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If you want to donate to S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S., here is our information:
ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE Allison Lance P.O. Box 3241 Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (360) 370-5772 (360) 298-0368 allisonlance@speciees.org |
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S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. in the News May 2nd, 2009 "Hope for hopeless homeless animals," by Amy Sacks, The NY Daily News: "The Society to Prevent Exotic Contamination of Island Eco-Systems and Endangered Species (www.speciees.org) helped facilitate Piggy's move to the U.S. Before beginning their work in the Dominican Republic, Animal Balance and S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S worked in collaboration with the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society to spay and neuter stray dogs and cats on the Galapagos Islands, and move them off the island in order to protect the fragile ecosystem. The three groups work in collaboration to help needy animals around the world." Read the whole article at The NY Daily News
(New York, NY, USA. S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S.'s member Tod Emko holding Piggy, the three legged dog that S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. adopted from the Dominican Republic in March 2008) Report from the Galapagos September 2008 From S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. Founder Allison Lance Wow...what a campaign! - S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. working with Animal Balance (animalbalance.org) sterilized over 300 animals and tended to the needs of many more. S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. removed its first animal, a cat from Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Galapagos. I named her "JoJo" after Johanna Angermeyer. The Angermeyer's are one of the original families of the Galapagos. I became friends with this incredible woman after reading her book "My Father's Island." Johanna has helped me with dogs in Ecuador and has given me lots of good advice, so I thought it would be right and fitting to name S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S.' first adoption after her. A home will be found for JoJo in the United States. This is my primary objective of S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. - to humanely and non-lethally remove exotics like dogs and cats from the fragile and endangered eco-system of the Galapagos National Park and World Heritage Site and to find them homes off the islands. As you can see, my website is under construction, but I wanted my supporters to know that I am working hard at building S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. You will soon see how S.P. E.C.I.E.E.S will be structured with a list of my directors and advisors along with their bios and photos. I will have adoptions and the pictures of animals S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S has protected, iguanas, sea lion, and lovely little Darwin Finches, along with so much more. I am no stranger to what I am doing. I have rescued 18 animals, from the Galapagos, Brazil, Costa Rica, Trinidad/Tobago, and the Dominican Republic. My hope is to bring dogs and cats home from the Galapagos that would normally be running the streets, the same hungry dogs and cats that are making the indigenous wildlife their dinner. I know people are to blame for this but our companion animals are getting the short end of the stick here. To combat this problem, the people have resorted to poisoning our precious friends. Poisoning is the worst way to go; it is a slow painful death. S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. to the rescue! My plan is to have a shelter on Santa Cruz island in the Galapagos so that tourists can adopt dogs/cats, thus making a very real contribution to protecting these unique and beautiful islands. The adoption process seems so daunting to some, but S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. will make it easy. There is a special law of the Galapagos that states clearly dogs and cats are not allowed, but it is difficult , practically impossible to enforce. Slow removal and a crack down of smuggling animals onto the islands are underway. We must protect the Galapagos, from the depths of the surrounding seas to the mysterious highlands. The true Galapagonians deserve the right to thrive on the streets, on the beaches and in the trees, and while we cannot spay and neuter the real problem, people, we can hope to educate them on the protection of this World Heritage Site. From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate all the kind words and enthusiasm I have received...stay tuned. -Allison and JoJo
(Allison Lance holding JoJo the cat, S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S.'s first adoption, who was taken from Santa Cruz island to America in September 2008) Response from Captain Paul Watson The need for a group like S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S. is real and it is urgent. Island eco-systems like the Galapagos are being destroyed by exotic species i.e. species primarily domestic introduced by humans. In the Galapagos, marine and land iguanas, native birds, and even the giant turtles are falling prey to prowling dogs, and cats, It is a serious situation and it requires a solution. For this reason Allison Lance has established the Society (to) Prevent Exotic Contamination (of) Island Eco-Systems (and) Endangered Species or S.P.E.C.I.E.E.S (www.speciees.org). Her task is a formidable one but it can be done. Dogs and cats must be humanely removed from the islands. This can be done by spay and neutering existing dogs and cat populations and not allowing any further imports of these animals. Laws must be strictly enforced to prevent dogs and cats from hunting. They must be confined to the property of the owners. Roaming animals need to be captured and relocated off the islands. This requires working in cooperation with the Galapagos National Park, the National Environmental Police, the Comite Interinstitutional de Manejo de Especies Introducidas (CIMEI) and NGO's like Sea Shepherd, the World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, the Darwin Research Center and WildAid. But most of all it requires a stubborn determination and experience to resolve this problem and Allison Lance has these exceptional talents to do just that. -Captain Paul Watson Founder and President of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (We just registered this domain in September 2008, and we promise once this website is fully up and running that it will contain all you need to know about what we do, what our track record has been - you'll be impressed - and how you can get involved with saving our ecology. Stay tuned!) |
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