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Save Tasmania's Forests!
Target: John Gay, CEO, Gunns LimitedSponsored by: Rainforest Action Network
Australia's island state of Tasmania is home to unique ecosystems that
contain some of the Earth's most incredible plants and animals,
including the world's tallest hardwood trees and ancient old-growth
forests.
Tragically, these global treasures are being destroyed by the logging company GUNNS LIMITED. Gunns cuts down more than 40 football fields of pristine old-growth forests everyday, then firebombs the clear-cut land with napalm, and poisons the surviving wildlife with 1080, a toxin banned in many countries. Streams are polluted, 400 year old trees destroyed, habitats incinerated, and threatened species killed.
Please join us now in the fight to save Tasmania's incredible
forests:
TELL GUNNS LTD. TO STOP ITS DESTRUCTION OF TASMANIAN FORESTS AND WILDLIFE!
Tragically, these global treasures are being destroyed by the logging company GUNNS LIMITED. Gunns cuts down more than 40 football fields of pristine old-growth forests everyday, then firebombs the clear-cut land with napalm, and poisons the surviving wildlife with 1080, a toxin banned in many countries. Streams are polluted, 400 year old trees destroyed, habitats incinerated, and threatened species killed.
TELL GUNNS LTD. TO STOP ITS DESTRUCTION OF TASMANIAN FORESTS AND WILDLIFE!
Sign Petition! see who signed this
We signed the “Save Tasmania's Forests!” petition!
# 50:
5:50 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Jacqueline Vreeland, Washington
# 49:
5:48 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Jennie Ayles, Canada
# 48:
5:45 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Samantha Cains, Australia
# 47:
5:44 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, Australia
We should sue you Gunns, not you us! Listen to the scientists you hired don't fire them once they say what you don't want to hear.
We should sue you Gunns, not you us! Listen to the scientists you hired don't fire them once they say what you don't want to hear.
# 46:
5:44 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Mary Ewen, Australia
Tasmania is beautiful and part of the lungs of the world - it must stay that way.
Tasmania is beautiful and part of the lungs of the world - it must stay that way.
# 45:
5:41 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Anna Tate, Japan
This is not a sustainable industry- Gunns do not care about the forests or the timberworkers
This is not a sustainable industry- Gunns do not care about the forests or the timberworkers
# 44:
5:39 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Courtney Cramond, New Zealand
# 43:
5:37 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Kathryn Smith, New Zealand
We need to protect our environment now. Global warming is increasing and we must take steps to stop this.
We need to protect our environment now. Global warming is increasing and we must take steps to stop this.
# 42:
5:32 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Rina Butera, Australia
# 41:
5:32 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Phill Waddington, New Zealand
# 40:
5:31 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Danika Hadgraft, Australia
There are better, more sustainable and more environmentally friendly methods of harvesting timber than destroying Tasmania's old growth forests.
There are better, more sustainable and more environmentally friendly methods of harvesting timber than destroying Tasmania's old growth forests.
# 39:
5:24 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Will Conyers, Australia
It is time for you to cease devestation as being your primary business activity. Be creative and work towards business activities that leave a world that our young will be proud to inhabit. Change - and change NOW!
It is time for you to cease devestation as being your primary business activity. Be creative and work towards business activities that leave a world that our young will be proud to inhabit. Change - and change NOW!
# 38:
5:24 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, Japan
# 37:
5:22 pm PDT, Aug 31,
SYLVIA GADSDEN, New Zealand
this is our world, we only have one of them, and you are destroying it. what about our children of the future? what gives you the authority to play at God?
this is our world, we only have one of them, and you are destroying it. what about our children of the future? what gives you the authority to play at God?
# 36:
5:19 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Chris Lowry, Australia
please stop destroying forrest. why are you doing this? don't you have kids that need some environmemt in the future!
please stop destroying forrest. why are you doing this? don't you have kids that need some environmemt in the future!
# 35:
5:18 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Deanne Shilton, New Zealand
# 34:
5:17 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, Ohio
# 33:
5:16 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Liane Salgado, North Carolina
# 32:
5:15 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Nicky Kingswell, New Zealand
You are ultimately signing the death warrant of the human race!
You are ultimately signing the death warrant of the human race!
# 31:
5:15 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Deb Roberts, Australia
# 30:
5:11 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Christofer Stanton, Alabama
# 29:
5:07 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Curt Holley, New Zealand
Because good planets are hard to find, and vibrant forest ecosystems even harder.
Because good planets are hard to find, and vibrant forest ecosystems even harder.
# 28:
5:06 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, New Zealand
# 27:
5:02 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Rachel Keilty, New Zealand
when all the streams are polluted & all the animals are dead and all the trees cut dow - how will we survive. Those forests could also be holding the medication to cure cancer or aids and you are destroying our chances of surviving
when all the streams are polluted & all the animals are dead and all the trees cut dow - how will we survive. Those forests could also be holding the medication to cure cancer or aids and you are destroying our chances of surviving
# 26:
5:02 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Llynda Nairn, Australia
# 25:
5:00 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Richard Everitt, New Zealand
# 24:
5:00 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, New Zealand
They have to right to do this, and to have gone about it so secretly is even more dispicable! How dare they destroy such am important natural environment from their corporate offices in America!
They have to right to do this, and to have gone about it so secretly is even more dispicable! How dare they destroy such am important natural environment from their corporate offices in America!
# 23:
4:58 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Andy Rowe, New Zealand
Napalm yourselves....do us all a favour
Napalm yourselves....do us all a favour
# 22:
4:58 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Mina Stankovic, New Zealand
Without trees people wouldnt be able to exist, we have already destroyed enough and we need to start protecting our natural resources now because it will be too late soon
Without trees people wouldnt be able to exist, we have already destroyed enough and we need to start protecting our natural resources now because it will be too late soon
# 21:
4:57 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Siraporn Krasaeath, Georgia
# 20:
4:55 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Jacqui McIntosh, New Zealand
# 19:
4:51 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Tom Broom, New Zealand
Making a pittence amount of money out of destroying eco systems and overall the planet is immoral. Watch the film 'An Inonvenient Truth' by Al Gore and get your priorities right.
Making a pittence amount of money out of destroying eco systems and overall the planet is immoral. Watch the film 'An Inonvenient Truth' by Al Gore and get your priorities right.
# 18:
4:49 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Name not displayed, Maine
Wikipedia on the poison 1080 which was developed by German scientists in WWII: The symptoms of poisoning normally appear between 30 minutes and four hours after exposure. They include vomiting, involuntary hyper-extension of the limbs, convulsions, and finally cardiac and respiratory collapse. There is no known effective antidote. In humans, 1080 poisoning has somewhat similar symptoms to an acute heart attack. Symptoms in domestic animals vary: dogs tend to show nervous system signs such as convulsions and uncontrollable running, whilst large herbivores such as cattle and sheep more predominantly show cardiac signs. Sub-lethal doses of 1080 may cause damage to tissues with high energy needs -- in particular, the brain, gonads, heart, lungs and fetus.
Wikipedia on the poison 1080 which was developed by German scientists in WWII: The symptoms of poisoning normally appear between 30 minutes and four hours after exposure. They include vomiting, involuntary hyper-extension of the limbs, convulsions, and finally cardiac and respiratory collapse. There is no known effective antidote. In humans, 1080 poisoning has somewhat similar symptoms to an acute heart attack. Symptoms in domestic animals vary: dogs tend to show nervous system signs such as convulsions and uncontrollable running, whilst large herbivores such as cattle and sheep more predominantly show cardiac signs. Sub-lethal doses of 1080 may cause damage to tissues with high energy needs -- in particular, the brain, gonads, heart, lungs and fetus.
# 17:
4:49 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Jenn Stone, Canada
# 16:
4:45 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Susie V Kaufman, California
# 15:
4:45 pm PDT, Aug 31,
I Brodie, Australia
# 14:
4:44 pm PDT, Aug 31,
William K Lawrence, New York
# 13:
4:41 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Glenys Little, Australia
# 12:
4:38 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Michael Mitsuda, California
# 11:
4:02 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Kimberly Wright, Indiana
# 10:
3:26 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Denise Dawn, Tennessee
# 9:
2:49 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Alfred Lawson, Tennessee
# 8:
2:35 pm PDT, Aug 31,
MaryAnn Barnes, Canada
Get with the program people!! In this day and age it is everyones responsibility and duty to protect all forests world wide and wild life worldwide What is your problem? We all live on this planet together and there is only one planet we must preserve it!WE all must Do our part!
Get with the program people!! In this day and age it is everyones responsibility and duty to protect all forests world wide and wild life worldwide What is your problem? We all live on this planet together and there is only one planet we must preserve it!WE all must Do our part!
# 7:
2:33 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Cindy Goustin, Michigan
# 6:
2:19 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Lonny Krebbs, Alabama
# 5:
2:18 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Mark Christensen, California
# 4:
2:17 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Anna Belle Krebbs, Alabama
# 3:
1:59 pm PDT, Aug 31,
Amber Sanborn, California
# 2:
9:22 am PDT, Aug 31,
Deb Erenberg, California
# 1:
8:55 am PDT, Aug 29,
Robyn Erler, California
Our natural resources are not for sale to greedy corporations. Stop the clear-cutting now!
Our natural resources are not for sale to greedy corporations. Stop the clear-cutting now!