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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 Bush administration 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!

# 2,108:

6:46 pm PDT, Aug 28, Lucy Pisko, Canada

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6:38 am PDT, Aug 28, Gisel Rodriguez Vale, Puerto Rico

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11:25 am PDT, Aug 27, Kat Yazzie, Kansas

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8:44 pm PDT, Aug 25, Shawnamarie Murray MD, New Hampshire

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5:28 pm PDT, Aug 25, Michelle Brown, Virginia

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2:03 pm PDT, Aug 23, Matthew Pintar, Pennsylvania

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12:35 am PDT, Aug 23, Parth Parikh, India
every life form has a right to live and there are lot of them other than homo sapiens. Please understand this and help others to survive as our survival is all depended on theirs in long run

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11:48 pm PDT, Aug 20, JAYLA DAWN WOODRUM, Kentucky

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11:48 pm PDT, Aug 18, Kelly Kemp, California

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8:17 pm PDT, Aug 18, James Klich II, North Carolina
I love Hawaii.

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9:20 am PDT, Aug 18, Ed Maher, Illinois

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9:20 am PDT, Aug 18, Erin Maher, Illinois

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12:26 pm PDT, Aug 17, Jessica Straub, Canada

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1:36 am PDT, Aug 17, Diane McCarthy, Illinois

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2:18 pm PDT, Aug 15, Jillyanne Michelle Cape, Missouri

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10:19 am PDT, Aug 15, Heidi Roberts, United Kingdom

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8:23 am PDT, Aug 15, Karin Roberts, United Kingdom

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9:51 pm PDT, Aug 14, Karen Campbell, California

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6:59 pm PDT, Aug 14, Cassandra Holladay, Wisconsin

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5:30 pm PDT, Aug 14, Rosaura Quintanilla, Mexico

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5:29 pm PDT, Aug 14, Shawna Murray md, New Hampshire

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11:14 am PDT, Aug 12, Sherri Bessire, Texas

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5:44 am PDT, Aug 12, Maria Teresa Soares, Portugal

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4:44 am PDT, Aug 12, Ardith Bell-Bshara, Massachusetts
PLEASE HELP SAVE USA'S MOST ENDANGERED SEAL: THE MONK SEAL IN HAWAII BY SAVING IT'S SMALL HABITAT BEFORE THERE IS NO HABITAT AND THEY ARE ALL GONE, FOREVER.

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3:45 am PDT, Aug 12, Connie Conaway, Pennsylvania

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1:21 am PDT, Aug 12, Jacqueline Conaway-Rush, Pennsylvania

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9:20 am PDT, Aug 11, Stacy Samson, Oklahoma

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2:30 am PDT, Aug 11, Jet Barrett, United Kingdom

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10:18 am PDT, Aug 10, Gerda Ostermann, Germany
All people in the world have to be responsible for all creatures living on this planet, even you. No one can live on this world further if it's destroyed. So why don't you stop fatal behaviour of mankind against nature? Be careful and respectful!

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2:34 am PDT, Aug 10, Pinuccia Cauzzi, Italy

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7:06 pm PDT, Aug 9, Atul Deshpande, Illinois

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6:36 pm PDT, Aug 9, J. Hall, New Jersey

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7:56 am PDT, Aug 9, Andrew Smith, West Virginia

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6:42 am PDT, Aug 9, Name not displayed, Germany
Because they are part of the creation and it is our obligation to do our best to preserve them.

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11:06 pm PDT, Aug 8, Debbie Gadbois, California

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9:48 am PDT, Aug 8, Tiffany Bysinger, Illinois

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1:51 am PDT, Aug 8, Elisabeth Karcher, France

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8:05 am PDT, Aug 7, Robin Robinson, Ohio

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11:58 am PDT, Aug 6, John Albertini, Maine

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11:09 am PDT, Aug 6, Taofoundation The Animal Orphanage, Belgium

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8:51 am PDT, Aug 6, Joanne Carnell, United Kingdom

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10:06 am PDT, Aug 5, Sarah Manthey, Ohio

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9:17 am PDT, Aug 4, Country Maron, Connecticut

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12:06 am PDT, Aug 4, Chantelle Paoa, Hawaii

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11:09 am PDT, Aug 3, KERI MARSHALL, Delaware

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10:05 am PDT, Aug 2, Rachel Weaver, New York

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6:36 am PDT, Aug 2, Karin Carter, United Kingdom

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1:46 am PDT, Aug 2, Kirra Charlton-Betts, Australia

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7:22 am PDT, Aug 1, ELAINE ROBINSON, United Kingdom

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2:06 am PDT, Aug 1, Caroline Swaya, Ohio
Please help prevent the extinction of the Hawaiian monk seal.

# 2,058:

4:05 pm PDT, Jul 31, Thomas Kristan, Canada

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12:36 pm PDT, Jul 31, Livia Gomes, Portugal

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12:28 pm PDT, Jul 31, Jessica Niles, Hawaii
Hawaiian monk seals are critically endangered. It is essential that the US government act now to protect their habitat to ensure the sustainability of this species.

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11:00 am PDT, Jul 31, ANU CHAWLA, New Jersey

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10:25 am PDT, Jul 31, Rachel Hodge, North Carolina

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10:18 am PDT, Jul 31, Sarah Maloney, Canada

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2:23 am PDT, Jul 31, Tracey Cogan, South Africa
Save the seal, save our planet and be civilised human beings that respect all life.

# 2,051:

10:52 pm PDT, Jul 30, Grace Flanigan, California

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