No Lion Tacos in Arizona

Just a few months after another Arizona restaurant was blasted for having lion burgers on the menu, Boca Tacos y Tequila started a promotion for lion meat tacos as a way to make their name known. They got publicity, but not exactly what they expected. Over 3,000 Change.org members asked the restaurant not to serve the inhumane, unsustainable dish. On January 24, Boca Tacos y Tequila announced on their Facebook page that lion tacos are off the menu and any money already collected from pre-orders would be refunded.

While African lions are not endangered, they are a vulnerable species, and serving lion meat supports inhumane lion farming and creates a demand in the global market for poachers.

http://www.change.org/petitions/no-lion-tacos-in-arizona

Help Save The Mexican Gray Wolves

Only 42 ...and read 42 only is the number of Mexican gray wolves that are left in the wild now in the entire world. This is a really bad news. Not shocking with the way we are going killing animals. But definitely sad.

These wolves – found in the wild only in Arizona and New Mexico – face plenty of threats, including illegal killing by anti-wolf extremists. But now a Montana Congressman is taking aim at the life-saving protections these and other rare and beautiful animals need to survive.

Rehberg’s two bills would eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for every single wolf in the Southwest, Midwest and Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies.

The result? A no-holds-barred approach to wolf killing that would end efforts to stop wolf killings in the Southwest and could see Idaho lawmakers make good on their promise to “remove wolves by whatever means necessary.”

If passed, this legislation would also be the first ever to exempt a single species from the Endangered Species Act – setting a dangerous precedent for removing protections for other imperiled wildlife.

Make no mistake: These bills are bad for wolves, bad for the Endangered Species Act, and bad for the future of all America’s wildlife.

Let's stand up for this meaningful cause and Take Action. Send the following letters to make sure this does not happen.

SAVE OUR WOLVES.

Source: Defenders  of Wildlife