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Save Lions From Carbofuran Pesticide Poisoning!

Target: Kenya's Minister of Tourism and Wildlife
Sponsored by: Care2.com

Currently, carbofuran pesticide is easily accessible in Kenya. It is used to keep wildlife out of crops, but once one animal has been poisoned, the carcass attracts other wildlife. The poison then travels from carcass to predator, leading to horrible deaths on each step along the food chain.

Lions are a vulnerable species that depend on a wide variety of wildlife to survive. With a diet that ranges from wildebeest to birds, they are at tremendous risk of carbofuran pesticide poisoning. Unfortunately, their population has already declined by 30 to 50 percent over the past two decades, due to human population growth, agricultural expansion, hunting and poaching by livestock ranchers.

While the Kenyan government has stopped allowing sales of this pesticide in Kenya, some members of Kenya's parliament still oppose a ban of the pesticide. Please send a message to the Minister of Tourism and Wildlife today in support of a ban on carbofuran pesticide.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 50,000

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Your Honorable Najib Balala,

As a wildlife lover and conservationist, I am concerned about the use of carbofuran pesticide in your country. While I welcome Kenya's decision to stop allowing sales of this poison, I urge you to work toward a complete ban of carbofuran pesticide immediately.

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When used to keep wildlife out of crops, carbofuran pesticide travels up the food chain poisoning all wildlife in its path, from the smallest animals to the renowned and iconic African lions. And as a traveler and consumer, I would strongly consider visiting Kenya for its beautiful parks and wildlife, but it is important to me that deadly poisons such as carbofuran pesticide be removed completely from the country.

Please ban carbofuran pesticide, and protect your beautiful nation's lions and wildlife instead.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We took action on “Save Lions From Carbofuran Pesticide Poisoning!”!

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9:03 am PST, Feb 7, John Sodrel, Indiana

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2:44 am PST, Feb 7, Ilaria Mercuri, Italy

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8:19 am PST, Feb 6, Sarah-E Packman, United Kingdom

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7:59 am PST, Feb 4, Tanwi Sandelwood, Belgium

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6:52 am PST, Feb 4, Megan Loftie-Eaton, Canada

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4:05 pm PST, Feb 2, Mijanou Bauchau, California

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9:21 am PST, Feb 1, Name not displayed, Canada

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3:42 am PST, Feb 1, Name not displayed, United Arab Emirates

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1:08 am PST, Jan 31, Richard Hollister, Arizona

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11:41 am PST, Jan 29, Ali Odabash, New York

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4:56 pm PST, Jan 26, Andrew Mangold, Connecticut

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12:50 pm PST, Jan 25, Johny Blackbird, Russian Federation
Save lions, please. Don'tlet them die. They are so unique.

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9:02 am PST, Jan 25, Deborah Cannon, United Kingdom
They are so precious, please help to save them from this horrible death.

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7:58 am PST, Jan 24, Mathias Rodriguez, New York

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6:05 pm PST, Jan 23, Hanako Shimamura, Canada

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2:52 pm PST, Jan 23, Ingrid Andersson, Sweden

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11:46 am PST, Jan 23, Afton Tressler, Pennsylvania

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9:18 am PST, Jan 23, Cveta Pudar, Serbia And Montenegro

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6:11 am PST, Jan 23, RuxandraAndreea DRAGAN, Romania

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5:54 am PST, Jan 23, Jeffrey Phillips, Canada
The thought of these beautiful animals being intentionally poisioned makes me sick. They face enough adversity. I hope something can be done to stop it!

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2:12 am PST, Jan 21, Stavroula Kemidi, Greece

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7:48 pm PST, Jan 20, Koehl Willy, France

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6:33 pm PST, Jan 20, Shelby Langreck, Wisconsin

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1:14 pm PST, Jan 19, Jennifer Acrey, North Carolina

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1:13 pm PST, Jan 19, Name not displayed, Germany

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12:28 pm PST, Jan 19, Brigitte Brugger, Germany
PLEASE Stop poisoning lions - we need each animal to survive !!!! PLEASE!!!PLEASE!!!!!!!PLEASE!!!!

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6:31 am PST, Jan 19, Ken Choy, California

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5:01 am PST, Jan 16, Tomáš Najer, Czech Republic

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10:07 am PST, Jan 15, Ben Edler, Germany

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5:56 pm PST, Jan 14, Joanne Cannon, United Kingdom

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12:42 pm PST, Jan 14, Teri Apostolakis, Greece
Save the lions, they've suffered enough havn't they?

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2:31 pm PST, Jan 13, Rio Samos, Texas

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2:24 pm PST, Jan 12, Kerri-Lynn Potter, Canada

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11:28 am PST, Jan 11, Donna Pillot, Florida

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10:26 pm PST, Jan 10, Sarah Luchetta, California

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12:11 pm PST, Jan 10, Name not displayed, United Kingdom

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1:52 pm PST, Jan 9, Sabrina Animobono, Italy

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9:23 am PST, Jan 9, Thomas Rau, Hawaii

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4:23 am PST, Jan 9, Yrna Miryana, Indonesia

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6:17 am PST, Jan 7, Helen Drew, Vermont
I hope you'll do everything in your power to save this wonderful cat. We need to find ways they can coexist with local farmers, so we don't lose them forever. They would never be replaced and the world will be a lesser place. Beyond this the poisening is threat to all life in your region.

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2:56 pm PST, Jan 6, Julia Maeder, Germany

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12:39 pm PST, Jan 6, Michelle Macy, Texas

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8:24 am PST, Jan 6, Per Olov Olsson, Sweden
Please protect thelions!

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8:19 am PST, Jan 6, Jaclyn Killilea, Massachusetts

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11:54 pm PST, Jan 5, Georgia Karagianni, Florida

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1:29 pm PST, Jan 4, David Paul Xavier Burch, Indiana
The question is: *why is it that Americans care about this than you Kenyans*?

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8:42 am PST, Jan 3, Monica Starke, California
This is a horrific action against destroying God's creation. I urge you to stop this unnecessary act against the lions.

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7:15 pm PST, Jan 1, Anita Anthony, Indiana

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8:03 am PST, Dec 31, Biljana Ristic, Greece

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12:34 pm PST, Dec 29, Tammy Robinson, North Carolina

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8:55 am PST, Dec 28, Stella Nobrega, United Kingdom

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2:25 pm PST, Dec 27, Brian Guthrie, United Kingdom
why do we allow this to happen to such beautiful animals

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10:03 am PST, Dec 26, Name not displayed, Greece
We MUST protect what we have inherited for the future generations. It's obsured to kill anthing/anyone just because we are arogant & foolish to believe that can do ANYTHING to the Earth without concequince.

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2:34 am PST, Dec 26, Vika Werner, Russian Federation

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9:43 pm PST, Dec 22, Name not displayed, Ohio
extinct is forever.

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4:50 pm PST, Dec 22, Raquel Costa, Portugal

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1:06 pm PST, Dec 21, L Gols, Massachusetts

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6:29 am PST, Dec 21, Hannah Brocklebank, United Kingdom

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5:09 am PST, Dec 21, Molly Mnld, Antarctica

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3:32 am PST, Dec 21, Yannis Sourmelis, Greece

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5:15 pm PST, Dec 20, Gloria Clements, Georgia

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1:00 am PST, Dec 20, Barry Hodson, United Kingdom

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6:36 pm PST, Dec 19, Patte Romain, France

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6:05 pm PST, Dec 19, Helen Massiala, Greece

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2:00 am PST, Dec 19, Sheherazade HOYER, France

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1:34 am PST, Dec 19, Jagannath C Kadakol, India
I am doing research on carbofuran degradation, i know the toxcity of the compound its very harmful to all living beings, so i request to ban using carbamate pesticides such as carbofuran, propoxur, carbaryl etc.....

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8:13 am PST, Dec 18, Michael Tomazic, Washington

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12:06 pm PST, Dec 17, Vera Bz, Serbia And Montenegro

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