 2001. Archived from the original on 31 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ "The Project: Mission Impossible?". The Antiguan Racer Conservation Project. 2001. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
- ^ "Removal Service". Antiguan Racer Conservation Project. 2001. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ a b c "Safety Net". Antiguan Racer Conservation Project. 2001. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ "Problems". Antiguan Racer Conservation Project. 2001. Archived from the original on 25 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
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