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South Africa: Rhino Poaching 'Could Hit New High
Animals  (tags: wildlife, rhino, extinction, trade )

Jill
- 183 days ago - iol.co.za
Cape Town - The number of rhinos poached this month could hit a new high despite the best efforts of authorities, MPs heard on Tuesday
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ACTION: Tanzania: NO to Selling Ivory Stockpiles!!
Animals  (tags: elephants, ivory, trade, tanzania, africa, poaching, hunting, endangered, cruelty, suffering, sadness, killing, animalcruelty, extinction, killed, law, protection, investigation, animals, animalrights )

Jutta
- 200 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Around 10,000 elephants are slaughtered every year in Tanzania! Thats 28 elephants a day! Little money is spent on conservation activites, and rangers are paid minimal for their efforts.
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Save South Africa's Rhinos Say NO TO Legalized Trade In Rhino Horn****SIGN PETITION
Animals  (tags: poaching, trade, rhinos, wildanimals, wildlife, sadness, suffering, animals, animalcruelty, animalrights, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, slaughter, killing, death, endangered, extinction, crime, protection )

Florence
- 208 days ago - avaaz.org
The pro-trade lobby has tried to justify rhino horn trade in economic terms. These justifications are based on flawed & dangerous assumptions & often proposed by those with a vested financial interest in trade. Tell Environment Minister NOT to legalize
44 comments
ACTION ALERT: Suspend Trade of African Grey Parrots! PLEASE SIGN!
Animals  (tags: grey parrots, endangered, survival, trade, disappearing, threatened, protection )

Simone
- 299 days ago - forcechange.com
The African Grey Parrot is one of the most intelligent inquisitive birds in existence today. Sadly, this intelligence and one of the best capacities for speech mimicry among parrots makes them extremely popular as pets.
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South Africa:Call to Overturn Rhino Trade Ban
Animals  (tags: wildlife, rhino, extinction, trade )

Jill
- 307 days ago - iol.co.za
If SA was able to persuade Cites to overturn the trading ban, it would take two years to introduce a system of controlled, legal trading in rhino horn.
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Save The Polar Bear Rug Trade! TAKE ACTION!
Animals  (tags: POLAR BEAR, TRADE, RUG, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, conservation, endangered, protection, suffering, wildlife, killing )

Lindsey
- 388 days ago - action.biologicaldiversity.org
Adding to the polar bear's bleak prospects under climate change, risky offshore drilling and toxic contamination, the international trade in endangered species parts is booming. The price for polar bear fur reached a record high this year as the bears' nu
43 comments
Say No to C.I.T.E.S Lifting the Ban on Rhino Horn Trade! SIGN!
Animals  (tags: rhinos, rhino horn, trade, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, endangered, cruelty, death, sadness, slaughter, killing, protection, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 431 days ago - change.org
BEFORE SEPTEMBER 2012 WE NEED 100,000+ SIGNATURES AND VOICES OR THE RHINO AND OTHER ENDANGERED SPECIES WILL LOOSE THEIR VOICE (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna) or CITES are going to meet goverment...
47 comments
Stop the Cruel Raccoon Dog Fur Trade! Please Sign!
Animals  (tags: raccoon, dog, fur, trade, abuse, abused, AnimalWelfare, AnimalCruelty, conservation, dogs, death, killed, law, protection, pets, sadness, slaughter, wildlife, wildanimals )

Lindsey
- 592 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Raccoon dogs are being exploited for their fur.PLEASE HELP US TO SEND A STRONG WORLDWIDE MESSAGE TO THE RELEVANT GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES THAT THIS CRUELTY MUST BE BANNED ASAP!!
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Take Action With Leonardo DiCaprio to Stop the Ivory Trade!
Animals  (tags: elephant, petition, leonardo dicaprio, ivory, trade, AnimalCruelty, AnimalWelfare, crime, cruelty, protection, suffering )

Lindsey
- 592 days ago - ifaw.org
IFAW today announced that actor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio will lead its Animal Action campaign to save elephants and shut down the cruel international ivory trade. Click on the picture of the elephant that says SIGN OUR PETITION!
42 comments
Thailand's Prime Minister, Yingluck Shinawatra: Stop The Dog Meat Smuggling Trade! - PLEASE SIGN!
Animals  (tags: dog meat, AnimalCruelty, trade, petition )

Andrea
- 603 days ago - change.org
I the undersigned would like to express my outrage, that despite legislation prohibiting the trade in dog meat smuggling in Thailand, this cruel practice continues unchecked. Thailand is a Buddhist nation and has a reputation for kindness. Allowing such
105 comments
ACTION ALERT: Stop the Illegal, Commercial Bushmeat Trade
Animals  (tags: action ALERT: Sign Petition, Jane Goodall, AnimalCruelty, animalrights, conservation, endangered, chimpanzees, great apes, elephants, wildanimals, illegal bushmeat, trade, irresponsible logging and mining practic, Central and Western Africa )

Rosemary
- 694 days ago - janegoodall.org
I am outraged by the killing of chimpanzees and other imperiled wildlife species for the commercial bushmeat trade--a shortsighted and cruel practice that is pushing great apes and other endangered species to the brink of extinction.
29 comments
Mountain Lion May Be Extinct Here, But That Doesn't Mean They Don't Exist (WITH VIDEO)
Animals  (tags: mountain lions, wildife, trade, trafficking, wild animals, survival )

Simone
- 705 days ago - registercitizen.com
While the mountain lion found dead on the Wilbur Cross Parkway early Saturday is believed to be extinct in the area, its presence in Connecticut is not as surprising as you might think. A network of "unscrupulous dealers" whose wild animal trade has
3 comments
ACTION ALERT: Tiger Poachers Should Be Sentenced to Jail! PLEASE SIGN !
Animals  (tags: wildlife, poaching, wildlife, trade, tigers, killed, poachers, jail sentences, crimes )

Simone
- 719 days ago - change.org
There are less than 3,000 tigers left in the world and we need to stop poachers! Sign this petition to save the wildlife!
41 comments
Stop the International Polar Bear Trade PETITION
Animals  (tags: polar bear, international, trade, humans, cruelty, animals, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, wildlife, wildanimals, endangered, protection, habitat, environment )

S
- 719 days ago - theanimalrescuesite.com
In some countries, collectors can still buy polar bear skin rugs, claws, skulls and other parts of these beloved bears -- even as they struggle
11 comments
ACTION ALERT: Stop the U.S. Bear Bile Trade ! PLEASE SIGN PETITION !
Animals  (tags: bear bile, trade, bear farms, horrific cruelty, suffering, suffering )

Simone
- 875 days ago - animals.change.org
Bear bile is used to treat a variety of ailments, from hangovers to hemorrhoids. To meet black market demand, bears are cruelly farmed across Asia for their bile. But it's not just Asia's bears who are in danger.
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