Dear Marlene,
I saw your name come up on the petition so you must have hit the right keys,
Best for now
Brian

On 11/6/13, Don Reid <donreid@africaonline.co.ke> wrote:
> Dear All
>
> Would be grateful if anyone can check if my name is on the petition.
>
> I made several attempts but had great difficulty opening the page and cannot
> be sure my signature eventually was accepted.
>
> Marlene Reid (Mombasa)
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Brian Finch
>   To: kenyabirdsnet
>   Cc: birdfinch
>   Sent: Monday, November 04, 2013 2:05 PM
>   Subject: [KENYABIRDSNET] THE BIGGEST THREAT TO REGIONAL BIRD SPECIES THE
> WORLD HAS EVER SEEN [1 Attachment]
>
>
>
>   Dear All on Kenyabirdsnet,
>
>   The petition to stop the slaughter of our migrant birds is doing well
>   and in its third day. We decided to monitor the first 500 signatories,
>   not to see who they are, but to get some idea of the geography of
>   support. In the last day we have written to all of the major and
>   regional Bird Tour companies, requesting that they advise all of their
>   clients of the existence of this movement to show Egypt that there are
>   more people against what they are doing than they seem to think (or
>   even care about).
>
>   I am sure that you will be interested in the results in this first
>   wave of support.
>
>   Kenya you have shown the true spirit that Kenyans are renowned for, in
>   greatly supporting this movement you show you really care. Thank you,
>   and thank you in advance for what you are going to do to spread the
>   word further.
>
>   Other great regional support comes from Israel, thanks to all those
>   who have shown your condemnation of the heinous act, and again advance
>   thanks for taking it further.
>
>   Considerable support has come from South Africa, and all this is so
>   much appreciated to encourage change in favour of the birds.
>
>   Apart from the regions that you would expect to support the petition,
>   surprises have been an unprecedented backing from the Philippines,
>   scattered votes throughout eastern Europe, encouragement from other
>   bird-slaughtering nations Cypress, Malta, the Middle East and Egypt
>   itself.
>
>   We can recommend the July 2013 issue of National Geographic, possibly
>   the finest edition that they have circulated. Very interesting
>   articles covering the Solar System, the last known individual of a
>   once numerous frog, a riveting look at geneology and evolution, and
>   the most gripping of all… “The Last Song,” giving horrifying graphic
>   detail of what is taking place to progressively exterminate our
>   migrant birds.
>
>   Jonathan Franzen and David Guttenfelder are the unsung heroes of the
>   day. The Franzen style of explicitness is very hard hitting, whilst
>   reading it shivers were travelling down the spine, thinking that “you
>   know, the next generation may never know what pleasures a fall of
>   Eurasian migrants can bring, or hear the cheerful chirrups as flocks
>   of Bee-eaters announce that they are back, or see parties of fluting,
>   gaudy Golden Orioles collect in fruiting fig-trees.”
>
>   David Guttenfelder is a conflict photographer. That means that he
>   spends his life spanning the globe travelling from human misery to
>   even more human misery. Whilst he is enormously moved by what he sees,
>   he states that nothing has affected him as much as seeing what is
>   happening to the Eurasian migrants, and…. He is not a birder.
>
>   We have attached the extremely moving text from the National
>   Geographic issue, as little can compare with Franzen’s ability to get
>   the message across, move you to a state of despair and yet also give
>   some insight as to the people that are doing this, those to survive,
>   those to make huge profits commercially and those that are callous and
>   wealthy and kill the small birds just for the sheer pleasure of doing
>   it.
>
>   Let’s get more people to show this disapproval, condemnation and share
>   the disgust against what these people are doing to the future of
>   Africa.
>
>   Thinking of means of spreading the word, here are a few ideas how you
>   can assist with further support;
>   placing this article on your Facebook and Twitter accounts will
>   exponentially assist in spreading the word further, and showing a
>   stronger solidarity towards ending the current and impending horrors.
>
>   And, if you can add details of this petition to your blog, website,
>   any social media platform that you use, that would be really great!
>   Further still, if you like to post images on web forums, such as
>   birdforum, surfbirds, birdguides (among many others), then please also
>   provide the link to this petition. These migrant birds need all the
>   support that we can muster for them. Let's get this message out to the
>   world ASAP and hope that they have a chance!
>
>   You know who we are, the Golden O support team!
>
>   Once again the site for voting, and advising all your friends to vote…
>
>
> http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Egypt_must_STOP_killing_MILLIONS_of_migrant_insecteating_birds_before_FAMINE_and_PLAGUE_kills_MILLIONS_of_Africans/?copy
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