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List the Red Knot Under the Endangered Species Act
Target: U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
The red knot sandpiper is in danger of extinction. A new report by the world's leading shorebird biologists confirms a 90 percent decline in the bird's population over the past ten years, leading scientists to predict that the red knot may become extinct as soon as 2010.
The red knot can fly extraordinary distances. On a wingspan of 20 inches, red knots can fly over 9,300 miles from the Arctic Circle to as far as Tierra del Fuego, South America, making this bird one of the longest-distance migrants in the animal kingdom.
Historically, more than 100,000 red knots stopped at Delaware Bay -- one of the most important migratory bird stopovers in the world -- to feast on horseshoe crab eggs each spring, to help power the final leg of their long flight. But because of a overharvest of horseshoe crabs over the past 15 years, supplies of horseshoe crab eggs have greatly diminished as have knot and other shorebird populations that also feed on horseshoe crab eggs.
Because of the red knot's highly precarious situation, it needs immediate protection under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
Please send your message today calling for an emergency listing of the Red Knot sandpiper under the Endangered Species Act!
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It is important to protect any species of live habitat that is facing extinction, and it takes so little.
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Species like the Red Knot are our canaries in the coal mines. We must keep these magnificent birds around. If they go, how many will follow? Please list this bird as an endangered species before it is too late.
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This is an instance where our impact on the planet is painfully obvious. Let's learn from this and try to maintain the balance of our planet's eco-systems!
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Robert Chacon
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All of God's creatures are important and individually special. Why would the Red Knot's life be any less important than any other life on this earth? Please save the Red Knot, if we can help them then we should!
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i feel it is important to save this bird as it was put on this planet like us humans and deserves to be protected it is discusting the ammount of all species that are being treated in this way everyone and everything has a purpose in this lfe
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In this time of global warming, it is imperative that we help every species we can, as a means of helping ourselves!
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It is our responsibility to ensure the cycle of life, especially when we have impacted that cycle for other species.
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All life should be protected.
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April 30,2008 The red knot sandpiper is an admirable and loveable bird in extreme danger of extinction. I request Sec'y of Interior Kempthorne to put it on endangered species list for action.
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all units of an ecosystem are of high importance... GO READ A BIOLOGY BOOK!
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We need these birds for our futer, besides they are good to look at.
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This is an amazing bird---and who knows it might be a really key species....EVERY SPECIES COUNTS.
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Every species in the Animal Kingdom is dependent on another for survival. It is a never ending cycle called the Food Chain. Just as the Red Knot is declining in numbers because of a shortage in horseshoe crab eggs, if the Red Knot is gone, another species that depends on it will also go extinct. We need to stop this decline so we don't loose any more animal species from this world.
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