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ACTION ALERT: Speak Up for Leatherback Sea Turtles and the Beaches Where They Nest!
Animals  (tags: leatherback sea turtles, habitat destroyed, nesting grounds, protection, conservation, survival )

Simone
- 2 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Leatherback sea turtles could be getting the boot from one of their favorite nesting beaches in the U.S. Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor is in jeopardy of losing its designation as a nature reserve if developers get their way.
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ACTION ALERT: Save the Sumatran Orangutan!!
Animals  (tags: sumatran orangutans, threatened, habitat destroyed, palm oil, disappearing, poaching )

Simone
- 21 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Sumatran orangutans have been classified as critically endangered by the IUCN.The populatation of wild sumatran orangutans has declined drastically from over 12,000 in 1994 to 7300 in 2003. 2009 estimates were about 6000. The organgutans have lost 80
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ACTION ALERT: Help Our Polar Bears!- Pls Sign NEW PETITION
Animals  (tags: polar bears, habitat destroyed, hunters, disappearing, endangered )

Simone
- 33 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Polar bears are amazing creatures and them going extinct could cause many disasters in our food chain. You never know. This is all caused by our polution. If we could just try to switch over to more efficient vehicles, solar panels, wind mills, and
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RSPCA Count Shows Koalas More Vulnerable
Animals  (tags: rspca, studies, koalas, habitat destroyed, disappearing, road kills, humans, native australian animals, endangered )

Simone
- 60 days ago - news.theage.com.au
Many more koala spotters saw fewer of the marsupials during this year's RSPCA koala count and it's a cause for concern. Despite an increase in the number of spotters for last weekend's census, only 106 koalas were reported across south-east Queensland
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Stress Disease Killing Koalas Could Threaten Entire Species
Animals  (tags: stress, habitat destroyed, human invasion, homes, dying, endangered threatened, native australian animal, survival )

Simone
- 90 days ago - music.rightcelebrity.com
It seems sadly ironic that an animal known for lazily munching on Eucalyptus leaves could be susceptible to such an affliction. But human encroachment has caused their food source to dwindle, which has had an immense impact on the species' ability to
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Dudhwa's Tigers Facing Extinction Threat From Humans
Animals  (tags: tigers, disappearing, habitat destroyed, dudhwa, tragedy, extinction. poachers )

Simone
- 93 days ago - mynews.in
Tigers have no place to hide in Dudhwa National Park. With trains and buses plying through the sanctuary, poachers move around easily to pick their targets. This 680-sq km sal forest in Lakhimpur-Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous
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ACTION ALERT: Save the Koalas!!!
Animals  (tags: koalas, australian native animals, habitat destroyed, endangered, conservation, survival, protection )

Simone
- 122 days ago - animalrights.change.org
There used to be millions of koalas now there are less than 100,000. Their homes are 80% gone and they have to live in urban areas. 4000 koalas are destroyed by dogs and cars alone. Koalas are beautiful animals that should not be destroyed.
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Kenya at Risk of Losing All Lions in the Next 20 Years
Animals  (tags: african lions, lions, disappearing, threatened, habitat destroyed, killed, extinction, tragedy, humans )

Simone
- 134 days ago - wildlifeextra.com
Kenya might lose all its lions in the next 20 years if the current rate of decline continues, and unless urgent and decisive measures are taken. The national lion population has been falling by an average of 100 per year for the last seven years due
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ACTION ALERT: Stop the US Navy Warfare Testing Program in The Pacific Ocean!!!
Animals  (tags: us navy, stop warfare testing, pacific ocean, protection, conservation, marine mammals, killed, habitat destroyed, oceans )

Simone
- 139 days ago - gopetition.com.au
Whereas, a wide variety of marine mammals have already died due to Navy Warfare Testing of Weapons currently underway in the Hawaiian Islands, the Mariana Islands, the Pacific Ocean off the coastline of Oregon, Washington, Southern California, and other
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ACTION ALERT: They're Calling on You - Protect Gorillas - Recycle Your Mobile Phones!
Animals  (tags: gorilllas, endangered, habitat destroyed, recycle mobile phones, protection, conservation )

Simone
- 145 days ago - unleashed.org.au
there is a tiny piece of metallic ore inside your phone, called coltan, which was mined in the Congo. Mining in the Congo River Basin is causing deforestation and unrest in the region. And that's bad news for the gorillas, whose populations are dropping
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ACTION ALERT: Help Save the Pandas!!!
Animals  (tags: pandas, endangered, imperiled, habitat destroyed, extinction, conservation )

Simone
- 160 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Pandas are an endangered species. They are dying out due to loss of habita and a very low birthrate. We need to save them!
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Sprawl Worsens Cougar Conflict: Wildlife Advocate
Animals  (tags: mountain lions, human invasion, homes, habitat destroyed, conflicts, wildlife advocate )

Simone
- 164 days ago - squamishchief.com
As the Conservation Office reported this week a dramatic decrease in cougar sightings, one wildlife advocate is warning that increasing urban sprawl will result in increasing animal conflicts. Brian Vincent, spokesperson for Big Wildlife, said it's
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ACTION ALERT: Save the Home of the Orangutan in Aceh, Indonesia From Palm Oil!
Animals  (tags: orangutans, wildife, protection, habitat destroyed, humans, conservation, threatened )

Simone
- 174 days ago - animalrights.change.org
The Tripa peat swamp forest in Aceh, Indonesia is rapidly being converted into one big palm oil plantation. Its related land clearing and burning are further reducing the forest that is home to the critically endangered Sumatran Orangutan. The destruction
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Please Take Action: Help Save the Western Gray Whale!!- Please Sign PETITON
Animals  (tags: grey western whales, endangered, habitat destroyed, vanishing, threatened )

Simone
- 271 days ago - animalrights.change.org
Continuously threatened by oil and gas developments, entanglement in fishing gear, collisions with ships and occasional whaling by Japanese fishermen, the Western gray whale is on the verge of extinction. These amazing creatures were thought to be
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Wild Elephants on Rampage Off Dergaon
Animals  (tags: wild elephants, habitat destroyed, villagers, freedom, food, rampage )

Simone
- 705 days ago - assamtribune.com
Jan 21 - Continuous depredation by a herd of wild elephants in and around Kartik Chapori of the west Jorhat area, about 20 km off Dergaon has caused immense damage to the villagers in terms of destruction of houses and agricultural land. About 100
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