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ACTION NEEDED "White Gold" or "Bloody Teeth"?
Animals (tags: conservation, ecosystems, wildlife, protection, destruction, world, dishonesty, business, lies, money, cover-up, corruption, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, animaladvocates, conservation, cruelty, death, extinction, endangered, sadness, suffering, killed, k )

Kelly
- 16 hours ago - therainforestsite.greatergood.com

After facing decimation in the 1980s, a global ban on ivory sales barely saved Africa's elephants from extinction. Then, in 2008 the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) agreed to unleash stockpiles of ivory

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ACTION NEEDED Outlaw the Sale of African Lion Meat
Animals (tags: conservation, destruction, ecosystems, endangered, environment, wildlife, world, nature, protection, food, treatment, prevention, safety, animalcruelty, animalwelfare, animaladvocates, cruelty, death, cats, extinction, killed, killing, protection, pets, r )

Kelly
- 1 day ago - animalconnectionblog.blogspot.com

According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (ICUN) Red List of Threatened Species, lions are categorized as "Vulnerable" while in the West and Central Africa, these lions are listed as "Endangered.

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ACTION NEEDED The Ugly Truth About Balloons!: Over 2 Million Animals Are Killed a Year From Eating Balloons!
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Kelly
- 1 day ago - change.org

When balloons go into the air, they have to come down. However, when they come down, they pop and animals eat the balloons, thinking they're food to eat. Help keep animals off the endangered list!

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