birdhouse Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) I started a thread yesterday about a topic that I care about & thought many members would endorse. But I'm surprised to see the thread's gotten no love & very few hits. I thought maybe I put it in the wrong place. So I thought I'd try again because the CITES Standing Committee will meet in 2 days. And the more public pressure these types of organizations feel, the more attention they are apt to pay to any particular issue. Could members please take ten minutes to endorse this petition which could potentially help save tens of thousands of fids from a needlessly cruel end? Thank you. Valore ><><><><><><><><><><><><> I JUST HAD TO EDIT THE ORIGINAL PETITION LINK. SORRY, DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IT WAS WORKING FINE EARLIER. http://www.change.org/petitions/urgent-petition-tell-cites-to-suspend-trade-in-african-grey-parrots ><><><><><><><><><><><><> "Next week ...(the CITES Standing Committee) will decide on the fate of thousands of wild African Grey Parrots. Specifically, Congo - one of the largest exporters of these birds - is hoping to continue the practice of legally capturing these birds to sell to Asia and the Middle East. Their quota of 5,000 birds is regularly exceeded. And in Cameroon, despite a zero export quota for this species, a total of over 5,000 birds were exported in the last four years for which data is available. So, this decision next week will decide the fate of thousands of African Grey Parrots traded … every year." http://www.greyforums.net/forums/showthread.php?196437-Petition-Against-Wild-Trade "CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty, drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). ...Its aim is to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species in the wild, and it accords varying degrees of protection to more than 33,000 species of animals and plants. In order to ensure that the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was not violated, the Secretariat of GATT was consulted during the drafting process.[2] Only one species protected by CITES, the Spix's Macaw, has become extinct in the wild[3] as a result of trade since the Convention entered into force..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CITES Edited July 21, 2012 by birdhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judygram Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I am sorry you haven't gotten the response you wanted but I signed it, glad to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbersmom Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Signed and sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarasota Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Signed and sent as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 One raindrop at a time makes an ocean. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I signed as well! If you need additional help, let me know.How many signatures do you need, and how short are you from that? I can get my kids to help thru social media. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistyparrot Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Me too and I put it on our FB pages Steve n Misty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< I JUST HAD TO EDIT THE ORIGINAL PETITION LINK. SORRY, DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. IT WAS WORKING FINE EARLIER. http://www.change.org/petitions/urgent-petition-tell-cites-to-suspend-trade-in-african-grey-parrots ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< The CITE Standing Committe meeting is 23-27 July 2012. WORLD PARROT TRUST USA has apparently set a goal of 10,000 signatures. Their counter is currently closing in on 5,100. So, by all means, open the social media flood gates. Social awareness can not only help the cause now but in the future as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I hope everyone on this site, can respond, and encourage their friends. Misstyparrot... lets get to it! We need to get 5000 responses.Birdhouse...can you send me an exact link? First one didn't work for me. Second one did, but it would be easier to get responses, for a link that worked right away. Steve and I are more than happy to help you. I'm sure, others here, will help as well. Who... is willing to commit? Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 There must be something wrong w/the site. Top & bottom are identical from cut & paste. They should both work or both be broken. That's all I got... Sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Thats okay! I am severely computer illiterate, but I figured it out! I'm sure my friends and kids who are very " savy" on the computer, will figure it out. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 ...hhmm, nope, that was me, somehow. I just went back to check because I was thinking how the top edit "turned itself" blue when I inserted it. I didn't know why & still don't. But I liked it, so I left it that way. I think whatever happened, I may have messed w/the hyperlink location. SORRY! MY BAD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hi, this was posted on the 17th in the "Off topic" room back on the 17th, that's where we signed...Maggie Thanks URGENT PETITION: Tell CITES to suspend trade in African Grey Parrots! Friends, we need your help! URGENT PETITION: Tell CITES to suspend trade in African Grey Parrots! Next week in Switzerland (July 23, 2012), a small gathering of people who decide how wildlife can and can't be traded around the world (the CITES Standing Committee) will decide on the fate of thousands of wild African Grey Parrots. Please take a moment to sign the petition and let them know you are against such an action! Sign the petition: www.causes.com/citespetition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana600 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Some things just work better the second or third time around. Just try try again. This time it let me sign it. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zandische Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I signed it too...and posted it on FB! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Cat Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Signed and shared on Facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted July 22, 2012 Author Share Posted July 22, 2012 I don't how long the petition will be open for signatures. Strictly speaking, the committee meets today, Switzerland time. I have no idea where on the docket this issue is or when the petition needs to be submitted. But it's still thousands shy of the 10,000 mark. It gives me the warm fuzzies to see our members contributing, though! Hope we keep helping that number improve. Maggie & Jay - I didn't see that thread before I posted mine. I wouldn't have started a new one if I had. Sorry! But maybe it's just as well that it ended up in more places where people might see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 Shameless bump. But it's for a good cause. It is creeping up on zero hour faster than that counter's moving. I can't do much else but try to keep this visible for anyone who hasn't seen it yet. Thanks for everyone's patience. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spock Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 glad you did, thank you so much....Maggie and Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murfchck Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Signed it this morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted July 23, 2012 Author Share Posted July 23, 2012 (edited) The petition still seems available for signatures even though it's the 23rd, everywhere. Not as many signatures as I would have hoped to have seen from the whole wide world, maybe. But all in all, 9,329 is nothing to sneeze at. Still hopeful that's enough for CITES to take it seriously. Edited July 23, 2012 by birdhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kins2321@yahoo.com Posted July 23, 2012 Share Posted July 23, 2012 Let us know! I went to a party Saturday night and asked all my friends to sign the petition. They knew it was important to me, since I don't do alot on the computer.They promised to help. Nancy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kave70 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 happily signed and shared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) I was stopped dead when I checked the petition site today.Yesterday at this time, 9,329 people had signed it. 24 hrs later 18,417!!! So many people. So little effort. Such an incredible statement. "EDITOR'S NOTE: We have extended the petition deadline to collect as many signatures as possible, and continue sending CITES a strong message." http://www.change.org/petitions/urgent-petition-tell-cites-to-suspend-trade-in-african-grey-parrots WORLD PARROT TRUST USA is continuing to take full advantage of this stunning momentum. Their latest goal is 25,000 signatures. So let's help keep this campaign going because it's definitely on a roll! Edited July 24, 2012 by birdhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdhouse Posted July 31, 2012 Author Share Posted July 31, 2012 The combination of both petitions against wild Grey exports generated over 41,000 signatures in a matter of days. I truly believe this single effort made many hundreds of people aware of the realities of this horrific trade. I can only hope that some of them will go on to help bring it to an end some time in the foreseeable future. But not this time. Instead of stopping the export of wild Greys from the Congo, the CITES Standing Committee actually ruled to establish an export quota for Cameroon once again. How sad is it that the governing bodies on this planet will not see the harm being done before "the last of its kind" is being worshiped in its last possible refuge on the face of the earth? "Standing Committee approves annual export of 3,000 Greys from Cameroon Despite the best efforts of the World Parrot Trust and the over 41,000 signatories who supported the petition against the trade in Grey parrots in Cameroon and Congo, CITES' ruling yesterday ultimately failed to protect the birds from unsustainable trade, ignoring sound science, global public opinion, and the terms of their own Convention. Rather than ruling to protect protect these Globally Threatened Species, they instead chose to reopen trade from Cameroon, allowing 3,000 birds a year to now be legally exported from that country. As a result 6,000 birds will be taken from the wild as roughly 50% of these birds die between trapping and export. CITES also failed to suspend trade from the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is despite Congo's repeatedly exceeding their annual quota of 5,000 bird." http://www.parrots.org/flyfree/cites-results.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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