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eredienI hadn't planned on staying up until 1 am, but this is important.
Today I went kayaking for two and a half hours on a lake where the loudest sound in some spots was the drip of water falling from the paddle back into its lake.
There were three loons, a beaver dam, and thousands and thousands of trees.
I plan on bringing all of you who want, someday, up to the Adirondacks. They're a deep part of me, and so beautiful.
That is why I am pissed about what Bush's administration plans to do to the Endangered Species Act (thanks to Orion for the link):
Giving Americans access to endangered animals, officials said, would feed the gigantic U.S. demand for live animals, skins, parts and trophies, and generate profits that would allow poor nations to pay for conservation of the remaining animals and their habitat.
I can't hold these ideas in my mind at one time; it's pure doublethink.
And, as someone suggested in Orion's journal, the official comment time for this runs out on October 17th. You still have three days!
Let EVERYONE know what you think:
Write the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive.
Write the Environmental Protection Agency.
Get contact information for your local office of the Endangered Species Act and write them.
Email:
task_force@ofee.gov
public-access@epa.gov
Write lots of people. Get upset.
We can decide to screw up our species ourselves, but they're fucking with the fate of other species here. Let them know that they have no idea what the hell they're doing, and make them want to stop doing it.
According to this article on MSNBC and several other news sites (http://www.msnbc.com/news/978996.asp?0bl=-0&cp1=1#BODY), the Department of the Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Office is considering lifting the ban on the importation of animal products and animals that are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
I would like to express my disgust at this idea: how will populations of endangered animals increase if hundreds of them are being shot daily by people desperate for money? The proporsal says that that money would go for conservation efforts for the species in question, but if they are all being killed off or imported into the united states (as parrots would be, for example) what will there be left to conserve? Endangered species parks in thirdworld countries are already understaffed--wht would be the good of enlarging these parks or hiring more staff if the animals these parks are supposed to save are freely and legally being killed for international trade?
Moreover, there are only a few of some species left in the wild, and their numbers are dwindling still further because of decreased genetic variety in the remaining wild populations. How long will these species remain extant to be killed if this provision is enabled.
Species are not a renewable resource.
Thank you for listening to these concerns; pleae keep them in mind.
Today I went kayaking for two and a half hours on a lake where the loudest sound in some spots was the drip of water falling from the paddle back into its lake.
There were three loons, a beaver dam, and thousands and thousands of trees.
I plan on bringing all of you who want, someday, up to the Adirondacks. They're a deep part of me, and so beautiful.
That is why I am pissed about what Bush's administration plans to do to the Endangered Species Act (thanks to Orion for the link):
Giving Americans access to endangered animals, officials said, would feed the gigantic U.S. demand for live animals, skins, parts and trophies, and generate profits that would allow poor nations to pay for conservation of the remaining animals and their habitat.
I can't hold these ideas in my mind at one time; it's pure doublethink.
And, as someone suggested in Orion's journal, the official comment time for this runs out on October 17th. You still have three days!
Let EVERYONE know what you think:
Write the Office of the Federal Environmental Executive.
Write the Environmental Protection Agency.
Get contact information for your local office of the Endangered Species Act and write them.
Email:
task_force@ofee.gov
public-access@epa.gov
Write lots of people. Get upset.
We can decide to screw up our species ourselves, but they're fucking with the fate of other species here. Let them know that they have no idea what the hell they're doing, and make them want to stop doing it.
According to this article on MSNBC and several other news sites (http://www.msnbc.com/news/978996.asp?0bl=-0&cp1=1#BODY), the Department of the Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Office is considering lifting the ban on the importation of animal products and animals that are listed under the Endangered Species Act.
I would like to express my disgust at this idea: how will populations of endangered animals increase if hundreds of them are being shot daily by people desperate for money? The proporsal says that that money would go for conservation efforts for the species in question, but if they are all being killed off or imported into the united states (as parrots would be, for example) what will there be left to conserve? Endangered species parks in thirdworld countries are already understaffed--wht would be the good of enlarging these parks or hiring more staff if the animals these parks are supposed to save are freely and legally being killed for international trade?
Moreover, there are only a few of some species left in the wild, and their numbers are dwindling still further because of decreased genetic variety in the remaining wild populations. How long will these species remain extant to be killed if this provision is enabled.
Species are not a renewable resource.
Thank you for listening to these concerns; pleae keep them in mind.
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14/10/03 05:58 (UTC)And thanks for those links - many people will be recieving enraged emails!