Fw: FORESTS ALERT: An Appeal for South India's Wild Elephants

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ACTION ALERT

An Appeal for South India's Wild Elephants

 

Forests.org, a project of Ecological Internet, Inc.

http://forests.org/ and http://www.ecoearth.info/

October 15, 2006

 

TAKE ACTION

Their survival depends upon maintaining and establishing

corridors between large habitats

http://www.ecoearth.info/alerts/send.asp?id=india

 

Asian elephants once ranged throughout most of Asia, but their

habitat has been reduced to isolated fragments, often with

boundaries that restrict traditional migrations and gene flow.

An expanding human settlement/wildland interface has lead to

increased pressure on populations due to human-elephant

conflicts ranging from poaching to crop-raiding and roadkills.

Habitat fragmentation leads to the isolation of populations, and

for wide-ranging animals, it may result in several isolated

populations that are too small to be viable. It is imperative

for continued existence of Asian elephants in India that

immediate efforts be focused towards protecting known key

populations and creating corridors that can facilitate animal

migration and gene flow. The need for protection of these

corridors was identified decades ago and has since been

replicated in numerous studies. We are appealing to you to

PLEASE immediately write to the Government of India, to DEMAND

that they get serious about protecting South India's wild

elephants! TAKE ACTION NOW at:

http://www.ecoearth.info/alerts/send.asp?id=india

 

Discuss this alert at:

http://forests.org/blog/2006/10/an_appeal_for_south_indias_wil.html