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Topic: Post Your Marine Petitions Here

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Sam E.	Post Your Marine Petitions Here August 01, 2006 12:03 PM Please Post your Marine Petitions here They can include,anti whaling,gill nets,long line,protection petitions.Anything to do with our oceans and the animals that live in them [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	End Dolphin Slaughter in Japan August 01, 2006 12:06 PM Facts about Dolphin Drive Hunts in Japan During drive hunts, migrating pods of dolphins and other small whales are first panicked and confused by loud banging, then herded, by the hundreds, into shallow coves and butchered, one by one, by fishermen. Every year, some 20,000 small cetaceans of several species, some of which are endangered, including bottlenose dolphins, striped dolphins, spotted dolphins, Risso’s dolphins, short-finned pilot whales, white-sided dolphins and false killer whales, are killed or taken in the drives, sometimes illegally. This cruel and inhumane practice is sanctioned and controlled by the Government of Japan, which claims that these animals compete with the fishermen and slaughtering them is a means of pest control, but no evidence for this claim exists. The dolphins are processed and used as pet food or fertilizer, and the government is encouraging the consumption of dolphin meat. In fact, the hunts would be economically unviable without the sale of live dolphins captured during the drives to dolphinariums in Asia and elsewhere. There is abundant scientific evidence that drive hunts inflict incredible pain and suffering on highly intelligent, self-aware, and socially complex animals. The hunts have been universally condemned on both welfare and conservation grounds, but repeated requests to end them, from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and numerous other scientific and conservation organizations, have been ignored. The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA), the professional organization that represents over 1,200 zoos and aquariums around the world, and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) in the United States, have also condemned these hunts. WAZA explicitly prohibits member organizations from procuring animals from drive hunts. Now, marine scientists, WAZA, and AZA have joined with other non-governmental organizations to bring an immediate end to drive hunting. Join us in our efforts by signing the petition. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/427037941 [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	Save Sea Turtles and Whales August 01, 2006 12:09 PM Stop the Bush Administration’s Move to Allow Killing of Leatherbacks and Whales in Leatherback Conservation Area! Dear Leatherback Supporters, The U.S. federal fishing agency - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Service – is poised to issue a new Fishing Permit which will eliminate a highly effective LEATHERBACK CONSERVATION AREA created to reduce the destruction caused by Drift Gillnet Fishing along the California and Oregon coast. The same fishing method has been banned on the high seas by the United Nations. Now the Bush administration wants to expand it off our coast. The proposal would authorize the killing of the critically endangered leatherback sea turtle, humpback whale, short-finned pilot whale and sperm whale. Drift Gillnet fishing has been closed since 2001 in over 100,000 square miles along the West Coast for a four-month period each year to protect the leatherbacks. This important Leatherback Conservation Area has resulted in NO leatherback deaths since it was put in place. Now the Bush administration is attempting to gut this important protection. Let them know this is UNACCEPTABLE! What You Can Do – Deadline August 10th! 1. Send a letter NOW by clicking: http://www.seaturtles.org/actionalertdetails.cfm?actionAlertID=115 2. For MORE impact send your own comment letters. All letters must be identified by including “I.D. 070506D” in the subject line and addressed to: Rodney R. McInnis Regional Administrator Southwest Region NMFS 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200 Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 Fax: (562) 980 4047 Email: 0648-AU25.SWR@noaa.gov 3. Donate to the Sea Turtle Restoration Project at http://seaturtles.org/donate to support our continued efforts. Thank you for your ongoing support of the sea turtles and our ocean! Your contributions are making a difference. Become a member of the Sea Turtle Restoration Project at http://www.seaturtles.org/donate/. For further information please visit http://www.seaturtles.org/pacific Karen Steele Campaign Coordinator Sea Turtle Restoration Project karen@seaturtles.org +1 415 488 0370 ext. 106 www.seaturtles.org/pacific [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	Military to Exploit Sharks August 01, 2006 12:25 PM http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/209935872 The Defense Advance Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding a research project which involves implanting electrodes in sharks' brains - for the purpose of using these animals as underwater spies. A neural probe has been developed that would decode the sharks' brain signals and give "researchers" a means to remotely manipulate the sharks. By exploiting the sharks' natural ability to sense electrical gradients and chemical trails, the Pentagon would use the sharks to target or follow sea vessels. More than 100 million sharks are killed each year for sport, food, so-called medicine, research and souvenirs. At a rate faster than sharks can reproduce. If too many sharks in one area are killed, the shark population may never return to normal levels. The depletion of sharks from the world's oceans will lead to an unhealthy increase or rapid decline of other species. Please help prevent further exploitation of these majestic animals. By signing this petition, you will also send a message to other research groups that are currently developing implants to monitor and control other animals. =============================================== Not only is this in itself immoral; when this is implemented, then BOTH SIDES WILL BE KILLING NEARBY ANIMALS, on the CHANCE that they might actually be "enemy combatants"!!!! THIS COULD LEAD TO MASS KILLINGS OF ANIMALS SUCH AS SHARKS AND DOLPHINS BY THE MILITARY OF ALL SIDES IN COMBAT, in order to "protect our soldiers"!!!!!! The animals, of course, did not "VOLUNTEER" for the job of spying for the military. The military of both or all sides will THEN say, well, we have to kill mere ANIMALS in order to save our HUMAN soldiers and civilians! Do you see where this "logic" goes??? It may be found "necessary" to make dolphins, sharks, and other animals used by the military, EXTINCT, in order to "protect" human life in war!!!!!!!!!!!!! [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	Don't Let Denmark Sell Out the Whales August 01, 2006 12:28 PM Don't Let Denmark Sell Out the Whales With Denmark's help, Japan and other pro-whaling nations have taken a stab at the 20-year moratorium on commercial whaling, paving the way for its abolishment. After pro-whaling nations gained a simple majority at the International Whaling Commission annual meeting for the first time in 30 years, they narrowly passed a declaration attacking the moratorium and whale protection efforts by non-government organizations. Although not a binding resolution, the declaration, known as the St. Kitts and Nevis Declaration, supports the myth that whales jeopardize fish stocks and claims that the moratorium is no longer necessary. If Denmark had not voted in favor of the declaration, it would not have passed. What You Can Do Please make a short, polite phone call and send an email expressing your outrage in Denmark's vote. You can reach the Embassy of Denmark by calling (202) 234-4300. Not sure what to say? Here is a sample phone call: "My name is [your name] and I'm calling from [your city and state]. I was extremely disappointed to learn that Denmark voted in favor of a pro-whaling declaration at the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission. This declaration supports the myth that whales jeopardize fish stocks and claims that the moratorium on commercial whaling is no longer necessary. The moratorium on commercial whaling is necessary to protect whale populations, and I am upset that this declaration paves the way for it to be abolished. Thank you." https://community.hsus.org/campaign/denmark_iwc_2006 [ send green star] [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	August 03, 2006 4:18 AM Please sign these very important petitions and cross post. -Thanks! Save the Sea Lions from Dolphin City, Chennai. http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/189126586 Save the Sea Otters http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/979596897 Boycott Costco to Save Seals http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/962866874 Stop Horse and Seal Slaughtering Now! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/393716758 Save the Harp Seal Pups http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/145377155 Stop the Mass Slaughtering of Baby Harp Seals http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/334788273 Stop the Killing of Seals in Canada http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/236982184 Boycott Costco to Save Seals http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/962866874 Call on Canada's New Prime Minister to End the Seal Slaughter! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/566342047 Save Whales from Extinction! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/501848858 Save Whales From a Cruel End: Stop Whaling Now http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/446578966 Stop Whaling in Norway http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/943151967 No More Dolphin Capture http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/191371130 Help Stop the Dolphin Slaughter at Taiji http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/258461869 End Dolphin Slaughtering in Japan http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/391762699 Fishing for Trouble: Stop Pombo's Overfishing Rollback Bill http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/855296945 Ban the Display of Beluga Whales and Other Cetaceans in New York City http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/368471413 Stop Exploiting Sharks! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/209935872 Take Action to End Shark Tournament in Martha's Vineyard http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/463138991 Say No to Sharkfins http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/728123859 Gill Nets Equal Death Traps for Marine Animals http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/677365712 Keep Your Oceans Clean, Ban Automatic Cleaners http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/543507832 Help Make a Difference for Our Ocean Planet! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/456440372 Make Waves for Oceans - Stop Off-Shore Oil Drilling http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/209758528 Free the "Save Whales from Navy Sonar Deployment" Petition http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/709123154 Save Our Sealions Petition http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/support/petition/petition.asp Halt Plans for a Dolphin Exhibit in Cleveland! - NEW http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/229095703 [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	August 19, 2006 1:29 PM Bluewater Network Action Bulletin This summer, another rare right whale was run down and killed by a ship along the Eastern seaboard. In late July, a young whale was found floating in the Bay of Fundy north of the U.S.-Canadian border. It was one of the 350 remaining North Atlantic right whales left in the world. The whales summer in New England and Canadian waters and return to Georgia and Florida to breed in winter. Collisions with ships are the number one cause of death among North Atlantic right whales. Please help end the right whale’s slide toward extinction. Take action now. Collisions can be prevented by slowing down cargo ships that crisscross whale feeding and breeding grounds along the East Coast. Researchers have discovered that right whales can avoid a collision if a ship is not going faster than 10 knots (about 11 mph). Finally, after years of delay, the National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing a new requirement that all ships over 65-feet long slow down to 10 knots in right whale habitat. We need your help to make sure that the whales get this new protection as soon as possible – and that the shipping industry does not squelch it with demands for faster movement of ships in and out of ports. Please send an email to the National Marine Fisheries Service supporting speed limits for ships. http://www.democracyinaction.org/dia/organizationsORG/foe/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=4890&t=BWTakeAction.dwt Comments are due before August 25, 2006 Together, we are making a difference! [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	Defend Our Oceans Against Mining August 20, 2006 3:37 AM Send a petition to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. In many places, pollution from mining operations damages marine habitats and contaminates seafood consumed by local people, threatening our oceans and ultimately ourselves and our future. In the Philippines, Bicol’s immensely beautiful marine environment and its fragile sea creatures face a grave threat—toxic pollution and siltation caused by mining operations in Rapu Rapu Island in Albay. The pristine waters of the Bicol region are acknowledged as the feeding grounds and migratory route of the whale shark, the largest fish in the sea. It is also home to five of the seven known marine turtles in the world, and its rich seagrass beds and mangroves, which make for a high marine biodiversity index, have turned the area into exceptionally rich fishing grounds for the region’s fishermen. The Philippine government allowed Australian firm Lafayette Philippines Inc to start the extraction of gold, silver, copper and zinc within Rapu Rapu in April 2005 despite strong opposition from local and national groups concerned that toxic mine tailings will be released into the sea. Clearly, the island is a dangerous place for a mine: not only is it situated along the country’s typhoon belt, but also along a major fault, making it a high-risk area for mining catastrophes. During its few - months of operation, the mining company showed negligence and government agencies, such as the Environmental Management Bureau and the Mines and Geosciences Bureau, failed to act on behalf of the people and environment. In October and November 2005, cyanide and other contaminants from the mine spilled into the sea and around the island, resulting in massive fish kills. On May 19, 2006, a government-commissioned report recommended canceling the license of Lafayette in Rapu Rapu and a moratorium on all mining at Rapu Rapu. Greenpeace is running a petition to President Gloria Arroyo to follow the recommendations of the Rapu Rapu Factfinding Commission. The Greenpeace petition calls for permanent closure of the mine and obligation or Lafayette to clean and rehabilitate the mine site so that further damage can be avoided. http://ctk.greenpeace.org/od-en/ctk-letters/get-info?letter%5fid=2189327 [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	August 22, 2006 10:05 AM The House of Representatives recently voted not only to gut the Endangered Species Act, but in a last minute attempt to please developers, Representative Adam Putnam (R-FL) added an amendment to exclude the endangered manatee from protections under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA). Manatees are found over publicly-owned submerged lands -- the water bottoms of rivers, estuaries, and bays. These lands are like public parks -- they are managed by the state in trust for all the people. Virtually everyone agrees that imperiled species should be protected when they inhabit public lands, but this amendment leaves the fragile manatee out to dry. Under Congressman Putnam's amendment many dock-building projects that would likely hurt or kill manatees will be able to move forward with little or no conservation measures. This amendment will exact a major toll on manatees because boat strikes continue to be the largest known cause of manatee deaths in Florida. The Putnam amendment is headed for the Senate and we must stop it from passing. Sign this petition to stop the exemption! http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/774569693 [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	August 22, 2006 11:07 AM http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/674117654 [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	August 25, 2006 9:18 AM Petition to Save Whales from being Hunted http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/501848858 [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	August 30, 2006 9:57 AM Stop the clocks After two years of governments promising to take “urgent action” to protect deep sea life, nothing has happened. A report published on Friday 14th of July 2006 by the United Nations Division of Law of the Sea (DOALO) confirms just that. It took two years for them to reach the conclusion that everyone already knew - the deep-sea is woefully inadequately protected from destructive fishing practices such as bottom trawling (see a map of the areas protected). The only clear action for countries left to take now is support a global moratorium on high seas bottom trawling at the United Nations General Assembly in October. We started a count down for governments to act and publicly support the moratorium and to “stop-the-clock” on deep sea destruction. Many so far failed to follow the advice of almost 1500 scientists from 69 countries, NGOs, a growing number of countries and now the UN itself. We need you help in stopping these clocks. They need to be stopped because we can’t turn back time and if nothing is done the entire area of cold water corals in the deep- sea will be destroyed in just 16 years from now. You can help us to stop the clocks by sending a message below to the ministers of Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain and the USA. (This action sends a message to ALL of these ministers, not just one). http://www.email.greenpeace.org/lwwzh_ufgbdgb.html [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	August 30, 2006 10:20 AM Banking giants funding destruction Tell ABN-Amro and ANZ banks to stop funding the destruction of Rapu Rapu. During its few months of operation cyanide and other contaminants from the Australian-owned mine on Rapu Rapu Island, Philippines, spilled into the sea, resulting in massive fish kills. http://www.email.greenpeace.org/eeebw_ufgbdgb.html [ send green star] [ accepted]
Sam E.	September 15, 2006 2:34 AM Take Action to Protect Whales Write a Letter to Stop Whaling For years, the Japanese government has ignored pleas from the international community to stop whaling. The only way to stop them now is to make it clear that Japan will face serious consequences if it continues killing whales. But that won’t happen unless we can get compassionate individuals like you to speak out right now. We need to send a clear message that saving whales truly matters. Quite simply: this effort can’t succeed without your support. Please send a letter to Prime Minister Harper urging Canada to publicly announce that it will pursue a strong pro-conservation position at the upcoming IWC meeting and to use diplomatic channels and bilateral relations with Japan to make clear that Canada opposes Japan's ongoing whaling activities. http://www.kintera.org/c.8dJHKONpFqG/b.1614461/k.3E04/Take_Action_to_Protect_Whales/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx [ send green star] [ accepted]
Tanja E.	Sign the petition: Hands Off The Arctic! August 29, 2007 5:22 AM Global warming is melting the Arctic at an alarming rate. This summer the Arctic ice cover was the smallest ever recorded. As a result, there really is a race on to grab up the oil, gas and other resources once protected by ice. And the more oil and gas we burn, the faster the Arctic melts and the closer our planet comes to catastrophic climate change. Sign the petition to save the Arctic from exploitation and military activity at http://www.greenpeace.org/handsoffthearctic [ send green star] [ accepted]
Tanja E.	Save the dugongs - Stop the expansion of Okinawa base September 19, 2007 5:02 AM Please note and sign! http://www.care2.com/news/member/304454406/485532 [ send green star] [ accepted]

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