Through Our Eyes

Go to the Defenders of Wildlife website to Take Action for Panthers. According to the DoW Take Action alert, “Florida panthers once prowled and flourished in America’s southeastern woodlands and swamps, but today fewer than 160 of these majestic cats remain in a tiny remnant of their historic range. And that habitat is shrinking every day – gobbled up by subdivisions and commercial development.

We’re in a race against time. As panther habitat becomes more and more fragmented, it will be increasingly difficult for these creatures to stay out of harm’s way.”

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There is a reason to celebrate in the name of wildlife and the day to celebrate was yesterday, December 4, which was the first Wildlife Conservation Day with a press release by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton making the announcement.

The goal behind the establishment of a special day to celebrate wildlife is to bring awareness about wildlife trafficking to the forefront. More people need to know about this crime that has reduced the number of elephants and rhinos at an alarming rate in a short period of time. Many species are endangered and more and more are ending up on that list almost daily. If you’ve followed any of the blogs for Eye Help Animals, you already know this. The US is working with other countries to strengthen their own laws and wildlife enforcement networks from Central America to South Asia are being established.

Our Eye Help Animals supporters already know how they can help and it is important for others to follow – refuse to purchase products made from endangered wildlife (see our Sept/Oct, 2012 Eyes Alive newsletter to read an article about the slaughter of Elephants for ivory and our May/Jun, 2012 Eyes Alive newsletter for information about the killing of rhinos for their tusks). Stand up and speak out for the animals who cannot speak for themselves. Tell your government that you will not tolerate this mistreatment of wildlife. Take the pledge to protect endangered animals: www.wildlifepledge.org.

Defenders of Wildlife is asking congress to not turn its back on American wildlife. Please watch the video at Take Action on Defenders of Wildlife website and then send your message to congress by filling in your contact information. The deadline is December 31, 2012 – send your message now!

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Take Action! Since Congress delisted wolves from the endangered list in Idaho and handed over their lives to state officials, more than 400 wolves have been killed. The tragedy that swept through Idaho is due to come to Wyoming at the end of this month, unless we help by signing the petition. Over 62,000 signatures have been added, but 38,000 more are needed to hit the 100,000 mark but August 31. Click on the link to sign the petition through the Defenders of Wildlife Take Action website.

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=2487&JServSessionIdr004=0jpgtck7z3.app217a

Over the last two weeks, 14,000 people have sent messages to the EPA to protect Alaska’s grizzlies from the potentially poisonous waters when the foreign mining giants build the Pebble gold and copper mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Massive amounts of toxic wastes will be dropped into the pristine waters of Bristol Bay where thousands of grizzlies line up to feast on the world’s largest salmon run. But you can stop them by adding your voice and protecting the Alaskan grizzlies. Read about it here and then Take Action for Grizzlies!

http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Policy/Mining-Loopholes/Pebble-Mine-AK.aspx

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Join the President in ending these bailouts! Every year Congress hands out billions of dollars in subsidies to the fossil fuel industry. President Obama’s budget eliminates these handouts and reduces our national debt by $41 billion!!!! over the next 10 years while also improving the environment and public health.

Take Action here!

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Idaho officials want to kill wolves from aircraft, using taxpayers money. They want the Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services to track down and kill up to two thirds of wolves in northeast Idaho. As Defenders says “It’s an unscientific plan aimed at artificially boosting big game populations.”

Stop this heinous crime against Wolves! Take Action here!

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A good friend of ours passed along some information regarding fur trapping in NH. There is currently a bill in the NH House (HB 1514) that if passed will, hopefully, eliminate the use of the leg-hold trap by removing any financial incentive to trap wildlife as a source of income. DJ and I urge NH residents who believe, as we do, that our local wildlife is no less important than any other species to sign this petition showing your support.

The leg-trap should be banned outright because it results in intentionally inflicted and totally unneccesary animal pain and suffering. It is our opinion that all wildlife deserves to live free as nature intended and especially deserves to live free from cruelty. Living in harmony with wildlife is the true hallmark of any civilized society.

One hour without power.  How easy is that?

At 8:30PM EST, we turned off the main circuit breaker in our home to participate in Earth Hour.  The idea is simplicity in itself, but it can have a big impact when millions and possibly even billions of people and businesses around the world participate.

Earth Hour began in one city, in one country in 2007, when more than 2.2 million households and businesses in Sydney turned off their lights for one hour on Saturday 31, Saturday 2007.

In 2008, Earth Hour reached 370 cities and towns in more than 35 countries across 18 time zones, which prompted an estimated 50 to 100 million people around the world to switch off their lights for Earth Hour 2008 when global landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco, Rome’s Coliseum, the Coke billboard in Times Square New York and Jumeirah Hotel in Dubai, darkened for one hour.

The campaign has now become a global sustainability movement.

We’re going to have our own ‘hour without power’ on a monthly basis from now on.  It's a small act, but we believe all great things are accomplished by the cumulative effect of many small actions.