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British Butterfly Defies Doom Prediction to Thrive in Changing Climate
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, climate change, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, endangered )

Cal
- 3 hours ago - guardian.co.uk
Brown Argus, once rare and declining, depended on one plant species but warmer temperatures have helped it expand range
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Congress Sold Out Wolves! Take Action!
Animals  (tags: Wolves, wildanimals, wildlife, law, ethics, endangered, animaladvocates )

Harshiita
- 8 hours ago - therainforestsite.com
On May 5, 2011 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally delisted wolves in the Northern Rockies, following a carefully placed "rider" passed by Congress in the year's budget bill. The deal sold out Western wolves and undermined protections under the En
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Senators Seek To Name Bison 'National Mammal'
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, politics, bison, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cal
- 10 hours ago - huffingtonpost.com
Western lawmakers want to elevate the Plains bison to a status similar to that of the iconic bald eagle with legislation to declare the burly beasts America's "national mammal."
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Climate Change Threatens Baby Sea Turtles, Study Says
Animals  (tags: climate-change, animals, wildlife, humans, habitat, weather, animals, animalwelfare, wildlife, wildanimals, protection, humans, habitat )

Cal
- 23 hours ago - globalpost.com
The turtles, already under threat from human poaching, now face the risk of being baked inside their nests as temperatures and humidity rise.
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Halt Wolf Trapping Near Denali Park ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, wildanimals, wildlife, killed, protection, habitat, environment )

Cher
- 1 day ago - thepetitionsite.com
We ask the Alaska Board of Game to reverse its decision and re-instate the buffer zone where trapping and hunting are illegal through the upcoming hunting season.
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ENDANGERED: Less Than 100 Pygmy Sloths Survive
Animals  (tags: endangered, animals, animalwelfare, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, sadness, AnimalWelfare, animalrights, habitat, humans )

Cal
- 2 days ago - news.mongabay.com
The pygmy three-toes sloth is one of the world's most endangered mammals, according to the first ever formal survey of the population, which found less than 100 sloths hanging on in their island home.
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Protect the Leatherback Sea Turtle ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 2 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
National Marine Fisheries Service is pushing to expand fisheries and allow drift gillnets back into the Leatherback Conservation Area that currently protects sea turtle habitat.
28 comments
Tell Japan It's Time To Stop Slaughtering Whales ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, killing, whales )

Cher
- 2 days ago - theautismsite.com
Urge the Prime Minister of Japan to stop allowing the whale massacre now!
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Help Save Canada's Adorable Burrowing Owl ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2 days ago - therainforestsite.greatergood.com
Canada's burrowing owl is in trouble. Several factors are contributing to this species' loss of life, including habitat erosion due to human interference, predators, and poison from consuming other animals that have been poisoned.
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Poachers Can Be Shot, Officials In India Declare
Animals  (tags: wildlife, wildanimals, protection, tigers, wildlife trade, poachers, law, shooting poachers, animalwelfare, animalrights, AnimalWelfare, killing, death, cruelty, animals )

Cal
- 2 days ago - npr.org
Poachers caught hunting tigers in India's Maharashtra state are on notice that they could be shot on sight.
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Save the Florida Panther From Extinction ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, endangered, extinction, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2 days ago - online.nwf.org
There are fewer than 200 Florida panthers left in the wild--making it one of the country's most critically endangered species.
58 comments
Thank the USFWS for Protecting Grizzly Bears ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 3 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Last week was Bear Awareness Week, and we're thanking the United States Fish and Wildlife Service for making a sound, science-based policy determination in maintaining Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears while they study the impacts of
36 comments
Stop Killing Sea Lions for Eating Fish ! PLEASE TAKE ACTION ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, killing )

Cher
- 3 days ago - all-creatures.org
Tell Governors of Washington and Oregon to stop killing sea lions at Bonneville Dam.
28 comments
Federal: Don't Give Hunters the Right to Hunt on Federal Lands ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, killing, environment, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 3 days ago - secure2.convio.net
This federal bill would require federal land management decisions to include consideration to hunters and fishermen in granting access to public lands, potentially opening up tens of thousands of acres of federal parks and recreation land to hunting and
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