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TAKE ACTION NOW! Regulate Communcations Towers That Are Killing Birds
Environment  (tags: animals, environment, destruction, ecosystems, wildlife, protection, humans, habitat, nature, green, politics )

Cal
- 384 days ago - forcechange.com
Enact strict, environmentally responsible regulations on communications towers that kill millions of migratory birds every year
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Jim Jaston (211)
Monday April 30, 2012, 7:23 pm
Signed!
 

Carol H. (215)
Monday April 30, 2012, 7:33 pm
signed and noted
 

Terry King (102)
Monday April 30, 2012, 7:35 pm
Done
 

Mm M. (423)
Monday April 30, 2012, 7:52 pm
Thank you Cal!

Totally SIGNED!
 

Regina P. (79)
Monday April 30, 2012, 8:10 pm
Signed. Thanks
 

Esther Z. (83)
Monday April 30, 2012, 8:22 pm
Noted and signed.
 

Ellen M. (224)
Monday April 30, 2012, 9:27 pm
Signed and shared..thanks Cal
 

Susanne R. (208)
Monday April 30, 2012, 9:58 pm
"According to scientists, changing the the continuously burning lights on the 6% of towers that are taller than 490 feet could result in a 45% reduction in mortality, or some 2.5 million birds." That's a good start, but just a start.

Signed and noted. Thanks, Cal!
 

Jennifer C. (154)
Monday April 30, 2012, 11:03 pm
Noted. Thanks.
 

Past Member (0)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 2:37 am
signed
 

Rose NoFWDSPLZ (225)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 5:09 am
Signed TY Cal
 

John Gregoire (234)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 5:27 am
Signed with pleasure. The American Bird Conservancy has proposed safe siting and operating guidelines for these and for wind farms. yet the FCC, FAA and wind operators refuse to help!
 

J M O. (176)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 7:27 am
SHOULD BE CORRECTED NOW!
 

Nicole W. (280)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 8:05 am
noted, signed and shared
 

Angela N. (0)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:39 am
thank you :)
 

Jason S. (55)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:40 am
thanks
 

Jessie Dijkstra (42)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 10:27 am
s/s/n
 

Laura P. (20)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 11:08 am
done. thanks cal.
 

Dave C. (138)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 12:01 pm
done!
 

Michela M. (2985)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 12:03 pm
S&N
 

liz meesters (154)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 12:16 pm
signed & noted, thanks
 

Penny C. (17)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 12:19 pm
Feral and domestic cats kill hundreds of millions of birds each year. [source: www.awea.org]
Power lines kill between 130 million -- 174 million [source: www.awea.org]
Windows (residential and commercial) 100 million -- 1 billion [source: www.treehugger.com]
Pesticides 70 million [source: www.awea.org]
Automobiles 60-80 million [source: www.awea.org]

ban cats, powerlines, and windows?
 

Tom Sullivan (99)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 12:26 pm
N
 

Jutta N. (169)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 12:35 pm
Signed. Thanks Cal
 

Marianna B Molnar (9)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 12:50 pm
thnks
 

chris b. (29)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 12:56 pm
I think we need to start somewhere. First we need to eliminate feral cats by controlling the cat population. We are also trying to eliminate most pesticides mostly to protect our food sources, be nice to help both. Put decals on your windows to avoid the birds flying into them. Having the same problem with the wind turbines. They are trying to keep them out of the birds' paths. Be nice to not have to worry about more endangered species. I love to watch the birds in my yard. And I'd like tokeep them around.
 

Brenda Towers (0)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 1:15 pm
Noted and signed
 

Alison D. (5)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 1:16 pm
Signed and posted to FB. If it's killing the birds it's killing us too, just slower perhaps.
 

Gary C. (5)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 1:20 pm
Noted and Signed , Thankyou......
 

John Coleman (17)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 1:31 pm
Let's start with the idiotic, impractical, and frequently useless windmill farms that are supposed to produce "green energy". Those turkeys move and slice and dice more that a solid object that is stationary.
 

Mary M. (19)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 1:32 pm
signed
 

Lisa Neste (527)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 2:02 pm
Signed, thanks!
 

Dana B. (87)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 2:14 pm
Signed, thank you
 

Kye J. (41)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 2:51 pm
Signed
 

Ann Breeden (48)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 3:03 pm
Signed. Our cell tower has an Osprey that's been making a nest on it for two years now. She's also successfully hatched out her babies because they fly for their practice runs over my house in the summer. I guess some other towers need improvement.
 

Nelson Baker (0)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 3:38 pm
Signed
 

Kate Kenner (183)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 3:51 pm
Sadly humans have created an unnatural world and animals get caught in our "progress". There are feral cats because people act irresponsibly and do not spay neuter but do dump them wherever it is convenient.. Cats hunt and there is an overpopulation of them but feral cats or cats in general have nothing to do with this and the plight of feral cats is not their fault so let's leave them out of this.
There are dangers in the world to animals but people have made it harder for birds and all animals by the superficial world. If we were really that smart we wouldn't need all these contraptions which create lethal situations for so many animals.
 

Roxann Shadrick (15)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 4:15 pm
Signed and Noted
 

Isabelle J. (58)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 4:40 pm
Signed!
 

. (0)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 5:12 pm
Signed.
 

Edgar Zuim (38)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 5:38 pm
Signed.
 

Melanie Clark (13)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 5:54 pm
Signed & noted.
 

aj E. (94)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 6:04 pm
signed
 

Kay M. (300)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 6:14 pm
done
 

Russell R. (78)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 6:44 pm
Solar Power, Wind Farms and Communication towers- WTF - Bake them! Chop them up, or hang them up to dry! Gives a whole new meaning to "Have It Your Way!" I forgot about tthe special toxic sauce they can drink before they take flight!! What are the odds, now?
 

Lois Jordan (42)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 7:15 pm
Signed. Thanks, Cal.
 

janet f. (26)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 7:16 pm
signed
 

Susan S. (188)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 7:54 pm
Signed and noted.
 

Juliette Calderone (91)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 7:56 pm
Shared
 

Juliette Calderone (91)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 8:00 pm
Telecommunication towers are a concern for the health of humans and wildlife . It is pity that governments around the world are not more aware of this .
 

DAVID LAIRD (0)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 8:06 pm
SIGNED
 

Joe R. (157)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 8:29 pm
Signed and noted!
 

Dominic Delarmente (33)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 8:36 pm
Signed thanks Cal.
 

Karen B. (3)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 8:37 pm
Signed & noted.!!!!
 

Brenda Burks (1)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:00 pm
noted and signed
 

Lydia Weissmuller Price (183)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:08 pm
Signed, thank you.
 

Aurea Walker (85)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:08 pm
Can we just build something that is BOTH HUMANE TO ANIMALS AND THE EARTH!
too many humans on earth destroying everything.

When are we to understand that ALL WE DO IS INTER-CONNECTED?
 

Yvette T. (256)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:13 pm
s/n
 

LLOYD H. (44)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 9:55 pm
No, No and No. How about we start regulating and controlling the House Cat population in the US, particularly no more protecting feral and stray cat populations and holding Pet cat owners responsible for their at large cats. The older studies put Migratory and Resident bird deaths from House cats at about 100 Million split 50/50 between Pet cats and feral/stray cats which meant that cats kill 17 times more birds than Comm. Towers. The new March 2011 study; in The Journal of Ornithology from the Smithsonian Institute, the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the American Bird Conservancy raises the number to 500 Million, half by Pet cats and half by feral/stray cats, which is 71 times the amount killed by the Comm. Towers. Personally I have no doubt that that the increase is due for the most part because of the increased Cat population in the US due to protection and feeding of feral/stray cat populations. If you actually want to save birds work on stopping the LARGEST Human Caused Source of bird deaths not the fifth which is where the Comm towers fall in the UN-NATURAL causes of bird deaths: #1 House cats pet, feral or stray at 500 million, #2 Land development according to the National Audubon Society, #3 Cars and Trucks at 100 million, #4 Agriculture 67 million, #5 Comm Towers 6-7 million.
 

Thubten Chokyi (830)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 10:05 pm
Noted, signed and promoted on fb and twitter, thanks Cal
 

Colleen L. (2)
Tuesday May 1, 2012, 11:51 pm
Petition signed. Thanks Cal
 

Kathleen R. (20)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 12:56 am
signed & noted
 

paul m. (97)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 12:57 am
signed....
 

Eugene C. (3)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 1:35 am
l think more awareness is needed around the impact of our communications systems full stop!
Remember the canaries that were taken into the mines to detect when the atmosphere was toxic?
What does it tell us if birds are dying around our communications towers? Mmmm, could we also be being exposed to harmful vibrations? Or is my imagination just running away with me!
 

Parvez Zuberi (7)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 1:49 am
Signed and noted thanks
 

Ilona Norma (51)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 1:51 am
noted & signed, thanks
 

Ludger W. (67)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 1:52 am
signed, noted, ty
 

Danny M. (69)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 3:05 am
Noted and signed. Thank you Cal!
 

JL A. (167)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 5:04 am
Birds deserve protections
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 6:08 am
signed and noted
 

Terri Hughes (413)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 6:53 am
''SIGNED''....thanks Cal
 

Jason Green (211)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 7:24 am
Your signature has been recorded
 

Carolyn P. (54)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 7:32 am
me too - signed and noted. Thank you for posting.
 

yana dimitrova (37)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 8:06 am
Thank you.
 

Margo R. (14)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 8:42 am
Signed!
 

Lynne B. (0)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 8:43 am
Signed
 

Vicki P. (132)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 9:01 am
Signed with thanks Cal~♥
 

James Doeppers (0)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 9:33 am
thanks
 

Shirley S. (0)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 9:42 am
http://animalactionworld.weebly.com
 

Robert O. (13)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 10:25 am
Have signed.
 

Marlene Dinkins (200)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 11:22 am
signed absolutely!!!! thnx
 

Valerie H. (126)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 12:51 pm
Thank you Cal, signed
 

Donna Hamilton (79)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 2:12 pm
Signed. Thanks for posting.
 

Aletta Kraan (132)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 2:50 pm
Done !!
 

Duane B. (166)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 3:08 pm
Signed and Noted.
 

Aimee A. (177)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 5:34 pm
My signature has been added. Thanks for posting!
 

Alison A. (185)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 5:36 pm
Signed and noted, thanks Cal.
 

Linda P. (0)
Wednesday May 2, 2012, 5:45 pm
Gladly signed.
 

Kerstin S. (197)
Thursday May 3, 2012, 6:50 am
signed, thank you Cal
 

Unnikrishnan Sasidharan (31)
Thursday May 3, 2012, 8:36 am
S+N
 

Lin Penrose (92)
Thursday May 3, 2012, 8:56 am
Noted, thanks Cal. I would dearly like to sign but I do not like ForceChange Terms of Service. Sorry, will try to find another petition that addresses this severe problem for birds.
 

yana dimitrova (37)
Thursday May 3, 2012, 12:05 pm
Thank you.
 

yana dimitrova (37)
Thursday May 3, 2012, 12:05 pm
Thank you.
 

Wim Zunnebeld (82)
Thursday May 3, 2012, 12:38 pm
signed and noted
 

Sonny Honrado (6)
Thursday May 3, 2012, 7:31 pm
Noted!
 

Gabriela C. (102)
Friday May 4, 2012, 12:50 am
Noted and signed, thanks Cal.
 

Caroline Vimla (16)
Friday May 4, 2012, 5:09 am
I give my fullest support....signed and posted on fb
 

Christine W. (10)
Sunday May 6, 2012, 3:35 pm
signed
 

nicole silva (12)
Thursday May 17, 2012, 7:16 am
signed
 

Dianne D. (419)
Tuesday May 22, 2012, 1:17 pm
signed
 
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