SNOWY OWL SUCCESS!

Thanks to everyone who has signed this petition. After 7 hours and over 3,500 signatures, the latest report is that the Port Authority has agreed to work with the Department of Environmental Conservation to relocate Snowy Owls captured at NY/NJ airports. This is great news! 

I suggest we all keep the pressure on and follow through to make sure that this issue stays fresh in everyone's minds.  Every year we fragment habitat more and more. Many stewards are fighting to restore and protect that habitat. Meanwhile, the least the rest of us can do is allow these magnificent animals to coexist along side us. There are proven methods for dealing with a conflict like this and the Port Authority’s solution of shooting the Owls was barbaric, antiquated, and idiotic. We need to take a stand and demand that the more expensive and more involved solution to perceived problems like this not be ignored or discounted.

I am thankful for all of you who have stood up to be counted amongst those who won't stand for such ridiculousness. Please continue to be protectors of our wildlife and environment.  Being from New York and now a transplant in Boston, I would argue that nowhere are our natural resources more important, awe inspiring, and vulnerable than in our cities. 

NEWS UPDATE:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/12/09/report-port-authority-targeting-snowy-owls-at-jfk/