hihi!!



today is save the animals day for me!



just sent out a huge number of emails to all my contacts about signing a pledge to help persuade govts all over the world to stop illegal trade. hotmail even said, i've already sent the maximum number of emails i can send per day and now i have to wait till the day is over before i can send out the last remaining emails. well, anywho, at least i felt good for doing that.



so i've been reading wildaid.org and i've got information to share!

just take a look at these numbers:



- Black rhino populations fell from 60,000 in 1970 to 2,500 in 1990 as poachers targeted their horns.


-African elephant numbers fell from 1,200,000 in 1970 to 600,000 in 1989 as a result of the trade in ivory.


-The Spix macaw is believed to be extinct in the wild. Most of the last individuals were trapped illegally for collectors.


-There are believed to be fewer than 50,000 Asian elephants left in the wild.


-World sturgeon catches for caviar declined from nearly 28,000 to 8,140 tons between 1982 and 1994.


-An estimated 100 million sharks, skates and rays are caught every year.


-There may be fewer than 5,000 tigers surviving in the wild.



There you have it. these are all the wake-up calls i think we should be getting everyday. and its terrible. 2,500 black rhinos left in the wild? and 5,000 tigers? like WHAT THE??? do we even get to eat their meat???!!!NO, we just kill them for their horns, fur, claws and whatever parts you can almost find on a human. this was really shocking. i really hope help comes just in time. this world is going bonkers...

And if illegal trade weren't enough, read through this.
http://www.seashepherd.org/news/media_071029_1.html
Date: 29th Oct 2007

In Japan, a group of surfers tried to stay with a pod of pilot whales (they were captured in a cove) in the water, while they were killed by the local fishermen. you can even see the blood in the water, its really sick to see people do these kinda things. no morals really.

im going to bed, too tired.

i really want to save my animals. but i just wish everyone feels the same way.