Monday, October 21, 2013

Protect Endangered Rhinos from Poacher Gangs


Protect Endangered Rhinos from Poacher Gangs
  • author: Care2.com
  • target: Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan, Minister of India's Environment and Forests Ministry
  • signatures: 51,663
51,663
50,000
Kaziranga National Park turned into an arena for bloodshed recently when a gang of armed poachers fought off park rangers for several hours in India to kill an endangered rhinoceros. This was the thirteenth atrocity of its kind in two months, the result of a recent surge of poaching in the area.

Tell Minister of India's Environment and Forests Ministry, Smt. Jayanthi Natarajan, that the government cannot continue to ignore this threat! Get park rangers the adequate funding and support they need to protect endangered rhinoceroses.

One-horned rhinoceroses were on the brink of extinction only twenty years ago. Two-thirds of their global population inhabit the Kaziranga National Park, where illegal activity occurs at the expense of ranger's safety and the lives of rhinos. If the government fails to check these poachers, many believe the rhinos are on the path to extinction.

Tell Minister Natarajan to help these endangered animals, heighten the security in Kaziranga National Park!

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