Target:Hon. Najib Balala, Minister of Tourism and Wildlife, Kenya Sponsored by:Care2
African elephants need grass to survive - grass that grows mainly during the wet seasons. And new research on elephants in Kenya's Samburu and Buffalo Springs national reserves is showing that a global warming-led decrease in the wet season is posing a grave threat to elephant reproduction.
Researchers have tracked elephants' diets for six years, and results show that the changing climate in Kenya is leading to less and less grass that they need for their nutrition. And if the female elephants cannot bulk up enough, they cannot manage their 22-month pregnancies and continue the reproductive cycle.
Tell Kenya's Minister of Tourism and Wildlife: The health and diet of African elephants is important! Take heed of conservation biologists' research and address the problems of adequate nutrition before these magnificent creatures are even more endangered.
We took action on “Protect African Elephants' Food Sources”!
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8:34 am PST, Nov 20,Nicole Goulet, Canada
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3:49 pm PST, Nov 19,Virginia Collins, California
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5:13 pm PST, Nov 18,JOANNE ROACH, United Kingdom
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11:36 am PST, Nov 18,Name not displayed, Italy
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5:35 am PST, Nov 18,Mike Cohn, Michigan
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10:14 pm PST, Nov 16,Name not displayed, California
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3:31 pm PST, Nov 16,Michael Popovich, Jr., Arizona
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9:30 am PST, Nov 15,Elizabeth O'Connor, Hawaii
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1:53 pm PST, Nov 10,Donald Shaw, New York
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10:28 pm PST, Nov 9,Pam Boland, Georgia
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5:31 pm PST, Nov 9,Kyle Maziuk, Connecticut
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11:12 am PST, Nov 9,Tracy Knudson, Montana
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1:54 am PST, Nov 9,Name not displayed, Italy
let's protect environment, all animals and all living beings to conserve life on planet earth
# 40,872:
12:25 am PST, Nov 8,Miguel Dias, New York
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11:18 pm PST, Nov 7,FREYA HALL, Florida
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7:36 am PST, Nov 7,Alexandra MAUVE, France
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4:44 pm PST, Nov 5,Jessie Cowen, Australia
I love elephants..How much do u know about them?
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3:19 pm PST, Nov 5,Linda Beam, Maryland
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3:53 pm PST, Nov 4,Chris McKay, Wisconsin
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9:31 am PST, Nov 3,Madiha Hussaini, Illinois
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3:50 am PST, Nov 3,Mike Wise, Tennessee
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8:00 am PST, Nov 2,Jessica Strömbro, Sweden
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1:12 am PDT, Nov 1,Michaela Koehler, Germany
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7:12 pm PDT, Oct 31,Elaine Dixon, Florida
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3:33 pm PDT, Oct 31,Sandra Laramy, Michigan
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2:56 pm PDT, Oct 31,Manuela Wegener, Germany
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1:12 pm PDT, Oct 31,Torsten Pasler, Germany
So many Elephants have been killed because of the greed for ivory. We are commited to help the surviving elephants to live in peace.
# 40,858:
9:57 pm PDT, Oct 30,Roger Panning, Ohio
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8:46 am PDT, Oct 29,Shannon Block, Canada
All animals are important to the balance of the earth. Please help save these beautiful animals.
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4:56 pm PDT, Oct 28,Per Olov Olsson, Sweden
Please Protect African elephant's food resources
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5:35 pm PDT, Oct 25,Marc Rubin, New Jersey
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4:46 am PDT, Oct 25,Name not displayed, Massachusetts
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8:05 pm PDT, Oct 24,Jaime Brooks, Ohio
After working for a short 5 days at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee, I was so amazed and awed at the strength and beauty of these wonderful animals. Just being in their presence gives you a sense of what incredible creatures they are, and how important it is that they are protected and taken care of properly. They are an important species for this generation and those to come.
