The Endangered Species Act has been a safety net for wildlife, fish and plants on the brink of extinction. It has protected the bald eagle, gray wolf, grizzly bear, Florida panther, and sea otter, among many others.
But despite the overwhelming success of the Endangered Species Act, the Senate is preparing to consider major changes to this critical conservation law. Right now, the members of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
are considering taking up legislation that could weaken endangered species protection, and we need your help to make sure the Senate keeps the
Endangered Species Act strong!
Of particular concern is H.R. 3824, a very damaging bill sponsored by Representative Pombo of California that has already passed in the House. Not only does this bill gut the Endangered Species Act, but it:
Requires the government to compensate property owners if steps needed to protect species thwart development plans.
Allows federal agencies to avoid consultation, resulting in agencies with little to no experience in wildlife issues deciding if projects will harm wildlife.
It provides new loop holes to make it easier to use deadly pesticides that will impact not only wildlife but our children, by polluting our lands and waters.
Stand up to this attack on the Endangered Species Act and urge your Senator to vote against any legislation that would weaken this important law.
We signed the “Save the Endangered Species Act” petition!
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12:07 pm PDT, May 3,DEANNA SMITH, Ohio
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10:01 am PDT, May 3,HEATHER CATON, New York
It would be thoughtless and inhumane to not have it
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7:33 am PDT, May 3,Mireille Azouzou, France
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6:56 am PDT, May 3,Jennifer Perez, Massachusetts
ANIMALS ARE IMPORTANT JUST LIKE EVRYTHING ELSE ON THIS EARTH..THATS WHAT MAKES THIS PLACE SO UNIQUE AND YOURE TRYING TO GET RID OF THAT!! JUST FACE THE FACT YOU HAVE NO HEART YOUR MISERABLE JUST KILLING WILL TAKE YOU NOWHERE..TRUST ME!
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6:51 am PDT, May 3,Lisa Kertesz, New Jersey
It is our responsibility to continue to protect these beautiful and innocent creatures. Please do the right thing.
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1:43 pm PDT, May 2,Steven Rasmussen, Wisconsin
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12:18 pm PDT, May 2,Samantha Cunningham, Georgia
We must make sure that the wildlife of today is still here for those of tommorow.
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11:57 am PDT, May 2,Lara D. Tabor, California
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8:54 am PDT, May 2,Carrie Rex, New Mexico
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8:48 am PDT, May 2,Lorraine Krampl, Georgia
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8:15 am PDT, May 2,Nick Lubofsky, Colorado
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6:28 am PDT, May 2,Megan Stevenson, Canada
we should not love animals to death, if we love them we should save/protect them
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8:13 pm PDT, May 1,Gabr Laat, Pennsylvania
what were u thinking
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6:52 pm PDT, May 1,Isabella Hendrix, Florida
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11:25 am PDT, May 1,Dalicia Williams, California
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7:05 pm PDT, Apr 30,Anastasia Bodnar, Maryland
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6:54 am PDT, Apr 30,Mary Ann Dunn, New Jersey
Our wildlife and our environment are our National Treasures. Protect them!
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5:29 am PDT, Apr 30,Claudia Vertessen, Belgium
let's preserve an already fragile balance
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2:42 am PDT, Apr 30,Simone Werkhoven, Netherlands
Stop destroying nature and it's creatures!!
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2:23 am PDT, Apr 30,Kamila Pokoj, Poland
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11:08 pm PDT, Apr 29,Angel Ramirez, Michigan
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7:43 pm PDT, Apr 29,Chris Rice, California
Protect the Earth' precious biodiversity and stop seeking profits from the destruction of nature.
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6:18 pm PDT, Apr 29,Christi Hall, Georgia
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11:37 am PDT, Apr 29,Paul Brennan, Massachusetts
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9:10 am PDT, Apr 29,Jessica Lam, California
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9:26 pm PDT, Apr 28,Danielle Mendez, California
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7:38 pm PDT, Apr 28,Tara Horeluk, Massachusetts
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5:55 pm PDT, Apr 28,Kyndra Needham, Oregon
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7:11 am PDT, Apr 28,Lori Giagnacova, Pennsylvania
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5:18 am PDT, Apr 28,Keenan Payne, Minnesota
Let us make peace with all beings.
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3:26 am PDT, Apr 28,Amy Clifton, Colorado
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6:23 pm PDT, Apr 27,Karyn Gresser, Australia
Please don't let anything weaken the Endagered Species Act. Our world can't afford to lose any more species forever. The food chain would become unbalanced and we would have more of those pesky insects than we do now. Image in 50 years time when your granddaughter asks you what an elephant looks like. You'll have to show her a picture in a book or on the internet because she can't go to a zoo or Africa or Asia to see them because there aren't any left. Don't let so many magnificant species die out. Keep the Act as it is - strong. It's done so much already and hopefully will continue to do so in the future.
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5:18 pm PDT, Apr 27,Vanae Shields, Washington D.C.
Please help save thise defensless poor creatures, since they do not have a voice to speak we as people must speak for them and protect there homes and the enviroment they live in.
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2:41 pm PDT, Apr 27,Becky Bower, Ohio
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2:15 pm PDT, Apr 27,Tisha Gill, Kansas
These animals have the right to live in its own environment. It's up to us to protect them. Let's make sure that we do. We owe them THAT much.
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12:08 pm PDT, Apr 27,Cute Cherokee, Colorado
We must do everything in our power to save these beautiful creatures.
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11:38 am PDT, Apr 27,Jonna Whetsel, Oklahoma
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9:05 am PDT, Apr 27,Ty Reay, Rhode Island
I am a former commercial fisherman who has seen the ocean's stocks depleted. Work towards aquaculture! Taking further wild stocks of any sea creatures is systematic suicide. Protection of the endangered species is paramount. If our eco systems die, we die. Protecting any species that is struggling is our duty as we are likely the cause of the population decline. Dominion over this earth's creatures is evil and may some day kill us all if allowed to go unchecked. Think about it and do the right thing.
