wildlife
animals, environment, conservation, protection and conservation
Fight for the Great Barrier Reef
by WWF (World Wildlife Fund / World Wide Fund for Nature)
We need your urgent support to help save the Great Barrier Reef! Please sign and share this petition by June 17 to help send a strong message to the World Heritage Committee. Living off the coast of the Great Barrier Reef, this global treasure has been my home for 37 years. I have seen more
Tell USFWS to Take Emergency Action to Rescue the Mexican Gray Wolf!
The Mexican gray wolf, a distinct subspecies of the gray wolf, once roamed throughout Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Today the global population of these animals is tiny – roughly 75 individuals in the wild, and another 300 in captivity.Unless the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Stop the Removal of Federal Protections for Endangered Gray Wolves!
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to remove all endangered species act (ESA) protections for most of the gray wolves across the United States. This would be a conservation nightmare. Delisting would prematurely turn wolf management over to the states, and we've already seen what can
Give Panthers Room to Roam
Florida panthers once prowled and flourished in America's southeastern woodlands and swamps, but today fewer than 160 of these majestic cats remain in a tiny remnant of their historic range. And that habitat is shrinking every day – gobbled up by subdivisions and commercial development. We're
Tell Mexico: Protect Critically Endangered Sea Turtles
North Pacific loggerhead sea turtles spend up to a decade feeding on small crabs in an area off the coast of Mexico's Baja California. Alarmingly, more than 1,000 North Pacific loggerheads die every year when they are accidentally caught up in fishermen's nets. The bycatch toll of loggerheads
Stop ArborGen from selling genetically engineered eucalyptus trees!
by Global Justice Ecology Project
Genetically engineered trees (GE trees) pose an unprecedented threat to US forests. GE tree company ArborGen has a request pending with the USDA to legalize the sale of millions of GE eucalyptus trees. These trees would be sold for pulp and biofuel plantations across Texas, Florida, Georgia,
Always wanted to Nail CITES? South Africa 2016 is your chance. Read this:
Join this event. Send a SERIOUS message to CITES! https://www.facebook.com/events/232190370252981
World Wide Religious Ban on Ivory! 全世界的宗教拒用象牙!
The purchase of Blood Ivory for Religious purposes is the main cause of Elephant slaughter by poachers. Every year 30,000+ elephants are killed for their ivory. Nearly 90 percent of the ivory that is traded globally goes to China and Thailand and The Philippines where economic success and the use
Congressmen - Not Scientists - Deciding Fate of Wolves
by GOOD WOLF
The gray wolf was given the sad distinction of being the FIRST ANIMAL EVER REMOVED FROM FEDERAL PROTECTION (the Endangered Species Act), NOT BY SCIENCE - BUT BY CONGRESS! That would be equivalent to, and just as effective as, a fireman making an arrest or a policeman putting out a fire -- it just
Ask CITES to bring a SUSPENSION OF TRADE against South Africa and Swaziland for the White Rhinoceros.
YOU CAN HELP BRING AN IMMEDIATE HALT TO TRADE IN RHINO UNTIL SOUTH AFRICA SORTS OUT ITS RHINO POACHING PROBLEM! After 1995 the authorities in South Africa began to sell off high value wild animals such as rhino so that private individuals (mostly farmers BUT MORE AND MORE WE HAVE A BODY OF EVIDENCE