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Vladimir,
The
blue-throated hillstar hummingbird in all its glory is truly a
dazzling creature to behold: a tiny fluttering blur covered in
iridescent emerald and sapphire. It was only discovered in
early 2019, yet almost as soon as we met this amazing
creature, researchers realized that it may very well leave the
Earth forever thanks to us. The hummingbird only lives in
bush-lined rivers in a 45-square-foot area of Ecuador.
Tragically, it's the same area where precious metals
exist, which humans will do anything to get their hands
on. The threat to this bird's habitat is simple:
human greed. There is gold, copper and lead in the area and
the people who want it don't care how many undiscovered
species they wipe out to get it.
The specter of mining threatens
more creatures than this rare hummingbird. The same area,
known as the paramo, is also home to other rarely-seen animals
such as the spectacled bear, mountain tapir, and Andean
condor. Experts believe that there are also more species yet
unknown to us living in the paramo. There was even a new
amphibian discovered there in July 2019, the Tiktik rainfrog.
On top of that, nearly half a million people rely on
clean water that flows down from these mountaintops —
water that would be polluted and poisoned by mining activity.
We have to speak out for this little bird and the people of
Ecuador. We must urge the Ecuadorian government to enact
immediate and strong protections for this land. Please sign
the petition to save this mesmerizing
bird!
Thank you for all that you do,
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Miranda
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The Care2 Petitions Team |
P.S. We've only
just discovered an amazing new type of hummingbird, and we're
also about to kill them all. Sign the petition to save the blue-throated
hillstar and its other rare neighbors from human
greed! |
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