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Stop the Eleventh-Hour Assault on Endangered Species

Target: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife

It may be the eleventh hour of the Bush/Cheney Administration, but that's not stopping their efforts to undermine the Endangered Species Act.

The Administration wants to make serious changes to this landmark law that would eliminate some of the most important checks and balances that protect our polar bears, wolverines, whales and other imperiled wildlife. By striking at the very heart of this landmark conservation bill, these changes would severely limit interagency consultations and would prevent expert agencies from considering how greenhouse gas emissions affect endangered wildlife.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is only taking public comments on this proposal until October 15th – but we need to hear from you ASAP so we can deliver your comments. Please speak out now for polar bears, wolves and the nearly 1,400 species currently protected under the Endangered Species Act!

deadline: 10-15-2008
goal: 10,000

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As a Defenders of Wildlife supporter and someone who cares deeply about the recovery of endangered wildlife, I am writing to voice my opposition to the Bush/Cheney Administration's eleventh-hour changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) regulations that would eliminate vital checks and balances that protect threatened and endangered wildlife.

The proposed changes to the consultation requirements under Section 7 of the ESA, strike at the very heart of this landmark conservation bill, undermining the protection of polar bears, wolves and the nearly 1,400 other wildlife species now safeguarded by the ESA.

These changes would severely limit the ability of wildlife experts in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to protect imperiled wildlife by eliminating crucial interagency consultations on project decisions that may affect endangered or threatened species.

It would also explicitly prevent expert agencies from considering how greenhouse gas emissions from new projects could impact polar bears, lynx and other wildlife that may go extinct due to global warming.

We signed the “Stop the Eleventh-Hour Assault on Endangered Species” petition!

# 7,268:

3:43 pm PDT, Oct 16, Sofia Zemser, New Jersey

# 7,267:

3:08 pm PDT, Oct 16, Danny Omans, California

# 7,266:

2:49 pm PDT, Oct 16, Name not displayed, California
We need to strengthen the Endangered Species Act, not weaken it. But how do you get through to special interests on the issue of conservation and protection when the people running these special interests care about profits, not the respect and integrity of Nature?

# 7,265:

1:31 pm PDT, Oct 16, Marilyn Mann, California

# 7,264:

1:03 pm PDT, Oct 16, Heather Baldassar, Ohio

# 7,263:

11:17 am PDT, Oct 16, Darius Jimerson, Utah

# 7,262:

11:08 am PDT, Oct 16, Jane Kriebel, Florida
Why won't the Bush administration stop harming things and just go away ? Haven't they already done enough damage to us , the environment and the world ? Let these poor animals live in peace.

# 7,261:

10:14 am PDT, Oct 16, Allysin Johnson-Brugman, Minnesota

# 7,260:

10:08 am PDT, Oct 16, Liesa Lietzke, California

# 7,259:

9:49 am PDT, Oct 16, Anne Pickard, New Hampshire

# 7,258:

9:14 am PDT, Oct 16, Name not displayed, Florida

# 7,257:

9:12 am PDT, Oct 16, Rebecca Wharton, Iowa

# 7,256:

8:38 am PDT, Oct 16, Karn Strong, California

# 7,255:

8:14 am PDT, Oct 16, Monica Atwell, Texas

# 7,254:

7:45 am PDT, Oct 16, Name not displayed, Maryland

# 7,253:

7:37 am PDT, Oct 16, Michael Parziale, California
Dude, WTF?

# 7,252:

7:08 am PDT, Oct 16, Pat Schoudel, New Jersey

# 7,251:

7:01 am PDT, Oct 16, Stephanie Arado, Illinois

# 7,250:

5:52 am PDT, Oct 16, Ody Bermudez, Florida

# 7,249:

5:38 am PDT, Oct 16, Naomi Gossement, Massachusetts
We do not have sole rights of the Earth. We share it with our other animal conterparts and not only are we screwing them over but we're screwing future generations of humans over as well. We need to help undo the negative effects we've caused. This is is a start.

# 7,248:

12:31 am PDT, Oct 16, Bonnie Odette, Michigan

# 7,247:

11:15 pm PDT, Oct 15, Blanka Götzová, Czech Republic

# 7,246:

10:38 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jm Martinelli, California

# 7,245:

8:22 pm PDT, Oct 15, Collette Kronewitter, Colorado

# 7,244:

8:04 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jess Galchutt, New York

# 7,243:

8:02 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jeanne Kaahui, Hawaii
Cuz is the earthly animals die because of us we do not deserve this earth..

# 7,242:

7:21 pm PDT, Oct 15, Shelia Manning, Virginia

# 7,241:

6:56 pm PDT, Oct 15, JOSE BONILLA, New Jersey

# 7,240:

6:51 pm PDT, Oct 15, Melynda Baker, Pennsylvania

# 7,239:

6:45 pm PDT, Oct 15, Carriann Engelhardt, Illinois

# 7,238:

6:14 pm PDT, Oct 15, Debra McIntyre, Minnesota

# 7,237:

5:57 pm PDT, Oct 15, Mark Harrington, Florida

# 7,236:

5:44 pm PDT, Oct 15, Sarah Cryer, Illinois
I believe that all animals have an equal right

# 7,235:

5:43 pm PDT, Oct 15, Lisa Morehead, West Virginia

# 7,234:

5:38 pm PDT, Oct 15, Cindy Conway, Colorado
We as humans are the guardians of the creatures of Earth. It is a privilege to share this remarkable world with them, and it is our responsibility to protect them and their habitat. If this were and Endangered Race Act, or an Endangered Religious Affiliation Act, or anything that involved the eradication of human beings, then you can bet people would be up in arms over it. Let's put human back in humane.

# 7,233:

5:23 pm PDT, Oct 15, Emily Smith, Pennsylvania
Because it is an overstep of the executive branch and it is a conflict of interest for the administration to propose these changes to the Endangered Species Act.

# 7,232:

5:03 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jeannine Ruskin, California

# 7,231:

4:55 pm PDT, Oct 15, Larry Koss, Washington

# 7,230:

4:43 pm PDT, Oct 15, Name not displayed, Georgia

# 7,229:

4:28 pm PDT, Oct 15, Lauren Starr, Georgia

# 7,228:

4:17 pm PDT, Oct 15, REGENIA RICH, South Carolina

# 7,227:

4:15 pm PDT, Oct 15, Candice Washington, New York

# 7,226:

3:49 pm PDT, Oct 15, Name not displayed, Minnesota
we need to save the animals, and it does not make sense to get rid of the environmental laws!!!!

# 7,225:

3:31 pm PDT, Oct 15, Laura Hough, Israel

# 7,224:

3:25 pm PDT, Oct 15, Name not displayed, Maryland

# 7,223:

2:37 pm PDT, Oct 15, Linda Barrington, Georgia
The future of our world depends on the synergy of both human and animal life.

# 7,222:

2:31 pm PDT, Oct 15, Ruth Siekevitz, New York

# 7,221:

2:25 pm PDT, Oct 15, Erin Bluhm, Indiana
Animals are going extinct 1000 times faster than ever predicted. We are losing an enormous amount of wildlife at an alarming rate. Please, do everything in your power to help these animals. It is our fault as humans that these animals are losing their fight to live. It's only fitting that we help them now in the eleventh hour.

# 7,220:

2:25 pm PDT, Oct 15, Tori Bush, Florida

# 7,219:

2:22 pm PDT, Oct 15, Christina Larson, Minnesota

# 7,218:

2:09 pm PDT, Oct 15, Kari Wanagat, Illinois

# 7,217:

2:05 pm PDT, Oct 15, Luise Malloy, Maryland

# 7,216:

1:57 pm PDT, Oct 15, Yael Diamant, Maryland
it is humen's duty to protect this earth and all its creatures. we have no right to abuse any living animal on earth.

# 7,215:

1:48 pm PDT, Oct 15, Raven Bleau, California

# 7,214:

1:34 pm PDT, Oct 15, Sandra Cueva, California

# 7,213:

1:34 pm PDT, Oct 15, Anthony Earley, Canada

# 7,212:

1:29 pm PDT, Oct 15, Garland Shiloh, Texas
I think that the government has been inadequate in its own policing efforts as is evidenced by the continual waste that we see year-in and year-out. When do we acquiesce to transparency and not political expediency?

# 7,211:

1:12 pm PDT, Oct 15, Diane Stachowiak, Ohio
IT IS NOT NESSCEARY

# 7,210:

1:10 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jacqueline Huerta, Texas

# 7,209:

12:54 pm PDT, Oct 15, B Guerre, Texas
I am opposed to anything that will cause danger to our wildlife. The Endangered Species Act was enacted for that purpose to protect our wildlife. The Bush Administration is on the way out. Let's hope our new President will consider this a priority.

# 7,208:

12:47 pm PDT, Oct 15, NANCY LEWANDOSKI, Minnesota
Everything This administration does banishes checks and balances. They have ruined the financial system of this country,the middleclass,the constitution,etc,and now they will ruin the habitat for animals,and the entire planet.ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

# 7,207:

12:25 pm PDT, Oct 15, Kelly Imparato, Illinois

# 7,206:

12:23 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jamie Overturf, New York

# 7,205:

12:13 pm PDT, Oct 15, Elizabeth Gibbons, California

# 7,204:

12:12 pm PDT, Oct 15, Karen McGinn, California

# 7,203:

12:07 pm PDT, Oct 15, Hilda Mc Cann, California

# 7,202:

11:52 am PDT, Oct 15, Pamala Hall, California
Less checks & balances will allow possible harmful changes.

# 7,201:

11:45 am PDT, Oct 15, Name not displayed, Texas
If you take away the only thing that is helping these animals, you are taking away their lives, their homes, their only hope for survivle.

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