I've added a petition group to Facebook and ask that as many Care2 members as possible kindly consider joining the group and please help by inviting Facebook friends to join also:-
The Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) is the only group working in the field, everyday, to stop the slaughter and harassment of Yellowstone's wild buffalo. Volunteers from around the world defend buffalo on their traditional winter habitat and advocate for their protection. Our daily patrols stand with the buffalo on the ground they choose to be on, and document every move made against them. Volunteers spend all day, from sunrise until sunset, watching and documenting actions taken against the buffalo. We run patrols from cars, skis and snowshoes to protect buffalo outside the park. Tactics range from video documentation to nonviolent civil disobedience. BFC enjoys incredible support and participation from the local community. Residents allow us to post signs on their property designating them as 'Buffalo Safe Zones.' We offer a fence repair service to mitigate damage caused by wildlife. Locals join us on our daily rounds, and many support our patrols with hot drinks and food. All of our work happens because people are willing to take a break from their usual schedules and come help. Over 3000 people from all over the country and around the world have joined us in our log cabin on Hebgen Lake to help stop the buffalo slaughter. We feed and house all our volunteers in our cabin and Gardner satellite camp. Volunteers patrol for buffalo by skis, snowshoes, or cars. Everyone communicates by a network of hand-held radios, and also carries a video camera. Our office runs outreach programs, including slide and video presentations, summer tabling in Yellowstone Park, website and e-mail updates, and national media coverage through press releases and video.
WOULD YOU KINDLY PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION AND HELP WITH IT'S DISTRIBUTION BY FORWARDING TO FRIENDS, SHARING ETC.
“Illegal tortoise trade is happening in Britain” (DEFRA, 2004). An estimated 10 million tortoises were shipped into the UK for the pet trade between 1890 and 1984 before the initial ban was introduced. This trade is back! Many of the tortoises that are entering the UK are dying within months, some just days. Please help by signing the below petition, or to help further, please download the paper petition and ask your friends, family & work colleagues to sign. We have started to make good contacts with government officials and need to gain signaures as quickly as possible. Please help by signing our petition and if possible download our paper petition for signing by others.
WOULD YOU KINDLY PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION AND HELP WITH IT'S DISTRIBUTION.
“Illegal tortoise trade is happening in Britain” (DEFRA, 2004). An estimated 10 million tortoises were shipped into the UK for the pet trade between 1890 and 1984 before the initial ban was introduced. This trade is back! Many of the tortoises that are entering the UK are dying within months, some just days. Please help by signing the below petition, or to help further, please download the paper petition and ask your friends, family & work colleagues to sign. We have started to make good contacts with government officials and need to gain signaures as quickly as possible. PLEASE HELP BY SIGNING OUR PETITION
AFP - Japan on Saturday
launched a
next-generation spy
satellite as part of
efforts to beef up its
surveillance system
against the threat of
North Korea's missiles,
officials said.
AP - Japan launched its
fifth spy satellite into
orbit Saturday in a bid
to boost its ability to
independently gather
intelligence, the
government said.
AP - Two giant pandas
from China were welcomed
to Australia on Saturday
with gifts of bamboo and
a city party before
settling in to their new
home, a 25-acre
(10-hectare) natural
enclosure at the Adelaide
Zoo.
AP - Even after the U.S.
and China set targets
this week for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions,
the world's combined
pledges ahead of next
month's climate summit
fall far short of what
experts say is needed to
avert dangerous global
warming.
To often people walk
through this life blind
to what is really going
on in this world; so
self-absorbed that they
do not realize that the
person next to them may
be in need of something
as small as a hello to
something as big as a
hand up... I must sa...