The Tanzanian government, to me, sometimes does very outrageous things. A year or so ago, they had plans to construct a road a highway through the Serengeti National Park. This highway if constructed would cut across wildlife migratory paths from the Masai Mara in Kenya to Serengeti. The effect of this would be catastrophic to say the least and only public outcry led them to stop.
They are at it again but now not in the Serengeti. This is what they plan to do
Now the government has announced it will clear a huge swath of our land to make way for what it claims will be a wildlife corridor, but many suspect it’s just a ruse to give a foreign hunting corporation and the rich tourists it caters to easier access to shoot at majestic animals. The government claims this new arrangement is some sort of accommodation, but its effect on our people’s way of life will be disastrous. There are thousands of us who could have our lives uprooted, losing our homes, the land on which our animals graze, or both.
If we do nothing, these fine fellows will lose their grazing lands and livelihoods.
Please sign the petition here.
Done. I did an article on that road for the NYT’s last year. If i can i’ll find the reporter and you can write directly to him/her. Sound good?
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Definitely!
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Did you get it?
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I did, but didn’t read it as yet. Had a busy day at work and my internet connection was down
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Plus you had a inauguration to attend… to anoint the new leader in those special oils, right?
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Hahahaha! You must not mean that :-D. I didn’t bother with that you know, been reading Cicero, a better use of my time.
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🙂
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There is a post you wrote a while back of people not being born religious, I need it like now
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I was kinda hitting it over a few posts. try these
http://thesuperstitiousnakedape.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/brain-orgasm-anyone-3/
http://thesuperstitiousnakedape.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/paranoia-meet-theism-theism-this-is-paranoia-youre-biological-father-6/
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I got it don’t worry
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Ok… which one was it?
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You should get a pingback like now. You will recognize it and why I wanted it.
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Cool
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Here you go: the article http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/31/world/africa/31serengeti.html
the reporter was Jeffrey Gettleman. His email is at the bottom of the bio
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/g/jeffrey_gettleman/index.html
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I eventually got time to read the articles today. I think they shelved the road idea after so much pressure, but it was a crazy idea from the start, you wonder if they ever do EIAs!
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Not if they can avoid it 😦
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Done and publicized.
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