URGENT, STOP BUSH SABOTAGE ENDANGERED SPECIES.

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URGENT PLEA : STOP BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S

SABOTAGING OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT.

 

DEADLINE : OCT 17, FRIDAY .

 

Dear Caring friends ,

 

! Egroups has placed more and more restrictions on

members' email sending capability which is reducing members'

FREE SPEECH RIGHTS.

 

Please PROTEST to Egroups which recently blocked

members' email campaigns or announcements by limiting the

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Please politely urge to stop such interferring.

 

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Secondly, let's all send a quick note to FWS to let the Canada

Geese live. The public has until Monday, October 20 to submit

comments opposing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services' proposed

regulations to kill hundreds of thousands of Canada Geese

(see detail in HUMANElines Issue 265). Please simply asking :

Please let the Canada Geese live. Thanks.

Email Address: canada_goose_eis

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Now, let's back to the real big topic :

 

Let's send a very urgent letter to US Fish and Wildlife

Services to STOP THE IMPORT OF ENDANGERED

ANIMALS BY ZOOS, CIRCUSES, TROPHY HUNTERS

and THE PET INDUSTRY.

 

The Deadline is Oct 17, Friday.

 

The Washington Post (10/11) has reported that the Bush

Administration's drastic proposal to eviscerate the federal

Endangered Species Act (ESA) would have " far-reaching

changes to conservation policies that would allow hunters,

circuses and the pet industry to kill, capture and import

animals on the brink of extinction in other countries. "

 

The ESA was passed in 1973 to effectively prohibit Americans

from participating in international trade in endangered wildlife,

but thanks in part to lobbying by trophy hunting groups like the

Safari Club International, the Bush Administration is pushing

changes that would allow, and even encourage, the trade in

endangered animals (like the endangered Asian elephant), under

the twisted logic that doing so would raise funds to help pay for

their conservation. This pivotal decision pending on the fate of

endangered species everywhere hinges, in much part, on the

public's feedback to the proposed changes to the ESA.

 

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

 

Because this issue is so CRITICAL , so URGENT,

Please let's all send an EMAIL and FAX letters to the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service by Friday, October 17, urging it to reject the

proposed changes to the ESA and to not allow the import of

endangered animals by zoos, circuses, trophy hunters and

the pet industry. Enclosed is a SAMPLE LETTER and

CONTACT INFORMATION. Every Contact is important

to reach. PLEASE ACT NOW !!!

 

You can find the Federal Register regarding this draft policy at:

www.policy.fws.gov/library/03-20941.pdf

 

More References :

http://action.fund.org/action/index.asp?step=2 & item=5090.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/101303D.shtml

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SAMPLE LETTER : (Please place your Name, Address,

City, State, Zip at the BEGINNING and END of your letter

if you send an Email . )

 

 

Chief, Division of Management Authority

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Rm. 700

Arlington, VA 22203

 

Dear Division of Management Authority

 

I am opposed to the " Draft Policy for Enhancement-of-Survival

Permits for Foreign Species Listed Under the Endangered

Species Act " (68 Fed. Reg. 49512, August 18, 2003).

 

This proposal would weaken the Endangered Species Act so

severely that it would undermine the original intention of the Act

which has enjoyed broad support amongst Americans since its

initial adoption in the 1970s.

 

This Draft Policy allows the issuance of import permits to Zoos,

Circuses, Hunters, and other wildlife based entities provided that

ensuing revenue from that importation is used for " conservation "

purposes. There is no definition of " conservation purposes " and

no plan set forth by which the USFWS would ensure that the

money in fact goes toward such endeavors. In reality, the

USFWS is powerless to influence financial transaction in other

sovereign nations, thereby making this requirement unenforceable.

 

The United States Government has long been a global leader in the

conservation of endangered species. This misguided policy would

negate all of those efforts. I strongly encourage the USFWS to

reject the Draft Policy.

 

I will be looking forward to your answer on this most critical issue.

Thank you .

 

Sincerely,

 

Your Name,

Your Address,

Your City,

Your State , Zip Code

Your Country.

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CONTACT INFORMATION :

 

1: Please send an EMAIL and FAX to the following :

 

Chief, Division of Management Authority

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Room 700

Arlington, VA 22203

FAX: 703-358-2280

Email: ManagementAuthority

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2: CONTACT MEDIA : There are A and B two categories :

 

A: PLEASE CONTACT Some IMPORTANT US MEDIA :

Please address to : Dear Editor ,

 

Please write to the following TV network :

a1 : CBS Evening News

Phone: 212-975-3691

Email: evening (@cbsnews.com )

a2 : NBC Nightly News

Phone: 212-664-4971

Email: nightly (@nbc.com )

a3 : Please Contact Peter Jennings : ABC World News Tonight

Tel : (212) 456-4025

Fax : (212) 456-2381

Email: PeterJennings (@abcnews.com )

 

B: CONTACT MAJOR MEDIA and YOUR LOCAL MEDIA

 

B1: Please send " Letter to Editors " to the Newspapers Editors.

Please address to: Dear Editor,

Now please Click : http://www.opedletters.com/

 

b1: You may select the " Mass-mail to all states " to let

all editors know your opinions on the issue.

 

b2: Or click on your State, then select

" Mass-mail a letter to ..... state newspapers. " .

 

b3: Or select each news paper on your State . Then click :

" Letter Submission (via e-mail) " under each newspaper.

 

B2 : Find US major media and local media contact info :

 

Please click: http://capwiz.com/vision/dbq/media/

 

Then enter your local Zip Code , then click right side " Go " ,

It will show up the National Media Organizations first ,

then click on each Media Name itself (do not place a check ),

it will show all of the important Editor's names , for example

Managing Editors , Editor in Chief etc. and then click on

the name , you will find their corresponding email address and

contact info. Please try to send to as many KEY Editors as you

could TO ALL OF THE NATIONAL MAJOR MEDIA .

 

NOTE: Please COPY editor's email address and then go to your

Outlook Express to send your email. The main reason for this

is that there is a limited space available if you send thru their site.

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Thanks so much for your urgent help for the Animals suffering.l