babukijana
JF-Expert Member
- Jul 21, 2009
- 13,091
- 15,986
750,000
528,059
528,059 have signed. Help us get to 750,000
Posted: 9 August 2012
At any moment, a big-game hunting corporation could sign a deal which would force up to 48,000 members of Africas famous Maasai tribe from their land to make way for wealthy Middle Eastern kings and princes to hunt lions and leopards. Experts say the Tanzanian Presidents approval of the deal may be imminent, but if we act now, we can stop this sell-off of the Serengeti.
The last time this same corporation pushed the Maasai off their land to make way for rich hunters, people were beaten by the police, their homes were burnt to a cinder and their livestock died of starvation. But when a press controversy followed, Tanzanian President Kikwete reversed course and returned the Maasai to their land. This time, there hasnt been a big press controversy yet, but we can change that and force Kikwete to stop the deal if we join our voices now.
If 150,000 of us sign, media outlets in Tanzania and around the world will be blitzed so President Kikwete gets the message to rethink this deadly deal. Sign the petition now and send to everyone.
Photo by Caroline Irby
click to sign petition HERE
