Deadline March 2 to Add Monarchs to the Endangered Species List
Fish and Wildlife Service
DEADLINE MIDNIGHT: In the past 20 years, the population of monarch butterflies had declined an alarming 90% and they need your help today.
Overuse of weedkillers such as Monsanto’s Roundup linked to GMO corn and soybeans planted on millions of acres in the Midwest have destroyed monarch habitat, especially the milkweed, which monarchs depend on to eat and lay their eggs.
Right now, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering protecting monarch butterflies by placing them on the Endangered Species List.
Send a letter to protect monarch butterflies and help end Monsanto’s monarch massacre today! The deadline for comments is midnight March 2nd.
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To:
Fish and Wildlife Service
From:
[Your Name]
To: Fish and Wildlife Service
Re: Monarch Butterfly FWS-R3-ES-2014-0056
The monarch butterfly population in North America has been shrinking at an alarming rate, largely because a significant portion of their breeding habitat is being destroyed by herbicides used on genetically engineered (GE) crops. Milkweeds are critical to the monarch’s survival because they are the only plants monarch larvae will eat, but they are being decimated by the rampant use of Roundup (glyphosate) used in conjunction with Monsanto’s Roundup Ready™ GE crops.
Monarchs need urgent, comprehensive protection – the kind of protection only a listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) can provide. I urge you to grant Center for Food Safety’s joint petition to list the monarch butterfly as threatened under the ESA.
Thank you,
Sincerely,
[Your Name]