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Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, President of Costa Rica: Rescue The Rescue Center
Linah H.
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Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera, President of Costa Rica
URGENT CALL-TO-ACTION FOR COSTA RICA WILDLIFE CENTER
The Lizano family, who run the refuge center, have been fighting for years; fighting for animals, nature, biodiversity, and justice in the case of Jairo Mora Sandoval, who was brutally murdered in 2013 by poachers. Jairo was an environmentalist who fought with the Lizanos to protect endangered nesting sea turtles on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, in Moín near Limón.
The Costa Rica Wildlife Sanctuary (CRWS) represents everything the Lizanos are fighting for. They already lost the fight for Moin beach, which is on the way to becoming privately owned by the Dutch company APM Terminals for the purpose of building a megaport on the very same nesting beaches that Jairo dedicated his life to protecting. Now, the Lizanos are being forced to leave the sanctuary where hundreds of injured and abandoned animals were given refuge and nearly one hundred remain.
In December, the initial letter reached the Lizanos asking them to leave the property within one month’s time. After much negotiation, the Lizanos are allowed to stay until the Supreme Court decision on the case. However, there is no documentation referencing these negotiations, and therefore no guarantee that they won’t be forced to abandon earlier! Moreover, the Costa Rican government approved the APM Terminals to start the Moin Container Terminal Project, which will result in the complete destruction of the nesting beaches and the wildlife center.
WE DEMAND THE PERMANENT STAY FOR THE LIZANOS AND RESCUE CENTER – MORE THAN THAT; WE DEMAND THE PROPERTY TO BE PROTECTED, AS IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE ECOSYSTEM AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENT ANIMALS
Since 2009, CRWS has provided a safe haven for many species of Costa Rican wildlife, some critically endangered. Over the past 6 years, CRWS has been one of the only local options for caring and rehabilitating injured wildlife and those that have been confiscated from the illegal pet trade such as Geoffrey’s spider monkeys, kinkajous, and sloths. The wildlife center is surrounded by undisturbed jungle, making it an ideal place to care for and eventually release rehabilitated animals. The sanctuary is also adjacent to Moín beach, an important nesting habitat for endangered leatherback turtles. Without this stretch of beach, currently undisturbed by human interference, the leatherback turtle population is sure to suffer. The Lizano family has taken drastic measures to protect this beach. They have also been in partnership with other organizations to protect and preserve this turtle nesting habitat by patrolling the beach and establishing a harvest and release program for turtle eggs. These organizations and their volunteers have gone to great lengths to protect this beach because the government will not do so. One man, Jairo Mora Sandoval, even laid down his own life for Moin beach and the leatherback turtles. What would Jairo, practically a national hero in Costa Rica, think if he knew the government is allowing all this to be destroyed? To read more about Jairo Mora Sandoval and the international attention his death sparked, click here: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/13/the-legacy-of-murdered-sea-turtle-conservationist-ja.....
or here: http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2014/09/15/sea-shepherd-launches-operation-pacuare-sea-tur.....
The Lizano family, volunteers and friends feel very strongly about the sanctuary and are outraged by its recent predicament and are requesting an urgent call to action.
With this petition, we aim to show international interest in this case by declaring the destruction of the Sanctuary by the government and by APM unethical, hopefully allowing CRWS to prosper, the jungle to be protected and animals to live.
Sign the Petition here: https://secure.avaaz.org/es/petition/Mark_Rutte_primer_ministro_holandes_y_convenio_de_Ramsar_ONU_Qu.....
More about the Costa Rica Animal Rescue Center:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVhOdCLXsY
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joLv_VgIP_SL8iUa3vS6HH0TPNVaziFbMMkBO7UrFjs/edit
The Lizano family, who run the refuge center, have been fighting for years; fighting for animals, nature, biodiversity, and justice in the case of Jairo Mora Sandoval, who was brutally murdered in 2013 by poachers. Jairo was an environmentalist who fought with the Lizanos to protect endangered nesting sea turtles on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast, in Moín near Limón.
The Costa Rica Wildlife Sanctuary (CRWS) represents everything the Lizanos are fighting for. They already lost the fight for Moin beach, which is on the way to becoming privately owned by the Dutch company APM Terminals for the purpose of building a megaport on the very same nesting beaches that Jairo dedicated his life to protecting. Now, the Lizanos are being forced to leave the sanctuary where hundreds of injured and abandoned animals were given refuge and nearly one hundred remain.
In December, the initial letter reached the Lizanos asking them to leave the property within one month’s time. After much negotiation, the Lizanos are allowed to stay until the Supreme Court decision on the case. However, there is no documentation referencing these negotiations, and therefore no guarantee that they won’t be forced to abandon earlier! Moreover, the Costa Rican government approved the APM Terminals to start the Moin Container Terminal Project, which will result in the complete destruction of the nesting beaches and the wildlife center.
WE DEMAND THE PERMANENT STAY FOR THE LIZANOS AND RESCUE CENTER – MORE THAN THAT; WE DEMAND THE PROPERTY TO BE PROTECTED, AS IT IS NECESSARY FOR THE ECOSYSTEM AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENT ANIMALS
Since 2009, CRWS has provided a safe haven for many species of Costa Rican wildlife, some critically endangered. Over the past 6 years, CRWS has been one of the only local options for caring and rehabilitating injured wildlife and those that have been confiscated from the illegal pet trade such as Geoffrey’s spider monkeys, kinkajous, and sloths. The wildlife center is surrounded by undisturbed jungle, making it an ideal place to care for and eventually release rehabilitated animals. The sanctuary is also adjacent to Moín beach, an important nesting habitat for endangered leatherback turtles. Without this stretch of beach, currently undisturbed by human interference, the leatherback turtle population is sure to suffer. The Lizano family has taken drastic measures to protect this beach. They have also been in partnership with other organizations to protect and preserve this turtle nesting habitat by patrolling the beach and establishing a harvest and release program for turtle eggs. These organizations and their volunteers have gone to great lengths to protect this beach because the government will not do so. One man, Jairo Mora Sandoval, even laid down his own life for Moin beach and the leatherback turtles. What would Jairo, practically a national hero in Costa Rica, think if he knew the government is allowing all this to be destroyed? To read more about Jairo Mora Sandoval and the international attention his death sparked, click here: http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/06/13/the-legacy-of-murdered-sea-turtle-conservationist-ja.....
or here: http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2014/09/15/sea-shepherd-launches-operation-pacuare-sea-tur.....
The Lizano family, volunteers and friends feel very strongly about the sanctuary and are outraged by its recent predicament and are requesting an urgent call to action.
With this petition, we aim to show international interest in this case by declaring the destruction of the Sanctuary by the government and by APM unethical, hopefully allowing CRWS to prosper, the jungle to be protected and animals to live.
Sign the Petition here: https://secure.avaaz.org/es/petition/Mark_Rutte_primer_ministro_holandes_y_convenio_de_Ramsar_ONU_Qu.....
More about the Costa Rica Animal Rescue Center:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IVhOdCLXsY
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1joLv_VgIP_SL8iUa3vS6HH0TPNVaziFbMMkBO7UrFjs/edit
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