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We, the Undersigned, endorse the following petition:

Stop the Culling of Elephants in South Africa

Target: Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, South African Consulate General
Sponsor: Jenn Gunder
  • Signatures: 2,209
  • Goal: 5,000
  • Deadline: 4-30-2007
To ask the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism to not approve SANPark's request to start culling elephants in South Africa.

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Number Date Prefix Name Why are you signing this petition? Optional comments you would like to make:
2,212 7:18 am PST, Nov 7 Ms. Ivette Romero because I believe that animals deserves a better life because they have feelings too.  
2,211 12:26 pm PDT, Oct 29 Ms. Anonymous noo a esa matanza!!!! los elefantes no causan dolor, ni andan matando a lo salvaje. Mejor deberia hacer una seleccion de humanos crueles e inhumanos de eso si hay sobrepoblacion con la cual se deberia acabar.  
2,210 5:25 pm PDT, Oct 28   Ana karen A. los animales no merecen esto de parte de nosotros, ellos no pueden decir lo que sienten al respecto asi que hagamoslo por ellos.  
2,209 8:26 pm PDT, Oct 9 Ms. Karla Ramirez because i want to preserve the planet for my sons, and i want tat they could known a elephant  
2,208 4:42 pm PDT, Oct 7 Ms. maria del olmo zarate because i really want them to stop  
2,207 8:38 pm PDT, Sep 20   DANIEL GONZALEZ LOS ELEFANTES SON UNO DE LOS SERES MAS MARAVILLOSOS DE LA TIERRA, CUIDARLOS ES DEBER DE TODOS LOS QUE VIVIMOS EN ESTE PLANETA, SIMPLEMENTE PERMITIR SU MATANZA Y TRAFICO DE ANIMALES ES UN NEGOCIO RAPIDO Y MAL INTENCIONADO ASI COMO LLEGA SE VA, ESTOS SERES ESTAN A PUNTO DE DESAPARECER COMO MUCHOS OTROS Y ES INEDITO QUE SIGAN SUCEDIENDO TANTAS COSAS, SI SEGUIMOS ASI EL DIA DE MAÑANA NUESTROS HIJOS VERAN TODOS LOS ANIMALES QUE HUBO ALGUN DÍA SOLO EN LIBROS O EN MUSEOS. NO SEAMOS EGOISTAS MERECEN TANTO COMO NOSOTROS VIVIR EN PAZ. LOS ELEFANTES SON UNO DE LOS SERES MAS MARAVILLOSOS DE LA TIERRA, CUIDARLOS ES DEBER DE TODOS LOS QUE VIVIMOS EN ESTE PLANETA, SIMPLEMENTE PERMITIR SU MATANZA Y TRAFICO DE ANIMALES ES UN NEGOCIO RAPIDO Y MAL INTENCIONADO ASI COMO LLEGA SE VA, ESTOS SERES ESTAN A PUNTO DE DESAPARECER COMO MUCHOS OTROS Y ES INEDITO QUE SIGAN SUCEDIENDO TANTAS COSAS, SI SEGUIMOS ASI EL DIA DE MAÑANA NUESTROS HIJOS VERAN TODOS LOS ANIMALES QUE HUBO ALGUN DÍA SOLO EN LIBROS O EN MUSEOS. NO SEAMOS EGOISTAS MERECEN TANTO COMO NOSOTROS VIVIR EN PAZ.
2,206 9:43 pm PDT, Sep 14 Ms. Anonymous please let Starting Out those poor animals do not do them any harm I do not think you would like to be treated and / or treated like they too are living beings not do what they do not want Hagner realize that if they are rational people presume thanks as always
2,205 6:16 am PDT, Aug 24   claudia Olvera Because I love animals  
2,204 12:53 pm PDT, Jul 31 Ms. amanda verastegui paren todo tipo de maltrato animal ,porfavor!!!!  
2,203 12:43 am PDT, Jul 28   Anonymous i have the greatest respect for elephants and have a house near the kruger. if people could understand what elephants do in order to help our environment, in terms of erosion etc... noone would ever even think about killing another elephant. you are destroying the natural food chains and food webs in our environment by removing a key component, and you are killing the world's most intelligent animals. STOP!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP!!
2,202 10:46 pm PDT, Jul 27   alberto tinoco esto es demasiado injusto  
2,201 12:05 am PDT, Jul 27   Andrea Castro i dont like animals feel pain  
2,200 11:48 pm PDT, Jul 26 Ms. melyssa tinoco becaus i hate that  
2,199 2:05 pm PDT, Jul 19 Ms. Angie Whiteman This needs to stop  
2,198 4:23 pm PDT, Jul 15 Ms. Gabriela Chávez Osorio Por los derechos de los animales No a la matanza animal
2,197 6:09 am PDT, Jun 18 Mrs. Katrin Finsterbusch Culling of elephants is not nessary!  
2,196 7:45 am PDT, Jun 4   sandrine lepine Because they need to be protected and remain free...  
2,195 6:43 am PDT, Jun 3 Ms. Nadean Davids I am signing this because culling of elephants is not nessary. It's damn unfair.
2,194 7:42 pm PDT, May 18   Anonymous por que es muy importante cuidar a los seres vivos ya que ellos siempre han estado aqui y nosotros no tenemos el derecho de matarlos  
2,193 5:13 pm PDT, May 10   Alexandra Paola Arreola Diaz Respeto por lo animales, ellos forman parte de la naturaleza tambien.  
2,192 9:19 pm PDT, May 6   Ricardo David Monroy Contreras Because i think all the animals are a wonderfull beings & the elephants are simply beatifull Human=Animals & I Want to be Animal
2,191 5:34 pm PDT, Apr 29   Andrea Ambriz Guadarrama ¡Respeto a la vida!  
2,190 5:42 pm PDT, Apr 25 Ms. Anonymous Because, if killing would be the solution to overpopulation, why don't we start killing people instead? Humans came to the world and invaded animals' territory, it's not fair that we start to kill them because they are too many. People can defend themselvs, animals can't. Think about that!!  
2,189 5:23 pm PDT, Apr 24 Mrs. alejandra paulin porque es una injusticia matar a estos pobres animales que lo unico que hacen es coexistir  
2,188 2:25 pm PDT, Apr 20 Mrs. anna hernandez Porque no creo que la solucion a la sobrepoblacion sea la matanza de esta especie, o de ninguna otra.. de lo contrario, debido a la sobrepoblacion de la raza humana..la solcuion seria comenzar a matar gente?  
2,187 2:45 pm PDT, Apr 17 Ms. Anabelle FElix EN CONTRA DE MATAR ELEFANTES QUE PROHIBAN LA MATANZA DE ELEFANTES POR FAVOR!!
2,186 8:53 pm PDT, Apr 11   MARCO BUENDIA AGUIRRE PARA DETENER LA MATANZA DE ANIMALES  
2,185 8:46 pm PDT, Apr 11   Jessica Lobatos Berzunza Para que ya no mueran mas animales Por favor ya no maten mas animales! ellos son inocentes. Mejor ocupemonos en solucionar problemas importantes como el calentamiento global
2,184 5:34 pm PDT, Apr 2   Ada Pederzoli Por favor, sean racionales. No maten animales. ¿porque no nos matamos entre nosotros que somos mucho más poblados que el resto de los animales no humanos?  
2,183 3:00 pm PDT, Mar 28   JIMENA MARTINEZ AGUIRRE .  
2,182 8:36 pm PDT, Mar 24 Ms. Anonymous I am againts all ways to disturb and murder of animals  
2,181 10:25 am PDT, Mar 24 Mr. RICARDO C PORQUE ESTOY EN CONTRA DE LA CRUELDAD HACIA LOS ANIMALES. OJALA SE PUEDA DETENER ESTA MATANZA!
2,180 8:54 pm PDT, Mar 16 Mrs. Beatriz Delgadillo Gutierrez Because I really want to help in matters that try to help animals and could actually succeed. I can sign petitions like this and do more, anything for the animals  
2,179 8:33 am PDT, Mar 10 Mr. wenceslao santiago x  
2,178 1:16 pm PST, Feb 16   Natalia Lima because like to me the animals, ayudemos a los animales, tienen el mismo derecho que nosotros de vivir
2,177 1:45 pm PST, Feb 9 Ms. Mariana Gurrola libertad a los animales  
2,176 12:35 pm PST, Feb 8   Grecia Paulina Gonzalez Her hh hh
2,175 10:31 am PST, Feb 3   Analee Glez I don't think is fair elephants get killed just because ther is overpopulation, humans already overpopulated the world and thats no reazon to kill us, elephants have the same right to live that we  
2,174 10:47 am PST, Feb 1 Ms. Margaret Sweeny I want the killing of Elephants in SA to stop!!!  
2,173 3:59 pm PST, Jan 31   Zaira Cristóbal because it's a crime, they have the right to live, that's the reason they are here in the world like humans  
2,172 6:33 pm PST, Jan 30   Anonymous To give support for stopping real crimes Es un crimen real, con seres reales y dolor real!!!
2,171 1:04 pm PST, Jan 20 Ms. yamile orozco por que no podemos seguir con esta crueldad hacia los animales.  
2,170 1:20 pm PST, Jan 13 Mrs. Martha Patricia García Morales Porque anhelo que los animales dejen ser torturados por los seres humanos y confío en que algún día realmente aprendamos a convivir con todos los seres vivos que habitan este planeta, sin causarles ninguna clase de sufrimiento. Deténganse ante la masacre que pretenden llevar a cabo, NO ES JUSTO.
2,169 6:21 pm PST, Jan 9 Ms. Itzel Gonzalez Marroquin Esos animales son un patrimonio de la humanidad, la matanza indiscriminada de ellos trae repercusiones para todos  
2,168 9:36 am PST, Jan 7 Mrs. Bonnie Snider Because I want my grandchildren to inherit a planet where these magnificent creatures still exist in the wild.  
2,167 8:42 am PST, Dec 20 Ms. Alejandra Romero Los elefantes son una especie muy inteligente y bella, no es justo que los maten solo porque hay sobrepoblación, en muchos paises, incluyendo México hay sobrepoblación humana y no por eso matamos a la gente verdad?  
2,166 11:29 am PST, Nov 27 Mr. Mark Tiedemann I'm signing this petition to stop the rapacious genocide of this highly intelligent species.  
2,165 2:57 am PST, Nov 23 Ms. Sarah Grunwald It is the right thing to do.  
2,164 8:16 pm PDT, Oct 18 Mr. FRANCISCO PERALTA pPARA EVITA LA MASACRE DE ELEFANTES  
2,163 4:11 pm PDT, Oct 13 Mrs. LILIANA OSEGUERA STOP THE CULLING OF ELEPHANTS IN SOUTH AFRICA PLEASE  
2,162 7:11 pm PDT, Oct 6 Mrs. Laura Alarcon I want to stop animals killed.  
2,161 1:43 pm PDT, Oct 6   Soffia Alarcon I believe in the fact that animal's are God's creatures and should not be killed to pleasure men.  
2,160 6:39 pm PDT, Oct 5 Mr. Anonymous es nesesario y justo apoyar esta peticion creo que debe de haber otras soluciones como esterilizasiones, parques,zoologicos ecologicos,reservas etc...
2,159 1:13 pm PDT, Oct 5 Mrs. Mary Susan Harrington this is an utter travesty, how can you allow this? so is the problem with the painted dog there!!
2,158 11:37 am PDT, Oct 2   monika ruiz Because I think that everyone in this world have the same right to live  
2,157 8:20 pm PDT, Sep 24 Ms. Evelyn Gutierrez si  
2,156 1:34 pm PDT, Sep 17   TANIA RAMOS BOLAÑOS por favor firmo para para evitar que maten estos animales por favor no lo hagan  
2,155 1:55 am PDT, Sep 16   Alejandra Lopez i hate cruelty against animals  
2,154 9:42 pm PDT, Sep 14 Ms. sharon irais Como dice una cancion, la tortura no es culetura, debemos aprender a respetar la vida de los seres vivos. el hecho de q no los podamos entender no significa q no sientan igual k nosotros  
2,153 8:02 am PDT, Sep 14   juan carlos fraga ortiz POR QUE NO QUIERO MAS ASESINATO EN NINGUN LADO DEL MUNDO NO LO PODEMOS PERMITIR MAS  
2,152 3:51 pm PDT, Sep 8 Ms. Anabel Quiroz Es hora de respetar los derechos animales  
2,151 1:20 pm PDT, Aug 24 Ms. Carla Del Real All animals should be treated with respect. Man has no right to abuse, mistreat, experiment or kill them.  

Stop the Culling of Elephants in South Africa

We are against the culling of elephants in South Africa’s national parks including Kruger National Park. We believe that there are more humane ways to control the elephant population, if needed, that would not be cruel to the elephants.

We ask that you do not approve SANPark's request to begin the culling of elephants and encourage them to look to more humane methods such us humanely moving the elephants to another location if the need arises.

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