Fwd: [DFWTurtleandTortoiseClub] Urgent: Florida Expressway to Entomb Live Gopher Tortoises

April 10, 2007

Barbara <urbanveggie wrote: DFWTurtleandTortoiseClub From: "Barbara" <urbanveggieTue, 10 Apr 2007 18:51:51 -0000[DFWTurtleandTortoiseClub] Urgent: Florida Expressway to Entomb Live Gopher Tortoises Urgent: Florida Expressway to Entomb Live Gopher TortoisesPETA was just alerted to an urgent situation in Central Florida wherea permit has reportedly been issued to the Orlando-Orange CountyExpressway Authority, which has been authorized

to pave a new freewayinterchange over the habitat of helpless gopher tortoises—a threatenedspecies—as well as dozens of other sensitive species. Read here formore distressing details:http://www.local6.com/news/11537717/detail.html. According to wildlifeexperts, it could take months—up to a year—for tortoises who areburied alive to die of suffocation, dehydration, and starvation intheir burrows.Please contact Orange County authorities immediately: urge them tohalt construction of this expressway at once and explore/secure humanealternatives through the counsel of experts. There is no justificationfor allowing these animals to suffer and die in agony.Please contact:Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority525 South Magnolia AvenueOrlando, Florida 32801407.316.3800407.316.3801 (fax)infoCounty Mayor Richard Crotty201 S. Rosalind Ave., 5th FloorOrlando, FL 32801(407) 836-7370(407) 836-7360 (fax)mayorBoard of County CommissionersCommissioner Teresa Jacobs district1 (AT) ocfl (DOT) netCommissioner Fred Brummer district2 (AT) ocfl (DOT) netCommissioner Mildred Fernandez district3 (AT) ocfl (DOT) netCommissioner Linda Stewart district4 (AT) ocfl (DOT) netCommissioner Bill Segal district5 (AT) ocfl (DOT) netCommissioner Tiffany Moore district6 (AT) ocfl (DOT) net201 S. Rosalind Ave., 5th FloorOrlando, FL 32801(407) 836-7350(407) 836-5879

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