Save Wolf Mountain Sanctuary - The Petition Site

Save Wolf Mountain Sanctuary - The Petition Site: "Save Wolf Mountain Sanctuary

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* signature goal: 15,000

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* Target: Dena Smith, Director Land Use Services Department
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UPDATE: Success! County authorities listened to the thousands urging them to keep Wolf Mountain Sanctuary open. Thank you to everyone who signed!

Wolf Mountain Sanctuary rescues wolves and fosters them in a sanctuary in Southern California, as well as educating visitors about the plight of this threatened species. However, local officials recently shut down Wolf Mountain Sanctuary and demanded that the sanctuary repermit, a process this nonprofit organization cannot afford.

Even though Wolf Mountain Sanctuary complied with all regulations and held an Exhibitor License since 1987, the County of San Bernardino will not allow the organization to continue its work until it files paperwork to receive a new Exhibitor License. The sanctuary does not have the resources to repeatedly file paperwork and pay the accompanying exorbitant fees. And it shouldn't have to.

The work of Wolf Mountain Sanctuary is too valuable and unique to be abandoned with so little cause. Urge the County of San Bernardino to allow them to continue protecting wolves from extinction

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Save Florida Dolphins From Their Toxic Lagoon!

Thanks to your efforts, counties surrounding Florida's Indian River Lagoon initiated a ban on the toxic fertilizers poisoning the lagoon's dolphins. But a new state bill could block the counties' fertilizer regulations. Florida senators will vote on this bill Monday, February 28. Speak out today! » This bill would force counties to adopt state-wide fertilizer regulations -- which don't go far enough to save the Indian River Lagoon dolphins. Help urge Florida senators to vote NO. » The Indian River Lagoon's dolphins are found diseased and emaciated, with brain lesions and skin-eating fungal infections from the poisons they must swim in. Don't let Florida state legislature undo our efforts to save these dolphins! Tell Florida senators to vote "no" on this bill and allow counties to set their own fertilizer regulations. » Hi My Friends, I just received this from Care2 and wanted to share this with everyone of my friends who care. Thanks in advance from Geronimo Rubio.   Thanks for taking action! Kayla ThePetitionSite

Don't Let Florida Senators Block Efforts to Save the Indian River Lagoon Dolphins!

Take action link: http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AgCJ0/zK7C/BeOuo

Tell your Senators to keep wild land protection strong

Last week, the House Majority -- on a virtual straight party-line vote -- passed an extreme bill that terminated funding for dozens of important environmental programs. One example: the bill would block Interior Secretary Salazar’s new policy that restored protection to millions of acres of wilderness -- quality public lands across the West. If the bill becomes law, we will return to a Bush-era policy of degrading and even destroying America’s wilderness through oil and gas development, off road vehicle abuses, and other forms of development. Help us stop this runaway train. Urge your Senators to stand firmly for the environment. This radical legislation if passed in the Senate would: Cut EPA’s budget by 30 percent and cripple the agency’s ability to reduce greenhouse gases that endanger public health and contribute to global warming; Slash the Land and Water Conservation Fund by 87 percent; Eliminate $1.2 billion in science funding needed to move away from fossil fuels towards sustainable, non-polluting sources of energy; Prohibit EPA from enforcing Clean Water Act protections for thousands of American streams and wetlands, and eliminate all funding for the North American Wetlands Conservation Fund; Cut in half funding for cleanup efforts in the Chesapeake Bay, Puget Sound, Long Island Sound, Great Lakes and Lake Champlain; Eliminate all funding for the Forest Legacy Program, which restores ecosystems damaged by logging and other forms of development; Cripple Endangered Species recovery efforts. Meanwhile, the bill leaves untouched $4 billion in annual oil, gas and coal subsidies! This legislation is reckless and extreme. Please, tell your SENATORS to oppose the House “Continuing Resolution”. The Continuing Resolution would block Secretary Salazar’s new Wild Lands policy, which directs the Bureau of Land Management to identify wilderness-quality public lands and adopt management plans that protect them, while ensuring public input. Please, help us ensure that Congress does not silence the new Wild Lands policy or the laws that protect our air, water, and lands from degradation. Tell your Senators that you support Secretary Salazar’s Wild Lands policy, and ask them to reject the assault of the House Majority on land protection and other programs that protect our air, water, and land. Sincerely, Kathy Kilmer The budget fight, which could destroy a host of environmental laws and policies, now moves to the Senate. Tell your Senators to oppose the House “continuing resolution” and keep wild land protection strong.

The Wilderness Society 202.833.2300 1615 M St, NW, Washington, DC 20036 www.wilderness.org

Report All Gulf Wildlife Casualties

Hi everyone, Thanks to pressure from local and national wildlife groups, Unified Area Command (UAC) in charge of the oil disaster response will now protect the Gulf's endangered sea turtles from burning and skimming clean-up operations. But UAC needs to do more to protect the wildlife threatened by the massive BP oil spill » Protecting the sea turtles is a great first step, but we must ensure proper monitoring, reporting and appropriate intervention to protect Gulf wildlife in harm's way. In fact, we still have no idea how many animals have been killed or injured in the spill and clean-up efforts because there is no public reporting of wildlife casualties. With millions of migratory birds headed straight for the oiled Gulf shores, we can't afford to wait. The victory for sea turtles shows that the UAC will listen to our concerns about wildlife. We just need to speak up. Add your voice. Tell the UAC to publicly report all wildlife casualties » Thanks for taking action! Emily V. Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team

Take action link: http://www.care2.com/go/z/e/AFYyW/zk6w/BeOuo

Report All Gulf Wildlife Casualties

Prevent Unintended Death of Wildlife, Pets and People

Pass H.R.5643: Prevent Unintended Death of Wildlife, Pets and People

Target: U.S. Congress
Sponsored by: Care2.com

When Brooke and Cliff Everest set out for a day of river rafting with their dog Bea, they never suspected the beloved spaniel would suddenly die. But that fateful day, Bea inspected a sheep carcass laced with Compound 1080.

H.R. 5643 would prohibit the use, production, sale, importation, and exportation of Compound 1080 and the use of sodium cyanide.

These two poisons, ranked Level 1 by the EPA for their high degree of acute toxicity, are used by Wildlife Services. Though intended to protect livestock from native predators like coyote, Compound 1080 and sodium cyanide are indiscriminate killers, and other wildlife (including endangered species), pets and people often fall victim.

In 2007, Wildlife Services admitted that it had internal issues with safely handling hazardous chemicals. Protect wildlife, pets, and people from unintentional and agonizing death by telling Congress to support H.R. 5643.

 

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Puppy Mill Horrors (Watch the Video)

Puppy Mill Horrors (Watch the Video)

posted by: Cris Popenoe 20 hours ago

We've all heard about puppy mills that supply those sweet little puppies in pet stores. 

Well, this video documents a raid of a puppy mill in North Carolina -- a state that, for the second year in a row, failed to pass a bill aimed at combating puppy mills by regulating commercial dog breeders.

Below, see what the inside of a puppy mill looks like and how the dogs are treated. And after watching it, I hope you'll never consider buying an animal from a pet store or breeder again. Always adopt!










TAKE ACTION:

• Pass the PUPS Act!
• Help Shut Down Puppy Mills

Living Like Wolves

How about behaving like a wolf today? Yes, I said wolf. Wolves are perhaps the most misunderstood of all animals. Often portrayed as vicious predators, they are truly wise and wondrous creatures.
As seen in the 2007 documentary, Living With Wolves, researchers Jim and Jamie Dutcher studied the Sawtooth Pack in an enclosed nature reserve for six years, and made many amazing discoveries. (www.livingwithwolves.org) Their findings revealed a completely different perspective on the creatures often associated with scary movies and full moons.
Here are a few of their “surprising” revelations. Wolves are affectionate, compassionate and loyal to their pack. Although there is an alpha male and female who lead the group, all adults have a role in raising the young. The resources of the pack are shared. Wolves care for the sick and wounded, and grieve deeply when a member is killed.
What I found most interesting in the documentary was the relationship of the omega male to the other animals. He appeared to be the least of the pack. He was not permitted to eat until after everyone else, he was frequently picked on, and generally seemed to get the “short end of the stick”. But when it came time to move the pack to another sanctuary, it was the alpha male who guided the fearful omega out of his cage. He would not be left behind.
When we look at the omega from the perspective of what he taught the other wolves, he clearly wasn’t the least important. This male allowed himself to be the ”last”  in order for the rest of the wolves to learn survival skills. Without this training, they would not be able to protect themselves from outside predators. In actuality, the omega may be the most spiritually advanced of the wolf pack.

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