Monday July 19, 2010, 11:13 am
I posted this for Maarit H. who is a dedicated Meerkat lover like I am!! Please donate if you can or just sign the pledge, it's very simple. If nothing else, please fwd!! Thnx!!

Monday July 19, 2010, 11:28 am
Thank you, Barb.
Wild animals should never be kept as pets!

Monday July 19, 2010, 12:27 pm
Mail sent!

Monday July 19, 2010, 1:05 pm
done!!!

Monday July 19, 2010, 1:11 pm
Email Sent!
Definitely wild animals should never be kept as pets!
Those poor Meerkats in cages!

Monday July 19, 2010, 1:21 pm
Leave these adorable animals in the wild where they belong.
Thank you Barb.

Monday July 19, 2010, 1:44 pm
You're welcome my friends! It just breaks my heart into teeny-weeny pieces to see these precious meerkats turned into pets!! It's like that blankety-blank gas station owner who stole two tiger cubs from the jungle forcing them to live in his gas station. One of them died and now there's only Tony who lives behind steal bars and has a concrete floor and he has to inhale gas fumes. And on top of that, people throw things at him!!!!!

Monday July 19, 2010, 3:11 pm
I HAVE SIGNED IT AND THANKS FOR MAKING US AWARE.

Monday July 19, 2010, 3:38 pm
Signed, thanks for bringing this to our attention.

Monday July 19, 2010, 3:59 pm
Thank-you BarbCat, I have signed. I will also pass this along

Monday July 19, 2010, 4:31 pm
Signed thanks Barb.

Monday July 19, 2010, 4:41 pm
Signed!!
I thought it was forbidden to keep meerkats as pets. It's really sad....meerkats belong to the Kalahari and live free in their groups, not in cages!!

Monday July 19, 2010, 6:16 pm
Noted, signed and shared! :)

Monday July 19, 2010, 8:00 pm
Signed & noted!! Thanks Barb!

Monday July 19, 2010, 10:28 pm
Done. N

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 1:46 am
Noted & Signed, TY

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 1:48 am
Note and signed. Thanks BarbCat.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 2:03 am
signed.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 5:56 am
noted thanks

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 7:57 am
Done! Thank you!

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 8:59 am
Noted, signed. I'm also a Meerkat lover, rescue some of them myself from abuse by people. And I am strongly advice people not to keep Meerkat's for pets, they must stay in the wild.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 11:19 am
Thx. BarboKat, Signed. A few years back Animal Planet ran a weekly series for four years of a family of Meerkats. I loved that show just as Actor Denis Leary (dreamy) does. The Whiskers Clan and Flower was the Matriarch . I cried when she died but I cried more for Mozart who had a tough life till the end. I recorded it so I can show it to my grandchildren some day.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 11:36 am
i heard about this at the weekend! its outrageos. signed and noted. god i hope people are not too stupid to want and think its acceptable to have these wild animals as pets :(

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 11:57 am
Signed. Thank you.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 12:39 pm
Signed and noted

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 12:44 pm
Signed
Shirley H.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 12:46 pm
is there any more charming animal on the planet?

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 1:07 pm
Noted and signed... love these cute little creatures!

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 1:27 pm
The pledge says to comparethemeerkat.com ti support CAPS' campaign and discourage people from buying meerkats as pets. I went to comparethemeerkat.com, but I could not find any way to send then a message. I could nto even figure out exactly what the site is all about. Does anyone know what to do? Thanks BarbCat

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 1:38 pm
Signed and noted! :) Thanks!

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 1:49 pm
noted and signed and on my FB...I LOVE meerkats, but would never dream of keeping one in captivity!

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 2:06 pm
How is it possible to import meerkats in the US ? Is there no law avoiding import of wild animals ? Strongly forbidden in Europe, only possible if the species is in danger of extinction and only for specialized governmental institutions. Endangered species are kept for reproduction and then, when possible, re-installed in their environment.
Of course I signed ! This gives me the creeps !

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 3:00 pm
I love them!!!!!!!!!! They are so nice and tender...........

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 3:07 pm
I took the pledge

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 3:28 pm
Noted and signed; I hope more people take the pledge in favour of these cute little animals.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 4:52 pm
Noted and signed. Thanks!

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 5:01 pm
Signed and noted.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 5:14 pm
Noted, already signed.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 5:38 pm
signed thank you. Meerkats should never be kept as pets. They are adorable. I was so ticked at Animal Planet when they , ahem, "allowed" a snake to in the den and kill Flower. To me that was a set up and really rude. I have not watched it since. I have had ferrets, but I let mine out of their cage for most of the time. I cannot stand having them where I cannot interact totally. I love holding my animals and smooching on them. I go through a lot of lip balm.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 6:07 pm
Signed the pledge. Thanks for sharing this, BarbCat :)

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 6:38 pm
Though it also helped to know the species better, I fear the Meerkats Clan Saga (dunno how its called in English, it's aired in French here of course) is doing more harm than good, actually... because it might give some bad ideas to some people such as "oh, meerkats are so adorable, I want to adopt ONE".
But ONE SINGLE meerkat, even if not kept locked in a cage as shown in the article (!!! total shame) shall never make a HAPPY meerkat. The welfare of the species, and it's perfectly clear in the program, lies in its ability to build strong groups of families and relatives, exactly like wolf packs.

Leave them alone, for God's sake!!! (huh, what did I just say? Well, I don't mean "alone" in the "lonely" sense - just in the "no human intervention" sense of course.....)

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 8:38 pm
Thank you - signed!

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 9:01 pm
Noted, thanks.

Tuesday July 20, 2010, 10:24 pm
I loved that show ( Meercat Manor ) too , Vinnie M. It was sad alot of the time though , because one day a baby meercat might be lost , alone at night , and the next day one gets a bad injury somehow , etc. etc. ! Very dramatic show !! :) But that's where they belong , out in the desert. Not in a wire cage or box !!
Signed pledge and noted .. TY BarbCat

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 1:12 am
As a person who adores meerkats and faithfully watched "Meerkat Manor," I know very well how these little critters love to run, and dig, and hunt, and sun, and play, and groom, and fight to defend their turf which ranges over quite a bit of territory. To see them languishing in CAGES like this is a terrible affront. I can only imagine how terrible they must feel. FIE on anyone who would cage a Meercat!!!!!!!

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 1:44 am
Noted and signed. Thank you BarbCat!!!!

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 2:03 am
They are a Pack animal, they should stay as a family in the wild.....even birds shouldnt be caged.......

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 4:43 am
Yes, Catherine, I think meerkats probably are one of the planets most charming animals! Way too cute in the environment they were meant to live.

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 6:36 am
noted and signed

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 7:11 am
Action taken. Thanks

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 7:12 am
Email Sent! Thank you!

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 8:08 am
noted and signed

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 8:10 am
Signed and noted

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 9:08 am
signed and noted

Wednesday July 21, 2010, 7:39 pm
Noted and signed.

Thursday July 22, 2010, 9:13 am
Meerkats, DO NOT belong in cages & most definitely, DO NOT DESERVE to have some selfish, ignorant human, controlling, suppressing & restricting, their every movement, when & what they can eat, when & if, they can come out of their cages etc.
Wild, exotic Animals, need to be left to live their lives in the wild, as they were designed to do, with NO interference from pig headed, show off humans!!!
I propose a test, to see if some humans will make good pet owners of Animals from the wild.
If they can last 6 mths. with a Badger, a grizzly, or a Tasmanian Devil, then they pass the test !
If, by some miracle, a human is still alive after the 6 mth period, I also strongly recommend, some education classes about Animal Health & welfare.

Thursday July 22, 2010, 11:40 am
These poor little darlings are becomming extinct :(

Saturday July 24, 2010, 5:50 pm
Petitions signed. What's wrong with these people. Usually those that want exotic pets do so because they think it will give them status, but it doesn't. You earn respect from others. Having an exotic animal or a fancy car doesn't buy you respect.

Monday July 26, 2010, 7:01 pm
Signed, thank you!