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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!”!
# 51,431:
5:11 pm PST, Nov 23, Catherine York, United Kingdom
No pesticides should be used to harm wildlife, such as Kenya's lions. There is a chain of life and every species of animal has a right to live their lives without the disruption and interference of humans. Using lethal methods to try to limit, profit from or eradicate wildlife is not only dangerous to the animals themselves but is harmful to a country's tourism. As a traveller I, and countless other travellers, would be unwilling to travel to any country that condones the killing of its wildlife in such a barbaric way and for no apparent, logical reason. Consequently, countries such as your own would suffer a major financial loss in revenue from tourism if such practices were to be allowed to continue. PLEASE ban the use of Carbofuran.
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3:45 am PST, Nov 23, Mogammad Muneer Andrews, South Africa
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9:56 am PST, Nov 22, Christopher Dunham, Pennsylvania
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3:43 am PST, Nov 22, Name not displayed, Poland
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1:16 pm PST, Nov 21, Halii Green, Colorado
Lions are beautiful and regal animals, as are the rest of the animals of the savanna. They are a part of the world just like you and me.
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11:59 am PST, Nov 21, AJ M., Ohio
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1:12 pm PST, Nov 20, Jessie Chevin, France
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12:12 pm PST, Nov 20, Susana Lax, Florida
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9:32 am PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Canada
Please i love lions, i dont want lions to get poisoned anymore. please do not hurt them. they are beautiful animals. thank you :( please
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9:28 am PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Washington D.C.
I want lions protected from pesticide poisoning simply because they are beautiful creatures, who has feelings as much as any human, and as such, they equally deserve to live. They are also important to the life of other animals. Without lions, most african prey animals would drastically increase in numbers, and quickly deplete their food supply, resulting in all the animals starving. Decaying animals also help more grass grow, which in turn feeds more prey items. Lions are very important animals, and majestic looking.
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8:18 am PST, Nov 20, Patrick Webb, Arkansas
$1.50 worth of carbofuran is enough to kill 20 lions. 1 single granule will kill a bird.
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4:02 am PST, Nov 20, Sue Anderson, Australia
Kenya is one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Losing any of your wildlife is a tragedy. This could be stopped and you would loss nothing and gain your lions.
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9:46 am PST, Nov 19, Denise Alvera, Illinois
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7:03 am PST, Nov 19, Jean Francise, Maldives
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6:47 pm PST, Nov 17, Ellie Shain, California
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10:41 am PST, Nov 17, Alena Rulfová, Czech Republic
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6:12 am PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, Florida
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5:11 am PST, Nov 17, Oriana M, Italy
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10:08 am PST, Nov 16, ELENA CARLONI, Italy
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6:37 am PST, Nov 16, Cenia Correa, New York
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3:50 pm PST, Nov 15, Susann Balk, Michigan
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6:49 am PST, Nov 15, James Lovecraft, Virginia
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9:43 am PST, Nov 14, Le squeren Anne marie, France
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