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Save the orangutans
a ramin crib
1. Help Save the Orangutan and Its Rainforest Home
Petition: http://www.care2.com/go/z/17590
Expectant parents have a lot to think about - but they
shouldn't have to worry about whether the wood in their
baby's crib destroyed habitat for an endangered orangutan.
Unfortunately, the reality is that the wood used so often
in baby cribs in the U.S. is ramin wood, which is subject
to extensive illegal logging in the rainforests of
Indonesia and Malaysia. And these rainforests are the home
of the endangered orangutan. The fact is, rampant demand
for ramin wood could soon lead to the extinction of the
orangutan, Asia's largest primate.
There are so many environmental crises these days. But the
thought of gentle, large apes like orangutans facing
extinction because of demand for consumer goods in the
U.S. is almost too much to bear.
Your signature today can help. Please sign this petition
to ask major retailers who sell ramin products - Sears,
Target, Toys "R" Us and Wal-Mart - to stop selling ramin
products, and to ask the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to
support Indonesia's efforts to curb illegal ramin logging.
These actions would make a world of difference to the
estimated 15,000 - 25,000 orangutans that remain in the
wild. Please sign here: http://www.care2.com/go/z/17590
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My babies have always slept in bed with me. We didn't buy a crib, either, although I had one set up for Mandy's social worker to see when we did the home study to adopt her.
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I had a crib for my girls......it was pine, though. I'm signing the petition.
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I didn't know that! I signed the petition. I never bought a crib. By the time mine weaned and got out of my bed they were in a regular bed made by my husband out of pine.
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Babies use cribs for such a short period of time - why do they need an exotic wood? Just to justify a laughable price? Orangutans are lovely animals and we can learn much of our own cultural history from them. Hopefully the lawmakers in the countries that are allowing the rape of the forests will put down some controls. xoxo
9/8/06 1:47 PM
iN MY TOWN THEY WANT TO KILL THE GEESE.
MY Officials need to choose a different type of non-lethal animal control!
Possibly methods that have a proven track records in other communities.
Many other towns deal with this humanely. Let's learn from them and do it humanely.
Cheryl~ Cste609371@aol.com