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Save Peruvian Jaguars and Other Rainforest Wildlife

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund

The Peru Free Trade Agreement would sanction the destruction of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest -- home to jaguars, long-haired spider monkeys, blue-headed macaws, giant river otters and other endangered species -- by failing to address the illegal harvest and trade in mahogany.

This rampant, illegal logging is taking its toll on endangered jaguars and other creatures in Peru. Not only does it destroy Peru's Amazonian habitat, but logging routes expose endangered jaguars and other rainforest animals to hunting and capture. Peru exports thousands of cubic meters of mahogany that is illegally and unsustainably harvested -- over 90% of it imported to the United States.

Free trade shouldnt mean illegal trade! Send a message to your Representative and Senators urging them to reject the Peru Free Trade Agreement:

deadline: 1-29-2008
goal: 20,000

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As someone who cares about protecting endangered species here and abroad, I urge you to oppose the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement.

The U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement is an endorsement of the destruction of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. Peru's tropical forests are home to some of the world's richest biodiversity, many of the tens of thousands of plant and animal species in Peru exist nowhere else and all are irreplaceable.

The illegal harvest and trade in mahogany, an endangered timber species protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is driving the deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon. Illegal mahogany logging in remote national parks is destroying habitat for jaguars, long-haired spider monkeys, blue-headed macaws, and giant river otters.

The United States imports 93% of Peru's mahogany. Any trade deal between the two countries must include a provision, among others, to guarantee that the trade in mahogany is legal and sustainable. Additional environmental concerns with the Agreement were highlighted in a letter dated January 17, 2007, from 11 members of the House Ways and Means Committee to Ambassador Schwab.

Free trade shouldn't mean illegal trade. Vote "NO" on the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement.

We signed the “Save Peruvian Jaguars and Other Rainforest Wildlife” petition!

# 8,620:

12:07 pm PDT, Apr 12, Karen Hill, New Jersey
we need to open our hearts and eyes and stop this destruction!!

# 8,619:

12:05 pm PDT, Apr 12, Steven Wyckoff, New Jersey
Save the rainforest, our future depends on it!!!

# 8,618:

7:49 am PDT, Apr 9, Max Plauterman, Massachusetts
Please stop cutting down trees at the rain forest.

# 8,617:

9:22 am PDT, Apr 8, Vicenzo Benham, Peru
i want to save them!!!!!!!!!!

# 8,616:

1:23 pm PDT, Apr 6, Name not displayed, New Zealand

# 8,615:

9:35 am PDT, Mar 31, Regina Delaroche, Peru
save them

# 8,614:

9:17 am PDT, Mar 27, Name not displayed, Peru
Lets stop pollution

# 8,613:

9:31 am PDT, Mar 25, Maria Plevisani, Peru
i love wild animals

# 8,612:

9:19 am PDT, Mar 25, Carina Sacchi, Norfolk Island
i love animals

# 8,611:

7:47 am PDT, Mar 25, Name not displayed, California
Please do everything possible to save Peruvian jaguars and wild life.

# 8,610:

9:39 am PDT, Mar 24, Lorena Delgado, Peru

# 8,609:

9:38 am PDT, Mar 24, Checho Gomez, Peru
Save Them

# 8,608:

9:33 am PDT, Mar 24, Natalia Cuglievan, Peru
Lets save them Lets love them SAVE THEM!!!

# 8,607:

9:08 am PDT, Mar 24, Brittany Jane, North Carolina

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1:56 pm PDT, Mar 21, Juan Martin soteras, Argentina

# 8,605:

5:51 pm PDT, Mar 11, MIlena Said, Peru
I love wild animals

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11:22 am PST, Feb 28, Micaela Quesada, Peru

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5:08 pm PST, Feb 23, Amy Anderson, Illinois

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2:11 am PST, Feb 21, Shannon Clark, United Kingdom

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6:55 am PST, Feb 18, Martine Beauchemin, Canada

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7:20 am PST, Feb 15, Elizabeth Burlock, Canada

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1:08 pm PST, Feb 11, Name not displayed, Florida

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5:56 pm PST, Feb 7, Robert Redmon, Ohio

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9:04 pm PST, Feb 6, Candice Thompson, New Jersey

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8:23 am PST, Jan 23, Lisa Mitchell Parker, Michigan
In it's past, Michigan has was greatly hurt by the deforestation of this State. We know that other solutions to human needs are out there, as we have done for ourselves here as a necessity. The rainforest protects this entire earth by serving as the "earth's lung" as well as home to more species of plants, insects and animals than anywhere else on earth. If there ever was an example of The Garden of Eden, it is the Amazonian Rainforest, especially in Peru. Human greed cannot rule here.

# 8,595:

1:16 pm PST, Jan 1, Karen Gray, Indiana
The Peruvian jaguars and all Rainforest wildlife needs the protection from mankind in order to survive and prosper.

# 8,594:

8:54 pm PST, Dec 30, Natalia Villalobos Mora, Costa Rica

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9:15 am PST, Dec 24, Name not displayed, Indiana

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2:26 pm PST, Dec 22, Name not displayed, Florida

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6:06 am PST, Dec 20, Andrea House, Georgia

# 8,590:

2:38 pm PST, Dec 19, Victoria Mary Stong / Animal Activist, New York
Chimpanzees have the closest D.N.A. to humans and are very intelligent. Those that abuse and/or kill them are killing incredible animals. Please sign this petitions because the Chimpanzee's are counting on you!

# 8,589:

6:15 am PST, Dec 18, Catherine Barnes, United Kingdom
These animals are part of the rainforest, and need to be allowed to live in one that is going to be protected.

# 8,588:

5:59 pm PST, Dec 15, Name not displayed, California

# 8,587:

9:08 pm PST, Dec 14, Treesa Rogerson, California
the bible told us to care for the animals, not kill them off.

# 8,586:

3:08 pm PST, Dec 14, Mariola Slaska, United Kingdom

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11:35 pm PST, Dec 10, Monique Van den Berg, Netherlands

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6:13 pm PST, Dec 3, Name not displayed, California

# 8,583:

7:33 am PST, Nov 28, Petra Van der molen, Netherlands

# 8,582:

1:54 am PST, Nov 26, Sandra Dehue, Netherlands
Stop destroying the home of the animals of the Amazon rain forrest.

# 8,581:

11:28 am PST, Nov 21, Kirsten Oosterbaan, Netherlands

# 8,580:

8:47 pm PST, Nov 20, Sahara Von Hattenberger, Canada
These animals are important, their lives should be saved.

# 8,579:

4:16 am PST, Nov 17, Delphine Never, France

# 8,578:

4:13 am PST, Nov 17, Carolyn VANINI, France

# 8,577:

2:22 pm PST, Nov 16, Rachel Horn, Virginia
I am working on a science project with my son. We are working on rainforest jaguars and came across this petition! Please save the rainforest for the beautiful animals! It would be an atrocity to teach our children about these animals only to have them disappear forever!

# 8,576:

7:35 am PST, Nov 15, Cynthia Van der Louw, Netherlands

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7:02 pm PST, Nov 14, Eva Ginsburg, Mexico

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4:09 am PST, Nov 7, Sophie Timme, Netherlands

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8:49 am PST, Nov 5, ALBERTELLI SABRINA, France

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4:17 am PST, Nov 4, Johan Veuger, Netherlands

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12:32 pm PDT, Nov 1, Paige Gaydos, Indiana

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12:45 pm PDT, Oct 30, Name not displayed, Belgium

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4:29 am PDT, Oct 26, Kirsten Schouten, Netherlands

# 8,568:

3:48 am PDT, Oct 26, Michelle Grootjans, Netherlands

# 8,567:

7:55 pm PDT, Oct 25, Myta Santiago, Philippines

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11:15 pm PDT, Oct 24, C. Van den Broeke, Netherlands

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2:06 pm PDT, Oct 24, Robbie Polfliet, Netherlands

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10:35 am PDT, Oct 21, Diny Doedel, Netherlands

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12:38 am PDT, Oct 21, Leszek Pieta, Poland

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3:39 pm PDT, Oct 19, Anja Van der ham, Netherlands

# 8,561:

11:14 am PDT, Oct 19, Nico Davelaar, Netherlands

# 8,560:

2:51 am PDT, Oct 19, Kim Valk, Netherlands
save them

# 8,559:

2:18 pm PDT, Oct 16, Loes Geuvers, Netherlands

# 8,558:

1:08 pm PDT, Oct 16, Chantal De Renneville, Belgium

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4:13 am PDT, Oct 16, Nynke Detmar, Netherlands

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1:04 am PDT, Oct 16, Marvin Rodriguez, Texas

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1:42 pm PDT, Oct 15, Dik Eenink, Netherlands

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12:53 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jeremy Pietersz, Netherlands
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12:17 pm PDT, Oct 15, Ellen Karhausen, Netherlands

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12:03 pm PDT, Oct 15, Jan Hooimeijer DVM, Netherlands

# 8,551:

10:38 am PDT, Oct 10, Ashley Nuzzo, Massachusetts

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