WildCRU

Unfortunately, in the next 15 - 20 years, it's predicted that creatures like the Iberian Lynx, Black Rhino, Red Wolf, Siberian Tiger, and many more, will be extinct.

Can you imagine, 20 years from now, having children, and when they point to a picture of a tiger in a book and ask, "Cool! Does this exist?" You have to say, "No, Sweetie, it doesn't anymore."  I don't want to live in that world. :bademoticon: 

That whole thing about the guy who poached a beloved lion (by coaxing him out of a wildlife reserve,) named Cecil, is truly sad. Lions soon will be on the endangered list, too, if they aren't already.

It's one thing to hunt to keep the population of a common animal (like deer) down, or to hunt to eat; but to kill a creature of a dwindling species for fun? That's just not okay.

This whole event has inspired me. On a popular TV show, audiences were given a link to donate to, to help try to save the creatures that will soon be extinct. www.wildcru.org is the site. Here is where on that site it talks about donating. Here is the page you make the donation on.  If you decide to donate, make sure your donation is allocated to WildCRU! Also, the link I gave was for citizens of the U.S and Canada (I think.)

Because I want to do something, I donated yesterday. I've never donated to anything before. I never felt I had the time or money, but this...This is worth it. I only donated $5 but I'm hoping that by spreading the world, others will donate, too. Everything counts in large amounts.

My next journal will be a lot more positive and happy.