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Stop Congress from gutting the Endangered Species Act!
Target: U.S. RepresentativesSponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
The Ivory-billed Woodpecker was one of the first species listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Long feared extinct, the bird clung to life in habitat protected in hopes of its recovery, and just last month the conservation community was rewarded with confirmed evidence of the bird's survival in the forested swamps of Arkansas.
But a new bill introduced by Representative Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) - the misnamed Critical Habitat Enhancement Act of 2005 - would eliminate crucial protections for habitat that endangered species like the ivory-billed woodpecker need to both survive and recover.
The Cardoza bill abandons a fundamental goal of the Endangered Species Act - recovery of endangered species. Under this bill, we would lose the very protections that brought both the bald eagle and the Peregrine falcon back from the brink of extinction, and that allowed us to never lose hope for the Ivory-billed woodpecker.
Critical habitat is just that - it is habitat that is essential to both the survival and recovery of an endangered species. But the Cardoza bill aims to gut the meaning and definition of critical habitat. If we can no longer protect critical habitat, then we can no longer protect species themselves. By stripping wildlife habitat of critical protection, the Cardoza bill is essentially leaving our wildlife homeless, and dooming our most imperiled species to extinction.
Take action today - tell Congress to protect the Endangered Species Act! Sign this petition to send a letter to your Representative, and urge her/him to vote NO on H.R. 1299.
But a new bill introduced by Representative Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) - the misnamed Critical Habitat Enhancement Act of 2005 - would eliminate crucial protections for habitat that endangered species like the ivory-billed woodpecker need to both survive and recover.
The Cardoza bill abandons a fundamental goal of the Endangered Species Act - recovery of endangered species. Under this bill, we would lose the very protections that brought both the bald eagle and the Peregrine falcon back from the brink of extinction, and that allowed us to never lose hope for the Ivory-billed woodpecker.
Critical habitat is just that - it is habitat that is essential to both the survival and recovery of an endangered species. But the Cardoza bill aims to gut the meaning and definition of critical habitat. If we can no longer protect critical habitat, then we can no longer protect species themselves. By stripping wildlife habitat of critical protection, the Cardoza bill is essentially leaving our wildlife homeless, and dooming our most imperiled species to extinction.
Take action today - tell Congress to protect the Endangered Species Act! Sign this petition to send a letter to your Representative, and urge her/him to vote NO on H.R. 1299.
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We signed the “Stop Congress from gutting the Endangered Species Act!” petition!
# 6,500:
4:09 pm PST, Dec 11,
Sam Hurley, Utah
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7:38 am PST, Dec 11,
R. Eisele, Colorado
# 6,498:
10:55 pm PST, Dec 9,
Shelley Tsuji, California
# 6,497:
3:41 pm PST, Dec 9,
Ryan Sanders, Alaska
Why must you allow humans to destroy other life forms? Protect the endangered species because once they are gone there is no going back. Repealing the Endangered Species Act is almost the most ludicrous thing you could ever do. The future generations would appreciate it and if you can't do it for them then you shouldn't even be in office.
Why must you allow humans to destroy other life forms? Protect the endangered species because once they are gone there is no going back. Repealing the Endangered Species Act is almost the most ludicrous thing you could ever do. The future generations would appreciate it and if you can't do it for them then you shouldn't even be in office.
# 6,496:
9:40 am PST, Dec 9,
Rachel Crandell, New York
We must do everything possible to protect gods cretures. With every species that is wiped off the map we show our wastefullness and disrepect of the earth and it's resources.
We must do everything possible to protect gods cretures. With every species that is wiped off the map we show our wastefullness and disrepect of the earth and it's resources.
# 6,495:
6:25 pm PST, Dec 8,
Karenlee Elliott-Roose, Washington
Pretty soon there won't be anything left, including human kind.
Pretty soon there won't be anything left, including human kind.
# 6,494:
8:34 am PST, Dec 8,
Toni Sokoloski, Massachusetts
Because I dont want it to become a weak bill which wont do anything to help endangered animals. I want this to be the strong bill it was intended to be.
Because I dont want it to become a weak bill which wont do anything to help endangered animals. I want this to be the strong bill it was intended to be.
# 6,493:
3:42 pm PST, Dec 7,
Danny Piccirillo, Massachusetts
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12:59 pm PST, Dec 7,
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11:01 am PST, Dec 7,
James Heater, Texas
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6:51 am PST, Dec 7,
Jennifer Landers, Massachusetts
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4:45 am PST, Dec 7,
Donna Hodsdon-Trips, Idaho
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5:45 pm PST, Dec 6,
Matt Olech, Illinois
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5:30 pm PST, Dec 6,
Wretha Swinehart, Ohio
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4:38 pm PST, Dec 6,
Karen Sands, Florida
# 6,485:
12:01 pm PST, Dec 6,
Michael Charnofsky, California
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9:03 am PST, Dec 5,
Jennifer Vaughan, Colorado
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5:17 am PST, Dec 4,
Kathryn Gadoury, Florida
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1:29 pm PST, Dec 2,
Kimberly Lowe, Ohio
# 6,481:
9:40 am PST, Dec 2,
Lisa Schoenrock, Illinois
Don't let the power and money of a few steal the experience of seeing wildlife in wild places from everyone else.
Don't let the power and money of a few steal the experience of seeing wildlife in wild places from everyone else.
# 6,480:
8:52 am PST, Dec 2,
Heather Richman, California
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8:46 am PST, Dec 2,
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8:36 am PST, Dec 2,
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7:59 am PST, Dec 2,
Emilie Costikyan, South Carolina
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6:50 am PST, Dec 2,
Anna Asbury, Kentucky
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3:20 am PST, Dec 2,
Mary Hockett, Alabama
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11:53 pm PST, Dec 1,
Name not displayed, Florida
Because we have no moral right to kill or threten the existence of these species, in order to obtain minor benefits.
Because we have no moral right to kill or threten the existence of these species, in order to obtain minor benefits.
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10:42 pm PST, Dec 1,
Kris Dempze, Wisconsin
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2:35 pm PST, Dec 1,
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10:22 am PST, Dec 1,
Dia Redman, Minnesota
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11:43 pm PST, Nov 30,
Margot Davis, Arizona
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6:48 pm PST, Nov 30,
Denise Palmer, Arizona
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5:22 am PST, Nov 30,
Brian Baxter, Florida
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12:35 am PST, Nov 30,
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10:20 am PST, Nov 29,
Stephen Murray, Georgia
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12:48 pm PST, Nov 28,
Crystal Dawn, North Carolina
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12:38 pm PST, Nov 28,
Gypsy Bandita, Texas
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6:48 am PST, Nov 28,
BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS, Tennessee
# 6,462:
6:25 pm PST, Nov 27,
Teresita Garza, Florida
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9:58 am PST, Nov 26,
Tom Butland, Vermont
Our endangered species have no one to look out for them, if we don't.They are a gift for all to enjoy and care for.
Our endangered species have no one to look out for them, if we don't.They are a gift for all to enjoy and care for.
# 6,460:
8:44 am PST, Nov 26,
Brenda Tilliets, New York
Animals are endangered because of humans. If you pass this bill you have become the poachers. Be the protectors
Animals are endangered because of humans. If you pass this bill you have become the poachers. Be the protectors
# 6,459:
2:26 am PST, Nov 26,
Debra Belanger, Pennsylvania
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8:40 pm PST, Nov 25,
Anjee Ritchie, Delaware
# 6,457:
9:27 am PST, Nov 25,
Brenda Schenk, Washington
If we allow our Endangered Species to become extinct then in time we will be the ones on the brink of extinction. Look at the big picture, look at the future and all the many possibilies. "We must be the change we wish to see" - M.K.Gandhi.
If we allow our Endangered Species to become extinct then in time we will be the ones on the brink of extinction. Look at the big picture, look at the future and all the many possibilies. "We must be the change we wish to see" - M.K.Gandhi.
# 6,456:
9:18 pm PST, Nov 24,
Kathryn Pepper, North Carolina
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4:13 pm PST, Nov 24,
Cindy Minde, Arizona
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5:40 pm PST, Nov 23,
Karla Fernandez, California
# 6,453:
5:27 am PST, Nov 23,
Paula Delavigne, Brazil
# 6,452:
5:58 pm PST, Nov 22,
Audrey Smith, Florida
why would you weaken what has been referred to as the strongest law ever created to protect endangered species? obviously it is doing its job, or nobody would be upset about it, and therefore want to change it. while no system is perfect, no possible good could come from weakening an already strong law when it comes to species conservation. let the developers and their constituents find another method, such as revamping vacant buildings. if it cuts into profits, who cares? let's stop being shortsighted. while the ESA has worked for over thirty years, that is still not much time if we are speaking geologically.
why would you weaken what has been referred to as the strongest law ever created to protect endangered species? obviously it is doing its job, or nobody would be upset about it, and therefore want to change it. while no system is perfect, no possible good could come from weakening an already strong law when it comes to species conservation. let the developers and their constituents find another method, such as revamping vacant buildings. if it cuts into profits, who cares? let's stop being shortsighted. while the ESA has worked for over thirty years, that is still not much time if we are speaking geologically.
# 6,451:
4:56 pm PST, Nov 22,
Wayne Dennis, Indiana