Take Action to Protect Ocelot Habitat
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).
Dear [congressperson],
I am opposed to the proposed Department of Homeland Security's border fence in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas because it will cut through rare semitropical forests important to the ocelot and other species.
I want to secure our nation's borders, but I believe we can do so without sacrificing our wildlife and natural heritage. Building a fence through sensitive ecological areas without thorough review of the environmental impacts is inconsistent with our national policies protecting habitat for rare, threatened and endangered species.
I urge you to call for a repeal of the waiver provisions in the Real ID Act giving the Department of Homeland Security authority to by-pass national environmental laws in order to construct the fence, and to co-sponsor the Borderlands Conservation and Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 2593).
Thank you for your support.
