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Take Action to Protect Ocelot Habitat
Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
Sponsored by: Environmental Defense Fund
Fewer than 100 endangered ocelots still roam the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
Now the Department of Homeland Security wants to build a 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border that would cut through much of the ocelot's remaining habitat and prevent the little cats from swimming across the Rio Grande to mate.
Urge your member of Congress to become a co-sponsor of the Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 2593).
Now the Department of Homeland Security wants to build a 700-mile fence on the U.S.-Mexico border that would cut through much of the ocelot's remaining habitat and prevent the little cats from swimming across the Rio Grande to mate.
Urge your member of Congress to become a co-sponsor of the Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 2593).
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We took action on “Take Action to Protect Ocelot Habitat”!
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10:07 am PDT, Jul 5,
David Warkentin, California
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7:19 am PDT, Jul 5,
Kevin Miller, California
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3:30 pm PDT, Jul 4,
Aimee Polekoff, Pennsylvania
I did not know that there are ocelots living in the US. Now that I do know, however, I certainly don't want that knowledge to become obsolete (as what would happen if they disappeared). We can secure our nation's borders in better ways than wasting money on ugly fences. How about we spend that money instead on improving conditions in Mexico enough that its people are no longer so desperate as to attempt to sneak across illegally? We don't hear about illegal Canadian immigrants, and there's no fence on that border. The ocelots and other wild animals have nothing to gain and everything to lose from a fence, and we have little to gain and much to lose. The decision isn't so hard now, is it?
I did not know that there are ocelots living in the US. Now that I do know, however, I certainly don't want that knowledge to become obsolete (as what would happen if they disappeared). We can secure our nation's borders in better ways than wasting money on ugly fences. How about we spend that money instead on improving conditions in Mexico enough that its people are no longer so desperate as to attempt to sneak across illegally? We don't hear about illegal Canadian immigrants, and there's no fence on that border. The ocelots and other wild animals have nothing to gain and everything to lose from a fence, and we have little to gain and much to lose. The decision isn't so hard now, is it?
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6:25 am PDT, Jul 4,
Amie King, Colorado
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10:35 pm PDT, Jul 2,
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5:29 pm PDT, Jul 2,
Ann Coz, Massachusetts
# 6,461:
8:07 pm PDT, Jun 29,
Crystal Wiener, Connecticut
Protect this species. Do not have a hand in it's demise.
Protect this species. Do not have a hand in it's demise.
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2:18 pm PDT, Jun 29,
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4:24 am PDT, Jun 29,
Amilia Leone, California
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Amanda Mitsch, West Virginia
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Rhonda Benz, Ohio
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Feona Willow, California
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2:32 pm PDT, Jun 24,
Jim Phillips, California
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Sara Boissonnault, New Hampshire
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Mark Gotvald, California
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4:37 pm PDT, Jun 23,
Carolyn Tonahill, Louisiana
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1:09 pm PDT, Jun 23,
Name not displayed, Illinois
such a beautiful creature deserves some protection
such a beautiful creature deserves some protection
# 6,448:
7:47 pm PDT, Jun 22,
Hope Waggoner, Texas
You know what is sad, is that,Ocelots have long been my favorite animals, and I didn't even know until recently some live in my state! I have only seen them in zoos, but they didn't look very happy. I also think it is sad, that their are many people in Texas who have protested the government, because their land was given to them by Spain; and is no being taken against their will. They want to build the fance,and they alos wanted to build a new toll freeway, but they did not preform the proper ecological surveying they just wanted to rush with knowing if it would effect the animals that hunt along the Texas, Mexico border. O celots are native also to where my grandmother is from, and I would like to continue proudly sharing the similarity. Border patrol agents killed wild Mexican donkey, for nothing, and got away with it! Don't let one of our last wild cats be removed!
You know what is sad, is that,Ocelots have long been my favorite animals, and I didn't even know until recently some live in my state! I have only seen them in zoos, but they didn't look very happy. I also think it is sad, that their are many people in Texas who have protested the government, because their land was given to them by Spain; and is no being taken against their will. They want to build the fance,and they alos wanted to build a new toll freeway, but they did not preform the proper ecological surveying they just wanted to rush with knowing if it would effect the animals that hunt along the Texas, Mexico border. O celots are native also to where my grandmother is from, and I would like to continue proudly sharing the similarity. Border patrol agents killed wild Mexican donkey, for nothing, and got away with it! Don't let one of our last wild cats be removed!
# 6,447:
7:15 pm PDT, Jun 21,
Lauren White, Florida
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7:08 am PDT, Jun 20,
Kathleen Crumpler, South Carolina
The fence is a completely illogical and ineffective way of preventing immigration and an effective way of annihilating an endangered species!
The fence is a completely illogical and ineffective way of preventing immigration and an effective way of annihilating an endangered species!
# 6,445:
2:52 am PDT, Jun 20,
Denisszia Gerocz, Romania
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7:30 pm PDT, Jun 18,
Maryann Staron, Illinois
Please don't let a misguided plan also be responsible for threatening the existence of non-human species.
Please don't let a misguided plan also be responsible for threatening the existence of non-human species.
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7:44 am PDT, Jun 17,
Stormoak Lonewind, Massachusetts
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Alan Spain, United Kingdom
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Nick Hand, Washington D.C.
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Tatiana Costa, Brazil
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Scott Elliott, Idaho
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Robert Janusko, Pennsylvania
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Kristen Lunde, Minnesota
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Lois Emanuelli, New York
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Pat Adler, Vermont
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Lesley Sinden, United Kingdom
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Colleen Woods-Esposito, New Jersey
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Ana Silva, Illinois
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Beth Phillips, Georgia
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Mike Doud, Michigan
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11:46 am PDT, Apr 26,
Janice Haynes, Washington
The death of a species cannot be reversed. The fence is a sham anyway, because it will have an end point, and the illegals will just move over to that locale to cross. Cruel to our wildlife, worthless for its stated purpose and another huge waste of scarce tax dollars.
The death of a species cannot be reversed. The fence is a sham anyway, because it will have an end point, and the illegals will just move over to that locale to cross. Cruel to our wildlife, worthless for its stated purpose and another huge waste of scarce tax dollars.
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Stacy Cox, Iowa
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