Pet Lovers

[Drythe]

Today I received this notice from Care2Post, a group that does lots of good work for animals.

I hope you don't mind my posting this here, I know all of you love animals and I hope you will consider signing.

The U.S. is poised to protect lions under the Endangered Species Act as early as tomorrow, which is a step in the right direction. Unfortunately, the current proposal will allow some trophy hunting to continue. Can you take a moment to sign this urgent petition to end lion trophy hunting under U.S. laws?

Since 1975, the number of African lions has declined by 80 to 90 percent. While Cecil captured the world's attention and outrage, his story has been repeated time and time again throughout Africa.

Momentum is absolutely turning against the selfish, destructive "sport" of trophy hunting. In addition to the positive steps from the Department of the Interior, Delta, United and American Airlines have all banned the shipment of dead wildlife trophies, and efforts are underway for an international ban on the practice. But we must do more to protect and restore lion prides in Africa.

Please sign this Care2 petition and urge the U.S. to lead for lions and end trophy hunts under the Endangered Species Act right now

This is the link and I promise you it is not a hoax.

<www.care2.com/go/z/e/ATFYb/zQ_y/ChyxN>

Best to all.

Can you hear the roars?  ROAR CECIL!

[GingerPeach]

@Drythe

I got an email, too -- and signed.  

[CatLoverDogsToo]

I am not against hunting for food, but when it comes to any trophy hunting, especially "canned trophy hunts" my blood boils. Surely those people partaking in that despicable "sport" could find another way to "elevate" themselves.  JMHO.

[beastielove]

There's not one animal loving person on this board who minds you posting this very important petiton (which I signed) here.

I know in my heart that there's some very bad,very horrific karma that going to get that vile Palmer, who intentionally slaughtered that beautiful,magnificent Lion King...Cecil.

I do hope that you'll join us on some of the many wonder-fur  threads on this pawsome board! :-)

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All of my children have paws =^..^=

[Drythe]

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@beastielove wrote:

There's not one animal loving person on this board who minds you posting this very important petiton (which I signed) here.

I know in my heart that there's some very bad,very horrific karma that going to get that vile Palmer, who intentionally slaughtered that beautiful,magnificent Lion King...Cecil.

I do hope that you'll join us on some of many wonder-fur  threads on this pawsome board! :-)

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All of my children have paws =^..^=

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@beastielove

Thank you very much for your kindness.  Animal lovers are the BEST people!

All of my children have paws too.

I also want to thank @GingerPeach who encouraged me to start my first thread which was about Cecil.

And @HappyDaze who encouraged me to post here.

[HappyDaze]

@Drythe thank you for sharing this. The whole thing makes me ill but not just because it is cecil but for ALL lions, elephants, rhinos, etc that are killed for "fun". Just makes me ill.

[GingerPeach]

@Drythe

Dear Drythe,

Big hugs!  

I've been signing petitions since they became available and contributing to animal causes ever since I began to earn money.

But, thanks to you for posting on these forums and helping show others that these petitions actually do work.

All the best to you!

[Pandalady]

Thank you, Drythe for the link!  I signed.  What a beautiful picture of Cecil at the top of the petition!

[Venezia]

I'm glad what happened to Cecil (and countless other hunted animals) hasn't been forgotten after all the media blitz ended.

I tried to sign the petition, but got a message that the site is currently undergoing maintenance.  But don't worry - I'll go back and sign it, when the site is up again.

Thank you for posting this!

[on the bay]

Thank you for posting this. I'm glad too to see that people have not forgotten *I did sign but there are a lot more to go to reach 100,000-I hope they do!