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Take Action: Act Now - Wild Tigers are Facing Extinction!
Loopholes in current regulations are fueling the illegal tiger trade and contributing to tiger extinction. Take action!
Goal: 30,000
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Progress: 24,072
Sponsored by: The Animal Rescue Site
The world's wild tiger population has been diminishing for several years. Tigers are so endangered now that they face the possibility of extinction as early as the year 2020. So it's appalling to find out that the illegal tiger trade is still operating as strong as ever. Because of loopholes in current legislation, captive tiger owners aren't required to obtain certain permits or meet specific standards. There is no reporting system for keeping tabs on these owners' activities, which means the tigers aren't protected from abuse and poaching.
These majestic animals need protections if they are to continue to reproduce and replenish their populations. We need to close the current loopholes and require that captive tiger owners follow very specific and rigorous regulations. Sign the petition asking Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar to work toward closing the loopholes and saving the one of the world's most beautiful creatures.
Dear Secretary Ken Salazar,
As a concerned animal advocate I am writing to express my thoughts about the world's tiger population. Right now, there are as few as about 3,000 tigers living in the wild. This is the lowest number ever reported, and if the population continues depleting at the rate it is now, wild tigers could be completely extinct within 15 years or less.
Part of the problem is that wild tiger owners in the US aren't required to meet certain standards that would grant the tigers further protections from abuse, poaching, and consequently, extinction. Tigers and tiger products are traded on the black market, which, in turn, only perpetuates the tigers' plight.
Certain subspecies of tigers are already completely extinct. We must take action now.
Please use your legislative authority to see that regulations for owning captive tigers are implemented as soon as possible. As long as the loopholes remain, owners will continue to disregard the safety and well being of the tigers for their own benefit. We must act on behalf of the tigers and create stronger regulations for their protection.
Thank you for your time.
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
petremann melanie
May 14, 2013
Lisa Rex
May 14, 2013
Miranda Williams
May 14, 2013
Sara King
Tigers are treasures!each with its own personality and likes, just like people. Please help them!
May 14, 2013
Ankie Ellajdel
May 14, 2013
Helene Wetzel
May 14, 2013
Abbi Kessler
May 14, 2013
Lynda Ferrara
May 14, 2013
Catherine jablonska
May 14, 2013
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Please save the tigers...don't let them become extinct
May 14, 2013
marion Beens
May 13, 2013
Briana Camp
May 13, 2013
Laurie Long
May 13, 2013
mary lukowski
May 13, 2013
Cecelia Samp
May 13, 2013
Rhonda Sears
May 13, 2013
Susan Myers
May 12, 2013
Liane Gayler
May 12, 2013
Andrea Angwin
May 12, 2013
Nicole Matier
May 11, 2013
Di Griffiths
May 11, 2013
Yolanda Anaya
May 11, 2013
Natalie Beens
May 11, 2013
Kirsty Bingham
May 11, 2013
Cheryl Whitley
May 10, 2013
Kathryn Reyna
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
May 10, 2013
JOHN FUENTES
May 10, 2013
grace rockey
May 10, 2013
Irena Hodzic
May 10, 2013
marty quales
May 10, 2013
Ann Botehlo
Please save these animals is such a shame to kill these beautiful animals tigers r my favorite animal and to no that some heartless person can just kill them for there fur breaks my heart please stop be 4 they are all gone
May 10, 2013
Brian Fineberg
May 10, 2013
Pamela Scott
May 9, 2013
Josie Vaughn
May 9, 2013
Silvia Silva
May 9, 2013
N. M.
May 9, 2013
Debra Fox
May 9, 2013
christopher goetz
May 9, 2013
Aline Juncarol
May 9, 2013
Veroy Tison
May 9, 2013
Noemi Andalon
May 9, 2013
janet miller
May 9, 2013
Zeina Mbam
May 9, 2013
Vincy John
May 9, 2013
Dawn Orahood
May 8, 2013
Ms. Carla Compton, Advocate/Activist
May 8, 2013
Kristy Preston
May 8, 2013
Jennifer Martin
May 8, 2013
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May 8, 2013
Erin Owens
