This is a list of emails I have received in the past two weeks from various organizations. I compile them and post them as a service for those who would prefer to have one place to take action all at once.
International Campaigns
• More than 135 million women and girls worldwide have been affected by female genital cutting (FGC), also called female circumcision. In countries across Africa, the Middle East and Asia, girls as young as 4 years old are forced to submit to this painful, unnecessary, and unsafe practice. Take action.
• Help us achieve global recognition that animals matter, that they can feel pain and can suffer and that we have a responsibility to put an end to cruelty around the world. We seek 10 million signatures to let the governments of the world know we are serious about achieving a Universal Declaration on Animal Welfare at the United Nations. Tell your government that animals matter to you.
• If this unscrupulous fishing continues the bluefin tuna species could be biologically and commercially extinct in a few years. Prized for sushi in Japan and across the world, the high demand for this valuable fish has led to huge illegal industrial overfishing. This has been fuelled in turn by the massive expansion of tuna farms in the Mediterranean in the last ten years, where wild tuna are caught, put in cages and fattened up for export. The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) is meeting this month in Croatia and will decide how to manage the fishery in the Mediterranean over the coming years. Please sign our petition asking the European Union (EU) to support urgent measures to save tuna before it is too late.
• In two separate letters delivered to the Ecuadorian government, a group of over 40 Yasuni scientists (known as the Scientists Concerned for Yasuni) and 6 international NGOs have criticized Petrobras’ new Environmental Impact Study (EIS) of their new “roadless” plan to build oil production facilities in Ecuador’s world class Yasuní National Park. The Waorani representative organizations were never consulted about the project, nor did they grant consent for activities on their ancestral territory. The Ecuadorian government must be urged to NOT approve the study and to cancel the project, as oil exploration and protected area status are simply incompatible. Tell them by taking action now.
• Kimberly-Clark is destroying ancient forests like the magnificent Boreal forest, North America's largest ancient wilderness tract, to create disposable tissue products including the Kleenex brand. Ancient forests are being flushed down the toilet or thrown away even though ecologically sound alternatives exist. Send a loud and clear message to Kimberly-Clark that until the company stops destroying ancient and endangered forests and starts using more recycled fibers, you won't buy its products.
• Twenty-five countries and the EU Commission have issued a joint statement calling upon Iceland to halt its whaling and stop killing endangered fin whales. Seven fin whales and one minke whale have already been killed in Iceland since the whale hunt began. Fin whales have been endangered under IUCN (The World Conservation Union) guidelines since 1996, which states that three-quarters of a million fin whales were commercially hunted during the period between 1904 and 1979 alone, and the current global population is unknown. Please show the Icelandic government that the world will not tolerate whaling.
National Campaigns
• The study, published in the journal Science, concludes that overfishing, pollution, and other environmental factors are wiping out important species across the globe, hampering the ocean's ability to produce seafood. If existing safeguards are lost, fisheries managers will be allowed to over-fish for a longer period of time before they are forced to clean up their act. Stop Congress from weakening marine protections!
• The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking comments on a proposal to gut the critical habitat designation for the Marbled Murrelet in Washington, Oregon and California. The proposal excludes 94 percent of the habitat designated in 1996, eliminating more than 3,600,000 acres from the existing designation. Comments will be accepted only until Monday, November 13, so please, take action today to help protect this unique seabird!
• Our national park system provides critical animal habitat, educational opportunities, and solace for park visitors. But underfunding, traffic congestion, and pollution are all taking their toll. Tell Congress to support the plan that will fix our parks!
• When the House of Representatives returns to Washington they will be debating an extremely dangerous bill that will give jail time and fines for any action that can be linked to a loss of profit to any company classified as an "animal enterprise". Under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA), legal activities such as peaceful protests, consumer boycotts, media campaigns, legislative proposals, or even telling the public what happens in puppy mills, factory farms, or canned hunting facilities, could be classified as acts of terrorism. This dangerous legislation has already passed the full Senate, and will be considered by the House of Representatives when they reconvene in November. http://www.ifaw.org/ifaw/general/default.aspx?oid=474&aid=7653&msource=DR061005001&tr=y&auid=2110714.
• The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking public comments on space and living conditions for captive elephants in the U.S. Please help us improve the plight of these magnificent animals by submitting your comments on behalf of their welfare today.
• Each year, U.S. Customs officers seize thousands of products made from endangered or threatened wildlife brought home by American tourists. Examples include elephant ivory carvings and jewelry, tortoise and turtle shell accessories, big cat skins, reptile skin handbags, belts and shoes, porcupine quill coasters and lampshades, coral jewelry, and many more. Please Sign the Pledge to “Think Twice”: Don’t Buy Wildlife Souvenirs.
• National Parks, Monuments, and Wildlife Refuges hardly seem appropriate places for new oil and gas pipelines, or electric power lines. Yet the Bush Administration is expediting the designation of an industry "wish list" of energy corridors on federal lands; special areas like Arizona's Sonoran Desert National Monument, New Mexico's Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, and Maryland's C&O Historic Park could be affected. Urge your Congressional Representative to define energy corridors appropriately and cautiously - not in areas where they will harm wildlife, cultural sites, and the wilderness experience.
California Campaigns
• BHP Billiton, the largest mining company in the world, is seeking approval to build a massive floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal called Cabrillo Port off the Southern California coast near Malibu and Oxnard. Tell Governor Schwarzenegger to reject the dangerous and dirty Cabrillo Port liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
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