Stop Rhinos In India From Being Killed!

Subject: Stop Rhinos In India From Being Killed!

action alert! Rhinos in India are being gunned down and killed for their commercially valuable horns. If this illegal poaching continues unchecked, these animals will soon be on the path to extinction. Tell India To Implement A Rhino Conservation Plan please share it helps!     Dear ..................l, Greater one-horned rhinos are the second largest rhino species and can be found in India and Nepal. But despite some conservation success in the past, these rhinos are once again facing threats of extinction. Just last year, 21 rhinos were killed in India's national parks. Add your voice to help end the illegal killing of rhinos. The IUCN Survival Commission has provided recommendations for a conservation plan to increase protection for rhinos in India. Join us in asking the government of India to move forward with the plan to protect rhinos from harm. Poaching continues to be a threat, so we all need to show our support for a conservation plan to ensure these creatures are not hunted to extinction! Tell the Indian government to stop the slaughter of rhinos before it's too late. Thank you for taking action, Roseanne C. Care2 and ThePetitionSite Team

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5 Facts That'll Make You Think Differently About Vultures

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Check out the causes you care about most -- with stories from Care2's network of bloggers and non-profit partners. 5 Facts That'll Make You Think Differently About Vultures Poor, vultures. They really get a bad rap. No one wants to be called a vulture. It means your lazy, just picking the scraps off someone else's hard... read more Daily Cute: Dog Meets Elmo Elmo is well-loved by kids around the world, but these two dogs clearly aren't fans! read more Texas Helpless to Prevent Another Fertilizer Plant Explosion Remember the West, Texas explosion that killed 15 people, injured hundreds more and devastated an entire community? Given that about 150 Texas businesses... read more Russian Bill Would Let State Take Kids from Gay Parents Russian lawmakers are now reportedly pursuing a bill that would allow child welfare authorities to remove children from the homes of parents with... read more take action, now! Ask Dr. Phil to Apologize for Outrageous Tweet signatures: 15183 created by: Rachel Collinson sign now Women Gain Record-Breaking Number of Seats in Zimbabwe's New Parliament At a historic 35 percent, women's representation has more than doubled for the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe, due to a special Constitutional measure applied... read more Drinking Booze in Your Teens Might Have Increased Your Risk of Breast Cancer Having lost two close friends to breast cancer, I follow all the latest research on the topic fairly obsessively. Earlier this year came a study... read more Is This an End to Horrible Experiments on Animals' Eyes? The end of one kind of painful, blinding and lethal laboratory experiment on animals, the Draize test, may be at hand. A new technique to grow human... read more How Could a Stork Be Accused of Spying in Egypt? Egyptian police recently detained a stork on suspicion of spying, going so far as placing the bird in police custody. read more

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Human Rights First: Barrier for women seeking asylum

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Subject: Barrier for women seeking asylum

Dear Friend: A teenage victim of trafficking and rape from the Balkans applied for asylum thirteen months after coming to the United States. Despite extensive evidence and testimony describing her trauma and her difficulties talking about what had happened to her, she was denied asylum. Why? Because she missed the one-year asylum filing deadline. Urge your Senators to protect women fleeing from persecution by eliminating the asylum filing deadline. It's reasonable to ask why some people in need of asylum don't apply for it immediately. But when you think about the experience of persecuted refugees, the answer is clear. Many are traumatized and isolated. Most speak little or no English. Some don't even know they're supposed to, or able to, seek asylum. Victims of gender-based violence face an additional hurdle: shame. The asylum process requires them to talk to a stranger about the abuse they've suffered—a forbidding task for most, especially for women from cultures where they would be scorned and perhaps ostracized if the nature of their mistreatment became known. We've been working to make sure that the immigration bill now being considered by the Senate includes better protection for refugees. A filing deadline, no matter the length, turns away vulnerable refugees who need our protection. Urge your Senators to protect refugees by keeping Section 3401 in the immigration bill intact. Sincerely, Sara Jane Ibrahim Human Rights First Human Rights First is an independent advocacy and action organization that challenges America to live up to its ideals. We believe American leadership is essential in the struggle for human rights so we press the U.S. government and private companies to respect human rights and the rule of law. When they don't, we step in to demand reform, accountability and justice. Around the world, we work where we can best harness American influence to secure core freedoms.

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