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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!
# 7,946:
12:52 pm PST, Nov 5, Eldar Gadirov, Ukraine
# 7,945:
7:31 am PST, Nov 5, Mamedova Asya, Russian Federation
Не убивайте малышей!!!!!
# 7,944:
3:39 am PST, Nov 2, Helle Collin, Denmark
# 7,943:
4:06 pm PDT, Oct 29, Oska Vant Hoff, Indonesia
# 7,942:
4:00 pm PDT, Oct 27, Emma Taylor, Canada
I care because I am doing a french project on these seals and I am really interested and care.
# 7,941:
9:25 pm PDT, Oct 23, Carrie Wilson, Oregon
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/6/save-the-sharks-the-ocean-is-our-world
# 7,940:
11:32 am PDT, Oct 22, Forest Venkat, India
# 7,939:
8:17 pm PDT, Oct 20, Angel Bai, California
# 7,938:
5:40 pm PDT, Oct 20, Fernando Ciciliati, Ireland
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5:05 am PDT, Oct 19, Name not displayed, United Kingdom
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3:01 pm PDT, Oct 18, Name not displayed, Hawaii
# 7,935:
11:25 am PDT, Oct 18, Darin Scherer, Kentucky
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12:23 am PDT, Oct 18, Becky Clayton, Texas
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6:01 pm PDT, Oct 16, Name not displayed, Russian Federation
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11:38 am PDT, Oct 16, Name not displayed, Russian Federation
# 7,931:
2:39 pm PDT, Oct 11, FRANK ESCALANTE, Florida
Monk seals are coming back, next generation please protect.
# 7,930:
12:15 pm PDT, Oct 9, Ira Godunova, Israel
cause i care about all kinds of life!!!
# 7,929:
6:52 pm PDT, Oct 8, Nadine Wyatt, Tennessee
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2:57 am PDT, Oct 8, Name not displayed, Russian Federation
# 7,927:
11:01 pm PDT, Oct 6, Name not displayed, Russian Federation
# 7,926:
12:10 pm PDT, Oct 6, Marina Yashikhina, Russian Federation
I love animals.Murder animals killing peoples in their hearts.It"s so awfully and cruelly .
# 7,925:
6:37 am PDT, Oct 4, Dustin Palos, Hawaii
# 7,924:
7:59 am PDT, Oct 3, Tonya Butts, New York
# 7,923:
9:20 am PDT, Oct 2, Łukasz Ziębicki, Poland
# 7,922:
8:05 am PDT, Sep 30, Elena Valitova, Russian Federation
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10:39 am PDT, Sep 24, Name not displayed, Russian Federation
# 7,920:
7:10 am PDT, Sep 23, Dmitry Petrukhin, Wyoming
# 7,919:
7:57 am PDT, Sep 16, Name not displayed, Russian Federation
In my opinian it`s a problem which everybody should care
# 7,918:
7:38 am PDT, Sep 16, Name not displayed, Russian Federation
They are wonderful... They deserve to live!
# 7,917:
7:46 am PDT, Sep 15, Name not displayed, Ukraine
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9:44 am PDT, Sep 12, Name not displayed, Russian Federation
# 7,915:
9:34 am PDT, Sep 12, Olena Lukichova, Ukraine
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9:16 am PDT, Sep 11, Alina Yaglenko, Russian Federation
I am a person who loves animals! It is important that these creatures lived and breathed multiplied! Seals also living beings they deserve to live.
# 7,913:
10:11 am PDT, Sep 10, Max Zatulena, Ukraine
# 7,912:
7:29 pm PDT, Sep 7, MICHELE VONSTAICH, California
# 7,911:
12:23 pm PDT, Sep 7, Ellaine Lurie-Janicki, Connecticut
# 7,910:
12:33 pm PDT, Sep 4, Sandy Torres, Colorado
# 7,909:
1:34 pm PDT, Sep 3, Daria Fadieieva, Ukraine
They deserve to live
# 7,908:
11:35 pm PDT, Aug 30, Paul Wiggins, Nevada
# 7,906:
4:47 pm PDT, Aug 29, Name not displayed, Texas
because they are so cute and deserve a good life which includes a good home
# 7,905:
4:31 pm PDT, Aug 29, Name not displayed, New Mexico
# 7,904:
12:37 pm PDT, Aug 29, Jessica Puzak, Massachusetts
# 7,903:
9:55 am PDT, Aug 29, Monika Dreher-Hunt, United Kingdom
# 7,902:
7:22 am PDT, Aug 29, Brenda Arity, Illinois
# 7,901:
3:07 am PDT, Aug 29, Patti Grossman, Pennsylvania
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