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Danger! Endangered Species Act Threatened

Target: Sen. James Inhofe, Chair, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
Sponsored by: League of Conservation Voters

The Endangered Species Act turns 30 this year! But thereÂ’s no time to loose in celebrating; the Bush administration and some in Congress want to limit the Endangered Species Act by weakening existing requirements for the designation of habitat necessary for the recovery of an endangered species. Should politics or biology manage the recovery of imperiled species?

There are currently 1,821 species of plants and animals listed as threatened or endangered in the United States and abroad. At a time when we should be applauding the vision of this country to protect declining species, we are confronted by an administration that wants to:
- Significantly weaken existing requirements for the designation, and thereby protection, of habitat necessary for the recovery of an imperiled species.
- Undercut the use of the best science in protecting endangered species.

Take action today to protect the Endangered Species Act and the plants and animals that rely on it for survival. Tell Congress to protect the Endangered Species Act for our generation and future generations.

deadline: 9-14-2005
goal: 17,500

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Sen. James Inhofe
Chair, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
453 Senate Russel Building
Washington, D.C. 20515-3603

I believe every living species deserves the protection outlined in the Endangered Species Act. I am gravely concerned that the efforts of this administration and some in Congress aim to dilute the Endangered Species Act to something that barely protects any living species.

The bill introduced by Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA) tries to significantly weaken existing requirements for the designation, and thereby protection, of habitat necessary for the recovery of an imperiled species, and Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) has introduced a bill that seeks to undercut the use of the best science in protecting endangered species.

H.R. 2933, “The Critical Habitat Reform Act of 2003,” ignores the vital necessity to protect the homes of fish, plants, and wildlife. The bill tries to make the designation of critical habitat, the very places endangered species need to recover, voluntary rather than mandatory. Rather than developing helpful, creative solutions to protecting natural habitats, this bill seeks to increase the likelihood that America’s endangered species will be managed by politics instead of biology.

We owe it to our children and grandchildren to be good stewards of the environment and leave behind a legacy of protecting endangered species and the special places they call home – once they are gone, we cannot bring them back. As a concerned American, I urge you to actively oppose any legislation that would weaken the safety net provided by the Endangered Species Act.

Sincerely,

We signed the “Danger! Endangered Species Act Threatened” petition!

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4:05 am PDT, Mar 22, Art Deco, Maine

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12:40 pm PDT, Mar 18, Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin

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3:41 pm PDT, Mar 15, BiLL Fowlie, Maine

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6:07 am PST, Mar 1, Brooke Freeman, Indiana
I fel that it is important to save all animals.Personaly I don't think we should have favorite animals because many animals are going to be endagerd by next year.

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12:13 pm PST, Feb 25, Daniel Amon, South Carolina

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6:52 pm PST, Feb 22, Cher Isbell, Texas

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4:53 pm PST, Feb 22, Name not displayed, Colorado

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6:00 pm PST, Feb 17, Laura Zanoli, Italy

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1:07 pm PST, Feb 16, Melissa Lalonde, Canada

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4:56 pm PST, Feb 13, Name not displayed, Massachusetts
Animals provide medicines, and are indicators of environmental quality. (The problem of thin-shelled eggs of the bald-eagle (our national emblem) is an early sign of DDT (a chemical insecticide) getting into our food and water chain.)

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2:39 am PST, Feb 8, Laurel Burns, Maine

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8:22 pm PST, Jan 15, Name not displayed, California

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8:37 pm PST, Jan 10, Name not displayed, Maine

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5:10 pm PST, Jan 6, Karen Gray, Indiana

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1:13 am PST, Jan 6, Name not displayed, Wisconsin

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5:06 am PST, Dec 21, Victoria Mary Stong / Animal Activist, New York
It's a no-brainer. We need ALL God's precious creatures to balance this world, help the environment and to comfort humans etc..

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7:35 pm PDT, Oct 13, Sharon Dickenson, Kentucky

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1:38 am PDT, Oct 12, Vici Doubek, Washington
REMEMBER, THERE IS STRENGTH IN NUMBERS! WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

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3:26 pm PDT, Oct 10, C. Romanelli, Illinois

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1:45 pm PDT, Oct 9, Madelin Castillo, California

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1:29 pm PDT, Oct 7, John Miller, Illinois

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7:36 pm PDT, Sep 23, Annette Leary, New York

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7:46 pm PDT, Sep 17, Kyna Crain, Montana

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1:52 pm PDT, Sep 14, Chelsea Spaulding, Michigan
Keep our Endangered Species Act, the way it has been for 30 years! If we will be doing any change it would be for the better!!

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4:42 pm PDT, Sep 12, Roxie Schliesmann, Wisconsin

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2:19 pm PDT, Sep 10, Chris Anas, California

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9:59 pm PDT, Sep 7, Kaytie Irvine, California

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12:01 pm PDT, Sep 6, Abudicioai Raluca, Romania

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11:45 am PDT, Aug 18, Chuck Dowe, Massachusetts

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9:10 pm PDT, Aug 14, Lara Fisher, Florida

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3:14 pm PDT, Aug 7, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
Its important because everyone has a life and in that life they deserve to see the animals that are almost extinct.

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3:06 pm PDT, Jul 22, Dana Szemereta, North Carolina

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8:56 pm PDT, Jul 17, Morgan Cohen-Ross, Illinois

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10:38 am PDT, Jul 15, Andrei Florina, Romania

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10:31 am PDT, Jul 5, Rummesa Haha, Florida

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12:13 am PDT, Jun 29, Victoria Thomas, Wyoming

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6:15 am PDT, Jun 23, Dianne Martin, Australia

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5:19 am PDT, Jun 23, Name not displayed, Serbia And Montenegro

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12:40 pm PDT, Jun 17, Audrey Mealiff, Ireland

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9:58 pm PDT, Jun 16, Terry Lee, Michigan

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12:15 am PDT, Jun 15, Franziska Eber, Germany

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8:47 am PDT, Jun 14, Hazel Matich, Illinois

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12:21 pm PDT, Jun 13, Elle Thomas, Canada

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7:53 am PDT, Jun 12, Pauline Houzard, Guadeloupe

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3:51 pm PDT, Jun 11, Tina Walsh, Pennsylvania

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7:35 am PDT, Jun 11, Jon M. Jr, Alabama

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9:50 am PDT, Jun 8, Chantelle R., Canada
Once they are gone, we lose a precious piece of our ecosystem :(

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2:16 pm PDT, Jun 7, Name not displayed, Florida
The animals need some space too!

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11:32 pm PDT, Jun 1, Michael Baihn, Australia
why must animals suffer from the hands of gutless morons and cowards.

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4:07 am PDT, Jun 1, Angela Bennett, United Kingdom

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2:10 am PDT, Jun 1, Erika Stone, Virginia

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11:34 am PDT, May 30, Diana Summers, Illinois

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8:01 am PDT, May 17, GINA BETH LANIER, Louisiana
Bush is an igonrant, greedy, life threatening MORON!!! He endangers the life of anything, for profit. HOW MANY SERVICE PERSONEL HAVE PERISHED BECAUSE HE THINKS HE IS DOING THE RIGHT THING? NOW, HOW MANY ANIMALS WILL GO EXTINCT BECAUSE OF HIS GREED? W STANDS FOR WRONG. WRONG, WRONG, WRONG; THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE DONE MORE DAMAGE TO THE UNITED STATES AND RAPED MORE PRECOIOUS PROTECTED AREAS SINCE TEDDY ROSEVELT SET THESE AREAS ASIDE FOR ALL OF MANKIND TO ENJOY. PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE! SAVE THE ENDANGERD SPECIES ACT!!!!!!!!!!

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4:18 am PDT, May 13, Muriel Koyce, Ireland

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7:51 am PDT, May 9, Janet Edson, Wisconsin

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6:04 pm PDT, May 7, Peter Dailey, New York
Endangered Species need to be protected as well as their natural habitats. Every creature every life created has it's "ordained" place in the universe. I ask you> who are we, what right do we have, to destroy all that was Created before we came into existence?

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7:26 pm PDT, May 6, Rachel Twardy, Florida

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9:30 am PDT, May 2, Kelle Peeplez, Michigan

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8:38 pm PDT, Apr 27, TAYLOR WEIDNER, Colorado

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5:34 am PDT, Apr 26, Susan Walker, California

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5:39 pm PDT, Apr 25, Chris Hanson, Florida
Soon Bush will be gone and hopfully our country learned its lesson and there will not be another Bush in office!!...we must protect these animals!!!

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9:27 pm PDT, Apr 24, Kelly Linn, Texas
Why is it not important?? They can't help themselves, we have to do everything in our power to help them survive.

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1:29 pm PDT, Apr 23, Matt Deane, United Kingdom

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12:35 pm PDT, Apr 23, Heather McFeely, Ohio

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11:52 am PDT, Apr 22, Susana Carinhas, Portugal
They are in danger! They need our protection

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11:06 am PDT, Apr 22, Nick Hatch, Illinois

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1:28 pm PDT, Apr 21, Melissa Bardwell, Washington

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7:31 am PDT, Apr 21, Nicky Elizabeth, Maine

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