Two Actions for Wildlife: Pull Palin’s Discovery Show, Urge Congress to Act for Struggling Wildlife
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1. BACKGROUND
- Target: David Zaslav President & CEO, Discovery Communications
- Sponsored by:Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Discovery Communications usually celebrates nature and wildlife, but by signing a deal with former governor Sarah Palin to host a reality show about Alaska, it will now pay millions to one of wildlife’s greatest enemies.
As governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin fought against protecting the Cook Inlet beluga whales and the dwindling population of polar bears. Plus, she escalated the bloody aerial wolf-killing campaign, and even planned to offer a $150 bounty for the severed forelimb of each killed wolf.
The same company that owns Animal Planet and is known for their stunning wildlife-focused shows has no business hiring someone as anti-wildlife as Sarah Palin.Tell Discovery Communications that Sarah Palin doesn’t deserve to host a show about “the powerful beauty of Alaska.”
Related, Aerial Hunting of Wolves in Alaska
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2. BACKGROUND
With an anti-conservation majority taking over in the House next Congress, this is our last chance for the foreseeable future to pass important bills — many of which have been waiting for years to pass — to help sea otters, lions, migratory birds and other wildlife.
This important omnibus legislation should include important measures for protecting vulnerable wildlife like sea otters, lions, jaguars, sea turtles and billions of migratory birds.
This critical package of bills should include:
* The Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act (H.R. 556/S.1748): Provides vital funding for research and recovery efforts to save the struggling southern sea otter.
* The Great Cats and Rare Canids Act (H.R. 411/S. 529): Authorizes critical funds for vital efforts to protect lions and rare animals like snow leopards, Ethiopian wolves, jaguars and other imperiled wildlife struggling to survive.
* The Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (H.R. 2213/S. 690): Ensures resources to conserve five billion birds that migrate between the North and Central America including some of the rarest birds on the continent.
* The Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 509): Makes resources available to protect sea turtles and the places they need to survive — more important than ever after the deadly impacts of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil disaster.
* The Crane Conservation Act (H.R. 388/S. 197): Provides resources to protect the most endangered family of birds in the world, including the North American whooping crane — the rarest of all cranes.
These non-controversial bills are extremely important to the wildlife and wild places that are struggling to survive.
Please remember to sign the following two petitions:
More ads from DOW:
Defenders’ Metro Ads Against Discovery and Sarah Palin’s Alaska
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human race goes on with their
daily lives
husbands, children, jobs(if lucky)
wives
while wild creatures
blessed children of
the creator
their domains destroyed
sooner or later
we must stand up
make a choice
we are their only chance
and their loudest voice!!!!Karen Lyons Kalmenson
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human race goes on with their
daily lives
husbands, children, jobs(if lucky)
wives
while wild creatures
blessed children of
the creator
their domains destroyed
sooner or later
we must stand up
make a choice
we are their only chance
and their loudest voice!!!!
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