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Protect Habitat for Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals

Target: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Sponsored by: Care2.com

The Hawaiian monk seal is one of the most endangered marine mammals in the world. Its population has plummeted to about 1,200 animals, and scientists say it will likely drop below 1,000 seals within a few years.

But the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been resistant to protecting critical habitat. Three-quarters of the islands designated for Hawaiian monk seal habitat could be underwater before the end of the century thanks to global warming. Less than 50 years ago, one of the seals' chief breeding and resting places covered more than 110 acres. Today, only about 40 acres are left.

As beaches disappear under rising seas, there are fewer safe places for the endangered seals to escape from sharks. As a result, more pups and juveniles are dying. Further loss of habitat can only put these endangered seals at greater risk.

Help prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian monk seal. Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect critical habitat for this treasured part of Hawaii's natural heritage.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 10,000

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We, the undersigned, are concerned for the future of the Hawaiian monk seal, the most endangered seal species in the United States. We urge that critical habitat in the Main Hawaiian Islands receive legal protection as critical habitat necessary for preventing the extinction of the Hawaiian monk seal. Critical habitat designation would ensure management that is consistent with the requirements of the Endangered Species Act.

Since the mid 1950s, the monk seal population has declined rapidly, with only about 1,200 animals remaining. The threats from limited food sources, shark predation, global warming and sea level rise, entanglement in marine debris, disease, habitat loss and disturbance, fisheries interactions, and pollution are driving this already small population to the brink of extinction.

The Hawaiian monk seal has had designated habitat in a marine national monument at a remote archipelago northwest of Hawaii since 2006. Unfortunately, three-quarters of the islands in that sanctuary could be underwater before the end of the century thanks to global warming.

We signed the “Protect Habitat for Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals” petition!

# 100:

6:11 am PDT, Jul 6, Damien Mallen, Kentucky

# 99:

6:10 am PDT, Jul 6, MICHAEL PAILLEY, New York

# 98:

6:07 am PDT, Jul 6, Name not displayed, New Jersey

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6:01 am PDT, Jul 6, Michael Madarasz, California

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5:57 am PDT, Jul 6, Charlene Hoffman, Florida

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5:52 am PDT, Jul 6, FreeSpirit Running, Florida

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5:49 am PDT, Jul 6, Vidya Sims, California

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5:40 am PDT, Jul 6, Candace Penner, California

# 92:

5:38 am PDT, Jul 6, Leen Raats, Belgium

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5:38 am PDT, Jul 6, Abbe Anderson, Maine

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5:35 am PDT, Jul 6, Chantal Buslot, Belgium

# 89:

5:36 am PDT, Jul 6, Krishnasami Vasumathi, India

# 88:

5:33 am PDT, Jul 6, Angela Rhodes, Greece
WE DO NO WANT ANOTHER MAMMAL TO GO EXTINCT, THE MONK SEAL NEEDS PROTECTING.

# 87:

5:34 am PDT, Jul 6, Fred Fall, New Jersey

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5:30 am PDT, Jul 6, Althea Marie Lapus, Philippines

# 85:

5:28 am PDT, Jul 6, Bill McGlone, Connecticut

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5:29 am PDT, Jul 6, Sylvia Wredden, United Kingdom

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5:22 am PDT, Jul 6, Shirin Vasheghani, Canada

# 82:

5:19 am PDT, Jul 6, Sue Padlo, Pennsylvania

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5:10 am PDT, Jul 6, Doris West, California

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5:09 am PDT, Jul 6, Avril Kettle, United Kingdom

# 79:

5:07 am PDT, Jul 6, Kirsikka Ahtiala, Finland

# 78:

5:00 am PDT, Jul 6, Susan Harmon, Florida

# 77:

4:57 am PDT, Jul 6, Anthony Davis, Iowa
Let's show our humanity and protect this endangered mammal...

# 76:

4:56 am PDT, Jul 6, Ange Barrett, United Kingdom

# 75:

4:51 am PDT, Jul 6, Bill Craig, Germany

# 74:

4:51 am PDT, Jul 6, Jane Sunshine, New York

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4:43 am PDT, Jul 6, Joycey Berry, North Carolina

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4:36 am PDT, Jul 6, Jean McRae, Georgia

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4:31 am PDT, Jul 6, Pam Davis, Georgia

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4:25 am PDT, Jul 6, ROBIN MCKAY, Kentucky

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4:26 am PDT, Jul 6, Dave Sennett, Pennsylvania

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4:18 am PDT, Jul 6, Alicya Lima, Netherlands

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4:17 am PDT, Jul 6, Ute Havers, Germany

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4:16 am PDT, Jul 6, Gee String, Ohio

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4:04 am PDT, Jul 6, Lauri Peacock, New Mexico

# 64:

3:58 am PDT, Jul 6, Penelope Terry, California

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3:42 am PDT, Jul 6, Marena Chen, Malaysia

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3:40 am PDT, Jul 6, Sophia Dalle, New York

# 61:

3:40 am PDT, Jul 6, Kathy Chadwell, Indiana
Sad we even have to make you aware of this. One would think it being your job you'd be doing all you could to protect these seals.

# 60:

3:38 am PDT, Jul 6, Franziska Eber, Germany

# 59:

3:35 am PDT, Jul 6, Susan Gordon, New York

# 58:

3:29 am PDT, Jul 6, Rachael Sherfield, Wisconsin

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3:12 am PDT, Jul 6, Claudia Navarro, Belgium

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3:12 am PDT, Jul 6, Diana Wittenbreder, Arizona

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2:51 am PDT, Jul 6, Elizabeth Goldstone, Israel

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2:36 am PDT, Jul 6, Marsu Wild, Montana

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2:36 am PDT, Jul 6, Steve Klein, Canada

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2:28 am PDT, Jul 6, Name not displayed, New Zealand

# 51:

2:23 am PDT, Jul 6, Darlene Davis, Michigan

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