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Los ciudadanos toman medidas para el Día de las Especies en Peligro de Extinción

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Monday, May 17, 2021   

Los Angeles, Calif. - Hay eventos planeados en todo el país en esta semana, para celebrar el 16º Día de las Especies en Peligro de Extinción ("Endangered Species Day"), 21 de mayo. En 2006 el Senado de los EEUU aprobó una declaratoria de la Senadora Dianne Feinstein, en un llamado a para celebrar en tercer viernes de cada mes de mayo.

La gente puede crear consciencia sumándose a la fiesta de la tiza Celebración de las Especies en Peligro de Extinción ("chalk party") y publicando en Instagram su dibujo de una planta o un animal en deligro de extinción.

David Robinson, fundador del Día de las Especies en Peligro de Extinción (Endangered Species Day) en San Diego, comenta:

"Hay tantas actividades diarias. Y han habido muchas historias de exito por acciones individuales. La gente hace la diferencia. Empezando por la consciencia."

Las especies amenazadas del estado incluyen el cóndor de California, la nutria marina, las tortugas marinas, el borrego cimarrón del desierto y muchas más. Las estadísticas del estado muestran que California es el hogar de 173 especies animales y 286 vegetales que están registradas por el estado o por la federación como amenazadas o en peligro de extinción.

Sarah Starman es directora del Día de las Especies Amenazadas ("Endangered Species Day") en la Coalición de Especies en Peligro. Invita a todo mundo a que tenga su aplicación "iNaturalist" y tome parte en la Fiesta Polinizadora ("Pollinator Party") este fin de semana.

"Que el sabado 22 salgan a sus parques locales, a un jardin, un patio o den una caminata y tomen fotos de los polinizadores que vean, como pajaros, abejaas, mariposas, murcielagos, y tambien plantas nativas en las que confian como flores arbustos y arboles. Los cientificos usaran esas fotos para obtener datos, rastrear especies e investigar."

Este año, el conteo de la Mariposa Monarca del Oeste (Western Monarch) cayó a una cifra baja récord de menos de 30 mil individuos, más del 99 por ciento abajo de la década de los 1980s.

Declaración: La Coalición de Especies en Peligro contribuye a nuestro fondo para reportar sobre Bienestar Animal, Especies y Vida Silvestre en Peligro, Medio Ambiente y Justicia Ambiental. Si quisiera usted ayudar a sostener las noticias de interés público, pulse 'click' aquí.


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