Florida Panthers Need Help

Leila Merosands
Leila Merosands
Lacey, WA, United StatesCreated August 6, 2009

Florida Panthers Need Help

Leila Merosands
Leila Merosands
Lacey, WA, United States
Created August 6, 2009

The Issue

There are only 80-100 Florida panthers left - the only big cat remaining in the eastern U.S.  They were voted Florida's state animal by Florida's schoolchildren, and now are being killed on the highways; designated habitat is what they need, and all they need, to be brought back to sustainable numbers.  They're a keystone or umbrella species of inestimable value to the environment; cougars in Western states were brought back from the brink of extinction, now we must do the same for the panthers; Secretary Salazar has the ability to designate protected habitat, and has done it in other cases, but he's very tough to get through to - please call and spread this easy click letter as far as you can.  Phone #:202-208-3100

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The Issue

There are only 80-100 Florida panthers left - the only big cat remaining in the eastern U.S.  They were voted Florida's state animal by Florida's schoolchildren, and now are being killed on the highways; designated habitat is what they need, and all they need, to be brought back to sustainable numbers.  They're a keystone or umbrella species of inestimable value to the environment; cougars in Western states were brought back from the brink of extinction, now we must do the same for the panthers; Secretary Salazar has the ability to designate protected habitat, and has done it in other cases, but he's very tough to get through to - please call and spread this easy click letter as far as you can.  Phone #:202-208-3100

The Decision Makers

Secretary Salazar
Secretary Salazar
Department of the Interior

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Petition created on August 6, 2009