Sign the Petition to
SUPPORT THE MULTINATIONAL SPECIES CONSERVATION FUNDS
FOR ELEPHANTS, GREAT APES, SEA TURTLES, RHINOS, TIGERS!

What would our world and lives be without these extraordinary creatures? Yet each of these five world famous animal groups face grave threats to their survival in the wild, and they need our help to protect them. You can protect endangered animals in the wild by taking a minute to support an important initiative taking place throughout 2006.

Our government recognized the need to help these species years ago and created the Multinational Species Conservation Funds run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. While each of the five Funds is authorized to receive $5 million annually, Congress has never appropriated more than $1.4 million per year per program. Even with such limited funding, the program has a proven track record of success. The purpose of this petition is to urge Congress to appropriate at least $2 million toward each program to make them even more effective.

Naples Zoo is one of the 210 accredited members of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) representing a total 143 million visitors annually in asking you to get involved now and send a message to Congress: You care about these imperiled species and want to help protect them in the wild. Please take a moment and sign the petition asking for at least $2 million for each of the wildlife species covered under the Multinational Species Conservation Funds.

Sign this petition now It's an easy, effective way you can help save wildlife!

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Learn more about these Conservation Funds
African Elephant Program
Asian Elephant Program
Great Apes Program
Marine Turtle Program
Rhinoceros Program
Tiger Program

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1) How do I know how my signature will be used?
Your name and other information will only support this petition asking Congress to provide $2 million for each of the wildlife species covered under the Multinational Species Conservation Fund.

2) How do I know how the $2 million will really be used?
The Multinational Species Conservation Funds are administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The funds have a proven record of successful wildlife conservation over the past 14 years, concentrating on wildlife species that you care about and want to protect, and that face enormous risks to their survival.

3) What types of programs do these funds support?
The funds are used for programs such as:

•  Fighting disease in great apes in Africa

•  Maintaining or increasing key populations of elephants in Asia and Africa; rhinos in Southern Africa, Indonesia and India; tigers in Russia and great apes in Africa

•  Providing anti-poaching protection for rhinos in Sumatra

•  Funding a domestic elephant chase squad to ward off wild elephants from farmers' fields in India, thus reducing human-elephant conflict