Going after the oil companies is going to be very difficult. Tobacco companies are still making big profits. The oil companies believe that they have a right to destroy the planet
These arsonists have a
name and they’re hiding in plain view—because their actions, at the moment, are
still considered legal. They’re the companies that helped turn the boreal
forest into a flammable tinder-box. The same companies that have undermined
attempts to rein in carbon emissions. The same companies that, by their very
design, chase profits with no mind for the ecological and human consequences.
Yet in the fire’s
aftermath, it has seemed impossible to name them: fossil fuel corporations. Of
course they’re not the only ones who have fuelled climate change: all of us
consume oil at every level of our lives. But the record is clear that we are
not equally responsible: an astonishing 90 companies alone have caused
two-thirds of global carbon emissions. And all the oil giants involved in the
Alberta tar sands are among them: ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Total, CNRL, Chevron.
Three years ago, one
of the orphaned baby rhinos being raised on Lewa Wildlife Conservancy made a
lasting impression on none other than Sir David Attenborough - the man who has
made a few lasting impressions of his own.
Nicky, the blind
orphaned black rhino, who came nose-to-nose with Attenborough three years ago,
is now now four years old, weighs in close to 900 kilos, and his best friend is
Kitui, another young black rhino being raised by the Lewa rangers alongside
him.
A wildlife body on
Friday alleged that Amazon website was selling wildlife specimens including sea
horses and alligator heads, protected under the country's laws, and urged the
company to stop their sale.
Wildlife SOS claimed
the website was offering an array of wildlife trophies, snares and manuals on
hunting - including alligator heads, preserved snakes, butterflies, starfish,
rare beetles and seahorses along with dangerous trapping and killing devices
like snares.
The body noted it was
"incredulous" that a company like Amazon would list items for sale
listed under protected species in India.
I'll leave it to you to decide. Do we have the right to tell the people of other countries how to manage their wildlife?
We believe that a vast
number of good people around our shared planet would be glad to add their voice
to the World Heritage Species call - if only they could be made aware of this
initiative to protect our heritage animals. As such we thank you for your
continued sharing, tweeting and any other means via which you generate
awareness of this initiative - after all WE all are this call’s ambassadors.
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