Running for the World Wildlife Fund
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I am fundraising and running in the Rock n Roll Marathon in San Francisco, CA on March 26, 2017. I am not only attempting to raise $1,000.00, but to also raise awareness to end the slaughter/murder/poaching and trophy hunting. There are many that are on the critically endangered list. I am raising money for all of these innocent creatures, but mainly for my 3 favorite. The Rhinoceros, Africian and Asian Elephants, and the Mountain Gorilla. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are sponsoring me in the marathon. And I will be donating the $1000, you help me raise for them.
I am a very HUGE activist for animal rights. As well, as a HUGE animal lover. I have dedicated the remainder of my life, to fighting for the rights of ALL animals. As well as fighting to protect them and help change laws, to send people, who abuse, torture and kill animals, to prison, so they can be charged felonies, instead of receiving slaps on the wrist for their henious crimes.
It amazes me, how we are able to kill, torture, starve, fight for entertainment purposes, overbreed for financial gain, kidnap them from their natural habitats and subject to all sorts of testing, etc or confinement to small areas, so humans can view them. And the laws are just now, starting to slowly change, to prevent these acts of criminal violence to stop against animals. However, if a human, subjected another human to this form of abuse and suffering, theyd be charged and thrown into prison.
I want to bring your attention to something that is occuring and has been occuring against Africian Elephants. On June 15, 2016, the kick off, of the 3rd annual 96 Elephants Campaign began. It is estimated that every day 96 elephants are killed for their ivory. This is not even a statistic, it represents genocide. Between 2010 & 2012, 100,000 were killed acrossed the africian continent. On average 96 a day, one killed every 15 min. The elephant population has declined by 90%. And it is believed, that there are less than 15,000 roaming in Africa. The poachers want their ivory. And they orphan many baby elephants each day. These elephants are left to fend for themselves or the lucky ones are found by rangers, and taken to a place where baby elephants and rhinos, are taken to give them a chance at survival. Even though Ivory trafficing is illegal, in many countries, including the USA, China and several African Continents. There still is black market demand for it. It is estimated that the Africian Elephant will be extinct by 2025. When we officially put the bloody ivory market out of business. You stop the killing, stop the trafficing and stop the ivory demand. Is the goal.
The Mountain Gorilla are one of the worlds rarest animals. They estimate that there are less than 880 remaining in the wild in Africa. A chain of eight volcanoes known as the Virunga Volcanoes runs through a western section of the Rift Valley, forming part of the border between Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Rwanda. These spectacular mountains and the nearby Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda are the last refuges of the most endangered of the gorilla subspecies, the mountain gorilla. About 480 gorillas live in the Virunga Volocanoes Massif, and 400 gorillas live in Bwindi's Impenertrable National Park in Uganda.
Gorillas rarely attack humans. But in an encounter a person should stay still and refrain from staring or pointing at the gorilla. The gorilla is shy and retiring rather than ferocious and treacherous. It usually seeks no trouble unless harassed but will valiantly defend its family group if threatened. Family groups are close-knit and may have up to 30 members, but even if smaller, the group usually consists of at least one older male, one or more females and a few juveniles.
Gorillas have strong attachments to members of their own group and even when groups meet and mingle and then subsequently part, each animal tends to remain with its respective unit. An adult male called a silverback named for the silvery gray hairs on its back normally leads each group, serving as its chief protector and defender. Gorillas continually wander through their home ranges of 10 to 15 square miles, feeding and resting throughout the day. Because gorillas are nomadic, they build new nests each day at dusk, constructing them of bent branches in a tree or of grasses on the ground.
Gorillas are threatened by habitat loss due to increasing human populations, poaching for the bushmeat trade and diseases like ebola. Species that live in higher elevations, like mountain gorillas, are also affected by climate change, which has the potential to impact gorillas directly by altering their habitat, and indirectly by affecting agriculture yields in nearby communities, which in turn puts more pressure on remaining habitat.
The war in Rwanda in the early 1990s and years of civil unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo have sent waves of refugees into the region around the Virunga Mountains parks that are home to more than half the mountain gorilla population, leading to poaching and destruction of gorilla habitat. And parts of the park inhabited by gorillas have been taken over by rebels, making survey and conservation work difficult and dangerous. Since 1996, 140 Virunga rangers have been killed in the line of duty.
A lot of positive changes are happening at Virunga National Park in the DR of Congo. Due to the Park Rangers who have sworn to give up their lives to protect these beautiful animals and this park.
And the last animal I would like to touch on. Is the Rhinoceros. Brutal rhino poaching methods have escalated in South Africa, which is currently home to about 70% of the remaining rhinos in the world.
What are the reasons are Rhino poaching you might ask? Demand from China and Vietnam have elevated rhino horns to new levels. There have been reports that a rhino horn is worth as high as $US 50,000.00 per kg. This is similar to the street price of cocaine in the UK. This demand has obviously resulted in a big surge of rhino poaching incidents/slaughters/murders.
There are many ways these beautiful, peaceful and innocent creatures are poached. They come from poor communinaties and are driven by poverty and hunger to the more sophisticated poachers, they use high technological methods, which involve tranquilizer guns, helicopters, veterinary drugs and high calibur weapons.
Whether these animals are hit by the lower end poacher or the higher end. One things remains the same. These animals, are usually not killed. They are subdued, and then their horns are cut off. If they survive the initial attack (which most do), they use their horns for protection, to help them breathe and most of them won't be able to fight the HUGE infection, having their horn cut off brings about. It is absolutely cruel, evil and wrong.
While I know that I cannot stop poaching all by myself. I am making a pledge to do whatever is in my power to fight for animal rights ALL OVER THE WORLD. We need to be the change, we wish to see in the world. And so if any of you could help me reach the $1,000 fundraising goal for the WWF, share with friends or family whom they feel would be interested in helping. Or come out to support the me and my fellow marathon runners on March 26, 2017 in San Francisco California.
You can also donate by going to the http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/TR/PandaNation/Panda-Nation?px=11132782&pg=personal&fr_id=1470 on the WWF webpage.
Thank you for all your support.
I am a very HUGE activist for animal rights. As well, as a HUGE animal lover. I have dedicated the remainder of my life, to fighting for the rights of ALL animals. As well as fighting to protect them and help change laws, to send people, who abuse, torture and kill animals, to prison, so they can be charged felonies, instead of receiving slaps on the wrist for their henious crimes.
It amazes me, how we are able to kill, torture, starve, fight for entertainment purposes, overbreed for financial gain, kidnap them from their natural habitats and subject to all sorts of testing, etc or confinement to small areas, so humans can view them. And the laws are just now, starting to slowly change, to prevent these acts of criminal violence to stop against animals. However, if a human, subjected another human to this form of abuse and suffering, theyd be charged and thrown into prison.
I want to bring your attention to something that is occuring and has been occuring against Africian Elephants. On June 15, 2016, the kick off, of the 3rd annual 96 Elephants Campaign began. It is estimated that every day 96 elephants are killed for their ivory. This is not even a statistic, it represents genocide. Between 2010 & 2012, 100,000 were killed acrossed the africian continent. On average 96 a day, one killed every 15 min. The elephant population has declined by 90%. And it is believed, that there are less than 15,000 roaming in Africa. The poachers want their ivory. And they orphan many baby elephants each day. These elephants are left to fend for themselves or the lucky ones are found by rangers, and taken to a place where baby elephants and rhinos, are taken to give them a chance at survival. Even though Ivory trafficing is illegal, in many countries, including the USA, China and several African Continents. There still is black market demand for it. It is estimated that the Africian Elephant will be extinct by 2025. When we officially put the bloody ivory market out of business. You stop the killing, stop the trafficing and stop the ivory demand. Is the goal.
The Mountain Gorilla are one of the worlds rarest animals. They estimate that there are less than 880 remaining in the wild in Africa. A chain of eight volcanoes known as the Virunga Volcanoes runs through a western section of the Rift Valley, forming part of the border between Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire) and Rwanda. These spectacular mountains and the nearby Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda are the last refuges of the most endangered of the gorilla subspecies, the mountain gorilla. About 480 gorillas live in the Virunga Volocanoes Massif, and 400 gorillas live in Bwindi's Impenertrable National Park in Uganda.
Gorillas rarely attack humans. But in an encounter a person should stay still and refrain from staring or pointing at the gorilla. The gorilla is shy and retiring rather than ferocious and treacherous. It usually seeks no trouble unless harassed but will valiantly defend its family group if threatened. Family groups are close-knit and may have up to 30 members, but even if smaller, the group usually consists of at least one older male, one or more females and a few juveniles.
Gorillas have strong attachments to members of their own group and even when groups meet and mingle and then subsequently part, each animal tends to remain with its respective unit. An adult male called a silverback named for the silvery gray hairs on its back normally leads each group, serving as its chief protector and defender. Gorillas continually wander through their home ranges of 10 to 15 square miles, feeding and resting throughout the day. Because gorillas are nomadic, they build new nests each day at dusk, constructing them of bent branches in a tree or of grasses on the ground.
Gorillas are threatened by habitat loss due to increasing human populations, poaching for the bushmeat trade and diseases like ebola. Species that live in higher elevations, like mountain gorillas, are also affected by climate change, which has the potential to impact gorillas directly by altering their habitat, and indirectly by affecting agriculture yields in nearby communities, which in turn puts more pressure on remaining habitat.
The war in Rwanda in the early 1990s and years of civil unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo have sent waves of refugees into the region around the Virunga Mountains parks that are home to more than half the mountain gorilla population, leading to poaching and destruction of gorilla habitat. And parts of the park inhabited by gorillas have been taken over by rebels, making survey and conservation work difficult and dangerous. Since 1996, 140 Virunga rangers have been killed in the line of duty.
A lot of positive changes are happening at Virunga National Park in the DR of Congo. Due to the Park Rangers who have sworn to give up their lives to protect these beautiful animals and this park.
And the last animal I would like to touch on. Is the Rhinoceros. Brutal rhino poaching methods have escalated in South Africa, which is currently home to about 70% of the remaining rhinos in the world.
What are the reasons are Rhino poaching you might ask? Demand from China and Vietnam have elevated rhino horns to new levels. There have been reports that a rhino horn is worth as high as $US 50,000.00 per kg. This is similar to the street price of cocaine in the UK. This demand has obviously resulted in a big surge of rhino poaching incidents/slaughters/murders.
There are many ways these beautiful, peaceful and innocent creatures are poached. They come from poor communinaties and are driven by poverty and hunger to the more sophisticated poachers, they use high technological methods, which involve tranquilizer guns, helicopters, veterinary drugs and high calibur weapons.
Whether these animals are hit by the lower end poacher or the higher end. One things remains the same. These animals, are usually not killed. They are subdued, and then their horns are cut off. If they survive the initial attack (which most do), they use their horns for protection, to help them breathe and most of them won't be able to fight the HUGE infection, having their horn cut off brings about. It is absolutely cruel, evil and wrong.
While I know that I cannot stop poaching all by myself. I am making a pledge to do whatever is in my power to fight for animal rights ALL OVER THE WORLD. We need to be the change, we wish to see in the world. And so if any of you could help me reach the $1,000 fundraising goal for the WWF, share with friends or family whom they feel would be interested in helping. Or come out to support the me and my fellow marathon runners on March 26, 2017 in San Francisco California.
You can also donate by going to the http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/TR/PandaNation/Panda-Nation?px=11132782&pg=personal&fr_id=1470 on the WWF webpage.
Thank you for all your support.
Organizer
Angie Berry
Organizer
Ogden, UT
