Florida Governor Rick Scott
Dear Governor Scott,
I am writing you to request that you outlaw private ownership of Class 1 Wildlife in Florida. Due to Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.) rule 68A-6.002 - 68A-6.0072, Class 1 wildlife can be personally owned in Florida. Class 1 wild animals include Elephants, Primates, Tigers, Lions, Bears, Cheetahs, Crocodiles, Hippos, Kimodo dragons, Rhinos, and many more. However, no Class 1 Wildlife should be kept as a pet to a human, these animals need to be freed to sanctuaries or left in the wild. It is cruel that Florida allows elephants, tigers, primates, etc. to be kept as personal pets and often results in injury to the wild animals and to the humans they come into contact with.
Please outlaw private ownership of Class 1 Wildlife in Florida. Thank you.
Name From Comments 1. Melanie Barrett Sammamish, WA These wild animals should not be privately owned, they should be released to sanctuaries or released into the wild. 2. EDWARD G. Arvada, CO MRKVICKA 3. Anne S Cranbourne, Australia There should be no private ownership of any wildlife - wildlife belong in the wild. Permits are just to make extra money. What's wrong with giving a lonely cat or dog a GOOD home?? 4. Annette Florence Edmonton, Canada 5. Velia Moore Denver, CO 6. Rebecca Bowie North Rocks, Australia 7. Kathryn Irby Gulfport, MS 8. Barbara Peterlin Chicago, IL 9. Henry Weinberg Santa Barbara, CA 11. adela laniado caba, Argentina 12. Catrin Kroehler Orlando, FL 13. Irene Brosseit Herford, Germany
Page 1 - Signatures 1 - 13 Name From Comments 14. Ana MESNER Ljubljana, Slovenia 15. Nimue Pendragon Melbourne, Australia 16. Natasha Salgado Toronto, Canada 17. Marianne Liekens Lommel, Belgium 18. Mara Griebeler Luton, United Kingdom 19. Lorraine Smith Southampton, United Kingdom 20. Helen Golding Cambridge, United Kingdom 21. Sherry Bogan Middletown, OH 22. Angela Garlant Lincoln, United Kingdom 23. paola mapelli Inzago, Italy 24. Angel W. Jersey, United Kingdom 25. Ted Williams Ralls, TX 26. Charlotte Smead Highland, MI 27. Animal Lover Workington, United Kingdom 28. Alan Haas Cambridge, Canada 29. abbie morris wilts, United Kingdom 30. Serdar Murat Vienna, Austria 31. Jana Šillerová Prague, Czech Republic 32. Elsie Au Bkk, Thailand 33. Mark Bastian Helston, United Kingdom 34. Susan Griffiths Klagfenfurt, Austria 35. Veronique St-maur, France Lajoinie 36. Ljiljana Milic Belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro 37. Henny van der Zandhoven, Belgium Voort 38. K.P. Lavelle Victoria, Canada 39. Karina Tarpinian Marseille, France 40. Olga Troyan Taraz, Kazakhstan 41. Herbert Staniek Vienna, Austria 42. Heli Perala Espoo, Finland
Page 2 - Signatures 14 - 42 Name From Comments 43. Cathala Corine Pierrelatte, France 44. Ludo Stassijns Lebbeke, Belgium 45. Steve Dale Frankston,victoria, Australia 46. marisol melgarejo Hoorn, Netherlands 47. Sharon Sutton Hastings, New Zealand 48. Camilla Giardini °_°, Italy 49. Ginger Cosentino Phoenix, AZ Allowing ownership to abused these Animals In the State of Florida 50. Andrea Nemec Osijek, Croatia 51. Julie Keane Auckland, New Zealand 52. mary foley Cork, Ireland 53. jacqueline Frankfurt, Germany dorschner 54. Dennis Kaplan Mayfield Heights, OH 55. Nils Anders Lunde Eidsvoll, Norway 56. Maralyn James Greenford, United Kingdom 57. candy bargas épisy, France 58. Maethese Cassar Gudja, Malta 59. Antonella Milan, Italy Felixgatto 60. Susanna Thessaloniki, Greece Minacheili 61. John Holton Whiting, NJ 62. Monique Angela Hoorn, Netherlands Buijs 63. rosa z Salamanca, Spain 64. Susan Beeston Weston Super Mare, United Kingdom 65. Eileen Thomson Annan, United Kingdom 66. Glen Venezio San Juan, PR 67. Tabitha Burke Fort Riley, KS 68. anne meijers roermond, Netherlands 69. Katarzyna Sikórz, Poland Jasińska
Page 3 - Signatures 43 - 69 Name From Comments 70. karen cobb Sompting, United Class I/Appendix I animals are given that criteria for a Kingdom reason, they are endangered. To us and abuse these animals is causing more to be taken from the wild and therefore nearer their extinction. Stop the private ownership. 71. Hank Roland Grand Forks, ND 73. lorraine barratt Wales, United Kingdom 74. Justin Carr Ellesmere Port, United Kingdom 75. Moon Hong ho chi minh, Viet Nam 76. christine rose aurora, CO 77. Beate Michl Munich, Germany 78. silvia frerix ka, AE 79. emma schumann Ruislip, United Kingdom 81. Angelika Hoexter, Germany Schui-Lindthaler 82. ralf groneberg Osterode, Germany 83. Mell Lintern Upper Hutt, New Zealand 84. Monika Huber Vienna, Austria 85. Anabela Coelho v.n. gaia, Portugal 86. Gareth Edwards Gloucester, United Kingdom 87. Sonia sonia Na, Malta 88. Ellen Trik Aalst, Belgium 89. Vic Bostock Altadena, CA 90. Colleen Olivier Johannesburg, South Africa 91. Teresa Rozenga Olsztyn, Poland 92. Chris Ksoll Chicago, IL 93. Roberta Limoli Burlington, MA 94. Janet Clarke Burgess Hill, United Kingdom 95. Susan Ballard Provincetown, MA 96. Mieke Janssen Den Bosch, Netherlands 97. Eri Kitami Tokyo, Japan 98. fern rickman Bayville, NY
Page 4 - Signatures 70 - 98 Name From Comments 99. Annika Arnesson Kungsör, Sweden 100. MARIA MOYNES HOOFDDORP, United Arab Emirates 101. Nina Gondos anchorage, AK 102. sara albuquerque Lisboa, Portugal 103. monika kozlowska Cairns, Australia 104. Elizabeth Auckland, New Whiteside Zealand 105. jane aakermann Frederiksberg, Denmark 106. Sonja Nielsen Glostrup, Denmark 107. gill cockburn edinburgh, United Kingdom 108. marianna dregan hu, Hungary 109. Doris Gruehling Freising, Germany 110. anne marie botti dijon, France 111. George Adams Loves Park, IL 112. deb Rinaldo Sedona, AZ 113. Suzan Toma Sittard, Netherlands 114. Leslee Abern Billings, MT 115. Chantal Buslot Hasselt, Belgium 116. may Howie Uk, United Kingdom 117. Dana Upice, Czech Ehrenbergerová Republic 118. Robin Shirley Culloden, WV 119. sylvia mur culemborg, Netherlands 120. Sue schuemmer Ulm, Germany 121. Caterina Rech Melbourne, Australia 122. Sarah Tyndall Huddersfield, United Kingdom 123. susana soares Braga, IN 124. Georgina Burns Alicante, Spain 125. Nancy Dictus Ekeren, Belgium 126. Carol Jacklin Lincolnshire, United Kingdom 127. Sylvia van der Vijfhuizen, Does Netherlands 128. Carla Purtscher Serfaus, Austria
Page 5 - Signatures 99 - 128 Name From Comments 129. Kimberly Mueller Destin, FL 130. Nancy Gregory Littleton, CO 131. rose moore yale, MI 132. Sandra Boylston Sanford, FL 133. gail farmer wombourne, United Kingdom 134. Elisabeth Blaser Zürich, Switzerland 135. mimmi Lanaken, Belgium philipsphilips 136. Jackie Tryggeseth Grand Marsh, WI 137. Jakub Kousal Libstat, Czech Republic 138. Mariah Namensen Copenhagen, Denmark 139. Karin Lux Rheinbach, Germany 140. ann zurcher Fort Lauderdale, FL 141. R Alexander Abiquiu, NM 142. Elizabeth Kettering, United O'Halloran Kingdom 143. Sandra Backelund Hjo, Sweden 144. Ulrica Sjögren Stockholm, Sweden 145. Chris Ray Parma, OH 146. france poulin Montreal, Canada 147. Konstantinos Volos, Greece Stamos 148. Judith M Meek Oak Lawn, IL 149. henry kowalski London, United Kingdom 150. Belinda Bowes M, Canada 151. Petra Spoor Numansdorp, Netherlands 152. Suzanna Hagglof Kristianstad, Sweden 153. Dave Beard pershore, United Kingdom 154. Hranto Danto Hollywood, FL 155. Janet Mulder Lelystad, Netherlands 156. Christine Christine Romania, Romania 157. sonia sykes jarrow, United Kingdom
Page 6 - Signatures 129 - 157 Name From Comments 158. Neill Abayon Digos City, Philippines 159. tracy horsfall surrey, United Kingdom 160. Lucie Renaud Boucherville, Canada stop NOW NOT ACCEPTABLE 161. Holli Trombley Maple grove, MN 162. Sue Amell Harmony, FL 163. Wendy Douglas Aberdeen, United Kingdom 164. Tera Jones Seminole, FL 165. FLORINA Glencoe, IL ANTONIA 166. darri epstein brooklyn, NY 167. candace karch phila, PA 168. petras sanziana brasov, Romania 169. Carla Carrarini Long beach, CA 170. robert henderson woodside, NY 171. julie brownless newport, United Kingdom 172. patty taylor Elkin, NC 173. Joana Cipriano Coimbra, Portugal 174. luca de palma avellino, Italy 175. marcia hupp Washington, PA 176. G Torres Fortson, GA "The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated."-- Gandhi "He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatments of animals." -- Immanuel Kant "If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men."-- St. Francis of Assisi. 177. Jackie Laswell Upper Sandusky, OH 178. Wendy Simonelli Cumming, GA 179. Melissa Hillen Romney, WV 180. petra strijbos roggel, Netherlands 181. Frances Heijman Amersfoort, Netherlands 182. Spencer Young Schaumburg, IL 183. shana Smith liberty, NY
Page 7 - Signatures 158 - 183 Name From Comments 184. Heike Bushkill, PA Obergantschnig 185. Dieter Reger Nürnberg, Germany 186. dheeraj agrawal Chandigarh, India 187. Natan Rai Gaighat, Nepal 188. caroline struck osnabrück, Germany 189. Carrie Davis Bangor, ME 190. sophia thessaloniki, Greece lilvadopoulos 191. Sheila Chaffins Burnet, TX 192. Patricia Rosario, Argentina Arribalzaga 193. Amanda Bennett Mackenzie, Canada 194. Mark Donnelly Renfrewshire, United Kingdom 195. güney ilkkuş izmir, Turkey 196. Linda Ann Coosada, AL Reynolds, Ed.S. 197. Ana Lopes Sesimbra, Portugal 198. Hilde Broeckx Ternat, Belgium 199. sandra de tielt-winge, Belgium vleesschauwer 200. eve lefevre valence, France 201. Ornela Mebelli Tirana, Albania 202. Sylvia Schmidt New Orleans, LA 203. Erica Dewitt Kingston, NY 204. debra Hobson stoke on trent, United Kingdom 205. Lise Vandal Alma, Canada 206. hELEN York, United Kingdom hEARFIELD 207. Giusy Adragna Okemos, MI 208. Celine duburg Montevideo, Uruguay 209. clement bertrais missillac, France 210. Cathy Botha Johannesburg, South Africa 211. JAVIER Garc?a Leganés, Spain 212. angela wilts, United Kingdom butterworth
Page 8 - Signatures 184 - 212 Name From Comments 213. Jessy Coco Pulau Pinang, Malaysia 214. Christine Tallents Pocklington, United Kingdom 215. Djalila Gergertt SPt, Russian Federation 216. alexandra rosellen Lissone, Italy 217. Judy Apelis Clifton, NJ 218. Dominique Lausanne, Tcherdyne Switzerland 219. KAREN GEE Ontario, Canada 220. Tammy Barnhart Presque Isle, ME 221. Jill Scott Glasgow, United Any "ownership" of wild animals should be outlawed. They Kingdom are called wild animals because they belong in the wild with other wild animals. Please let them live the life they are supposed to live. 222. Daniele Halle Squamish, Canada 223. Monika V Paris, France 224. sue huggins leeds, United geering Kingdom 225. johanna fort lauderdale, FL kleuskens 226. Songbird Wake Forest, NC Bergstrom 227. Lone Jacobsen Aalborg, Denmark 228. rose raill Toronto, Canada 229. kirsty light Malborough, United Kingdom 230. Tanya Bruhwiler Uzes, France 231. Delena Ewald Des Moines, IA 232. Dagmar Grabsch Berlin, Germany 233. Bianca höschel Berlin, Germany 234. Carla said jundiai, Brazil 235. maja bojovic belgrade, Serbia And Montenegro 236. andy richter Wiener Neustadt, Austria 237. Melvin Claros San Miguel, El Salvador 238. viviane antwerp, Belgium verbruggen
Page 9 - Signatures 213 - 238 Name From Comments 239. Laura Walker San Francisco, CA 240. Lidia Gómez Madrid, Spain 241. catie bertges erie, PA 242. Mehmet Genc Istanbul, Turkey 243. Pruthvi Rajshakha Porbandar, India 244. J Heron Austin, TX 245. Irene Huskisson Springdale, AR 246. Elena Tulina Paris, France 247. Caroline Marriott Burton on Trent, United Kingdom 248. Helen Prince Clementon, NJ 249. wendy smith Nelson, United Kingdom 250. Derek Ramsden Durban, South Africa 251. Mark Stewart Aberdeen, United Kingdom 252. karen aquino winnipeg, Canada 253. Nathalie Quesnel Calais, France 254. Jon Abbey Anderson, IN 255. diana kliche long beach, CA 256. Claudia Drenk Krefeld, Germany 257. Petra Essen, Germany Hegenscheidt 258. Simona Giju Timisoara, Romania 259. m. kincer Shelby Township, MI 260. Lynda Corkum St. Margaret's Bay, Please take the necessary action to stop people from Canada owning the animals mentioned in this petition. These animals are not meant to be "owned"! It is abuse and exploitation. Period. It needs to end! 261. Maria Mia Gloria Kranj, Slovenia Giacomelli 262. manuela wolter san-jose, Costa Rica 263. Glenda Malloy hamilton, Canada 264. Susan Grainger Milton Keynes, United People should not be allowed to do this Its cruel and Kingdom should be stopped. 265. Fernanda Lemos RJ, Brazil 266. Christeen Crestview, FL Anderson 267. Aud nordby Eidsvoll, Norway
Page 10 - Signatures 239 - 267 Name From Comments 268. jan white Surrey, United Kingdom 269. kathryn steele clarkesville, GA 270. Shawn Williamson Studio City, CA 271. Tracy Carl Bowersville, OH 272. ashley schiano cranston, RI 273. Erica Johansson Skåne, Sweden 274. Bettina Lorenz Rhede, Germany 275. Shirley Carter Mill Road, United Kingdom 276. carole hope gloucestershire, United Kingdom 277. Hari Soneji Ny, NY 278. Lois Perkins Punta Gorda, FL 279. Alexandr Vyshneve, Ukraine Yantselovskiy 280. Eva Holmes Welverdiend, South Don't like the idea at all they are not pets Africa 281. paula eaton st louis, MO 282. Leighann Harvey Glasgow, United Kingdom 283. Anna Piecha zabrze, Poland 284. Marie Boylan Granbury, TX Governor Scott, Nosey is a perfect example of the system not working. The system has failed this elephant. He has been significantly abused and our government just looks the other way. Please try to imagine the life of this poor elephant. 285. Trudy Fei Tinley park, IL 286. Cynthia Henley Houston, TX 287. chris beal Louth, United Kingdom 288. Debz Jones Cambridge, United Kingdom 289. BRIONY DUKE Basildon, United Kingdom 290. Gwgw Stachtidou Giannitsa, Greece 291. Manuela Arioli Milano, Italy 292. Lynda Key Fresno, CA 293. Nazare Cruz Barreiro, Portugal 294. krsh soneji St. albans, United Kingdom
Page 11 - Signatures 268 - 294 Name From Comments 295. Adrienne Barrett Santa Fe, NM These animals belong in sanctuaries or in the wild, not to be used as pets or circus acts. 296. Wendy Leys Antwerpen, Belgium 297. BARBARA CHGO, IL BAGGS 298. Gracie Winters Newkirk, OK 299. Manny Eindhoven Rotterdam, Netherlands 300. ann Cawley Saint Joseph, MO 301. Maria Nicklas Rockville, MD 302. Jan Davies laxey, United Kingdom 303. Lesley Casajuana Hounslow, United Kingdom 304. Isabel Araujo Chia, Cundinamarca, Colombia 305. Hendrika Moss nassau, Bahamas 306. Pascal Claeys Antwerpen, Belgium 307. Daniela Bress Niedersachsen, Germany 308. Marilyn Williams Westchester, IL 309. Joseph Wenzel West Saint Paul, MN 310. Laura Marlow Anaheim, CA Think of the injuries ! 312. Martine Gryson Menen, Belgium 313. Christel Bress - Salzgitter, Germany Schulze 314. Mark Johnston Esperance, Australia 315. Melissa Logan Havre De Grace, MD 316. Emma Ford Romford, United Kingdom 317. May Ahmed Brooklyn, NY 318. Bonnie Lalor Brisbane, Australia 319. R. Sakiyama Kawasaki, Japan 320. Zairê deFatima Gravatai, Brazil Weisheimer 321. Jessie Alvarez Hollywood, FL 322. Penny Mitchell Wakefield, United Kingdom 323. beth seman ny, NY 324. Michael Akstull Vancouver, WA
Page 12 - Signatures 295 - 324 Name From Comments 325. christine leclerc montreal, Canada 326. Ann Heizer Encinitas, CA 327. toni fiore Cumberland Foreside, ME 328. Elaine Jung New Westminster, Canada 329. Anne Patton Crozet, VA 330. Elle Perkins Circleville, NY 331. Maria Alice Simao Brasilia, Brazil 332. Cynthia Barrett Sammamish, WA 333. Erika Barraza Anaheim, CA 334. jesus alfredo mx, Mexico 335. isha s saskatoon, Canada 336. Patricia PERRON SEATTLE, WA 337. carolina nunes sintra, Portugal 339. Jenna Miles Dartmouth, Canada 340. Sarah bssisso Timonium, MD 341. sara reynolds sussex, United Kingdom 342. Yasiu Kruszynski Grudziadz, Poland 343. Alicia Auberson Nyon, Switzerland 344. russ emmett port elizabeth, South Africa 345. erald davidhi tirana, Albania 346. zarina alex calcutta, India monerief 347. Leslene Dunn Cape Town, South Africa 348. Rijkea Lammertse Amsterdam, Netherlands 349. Volker Huber München, Germany 350. Michelle Hodges Taunton, United Kingdom 351. Rich Blue Kathmandu, Nepal 352. Lucy Padovano Freehold, NJ 353. Cheryl Chaney East Brunswick, NJ 354. carina verfaillie roeselare, Belgium 355. Len Nunez Quezon City, Philippines
Page 13 - Signatures 325 - 355 Name From Comments 356. Trina Turner Mesa, AZ 357. juani pons england, Spain 358. anneli persson Vaggeryd, Sweden 359. Loredana Roma, Italy Mainardi 360. Carina Kaskinen 65320, Finland 361. Ismail A Beirut, Lebanon 362. Karin van Grave, Netherlands Beckhoven 363. prabsehaj Bawa Delhi, India 364. Donna Hamilton Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom 365. Elmarize Kunert Otjiwarongo, Namibia 366. Barbara Brown Ryde, United Kingdom 367. Henny Ekkelboom Almere, Netherlands 368. Melissa Briggs Oxford, United Kingdom 369. Andrea Giolli Aurora, CO 370. THEODORE Piraeus, Greece SPACHIDAKIS 371. Lucienne Roeselare, Belgium D'hulster 372. Ibolya Vigh Oradea, Romania 373. sadie waite Hartlepool, United Kingdom 374. Ro Godwin Sydney, Australia 375. Matthew Cooper Miami, FL 376. kristjan nielsen Ronne, Denmark 377. Lenicka Groningen, Roozendaal Netherlands 378. Patti Dillon Battle Creek, MI 379. Denise Dawson perth, Australia 380. Tony Menechella Frankfort, KY 381. Karl Adelaide, Australia Mortimer-Murphy 382. theresa irving, TX dauphinais 383. Dilip Nair Thiruvananthapuram, India
Page 14 - Signatures 356 - 383 Name From Comments 384. Janet Rochester, NY Shame on you. Bovitz-Sandefur 385. susan potter Tampa, FL 386. Rosa McDonald Gasport, NY 387. emma king bude, United Kingdom 388. Debbie King Little Rock, AR 389. Liv Biron Mansfield, CT 390. Mary Riontino Sr Pete, FL 391. Elven Galadhrim Greece, Greece 392. angel relova linares, Spain 393. Christy Reeves Canton, GA 394. Rebecca Arnoldy Minneapolis, MN Protect these animals not exploit them! 395. Julia Schebach Kritzendorf, Austria 396. adeline jennen maasmechelen, Belgium 397. Louise Fallon Sligo, Ireland 398. izabela bury żywiec, Poland 399. Megan Stalker Twin Lakes, WI 400. kellie mcleod bury, United Kingdom 401. FranNOMAILPLS Sligo, Ireland Darcy 402. ali rui rosari, Argentina 403. tote reli Rosu, Romania 404. savanna St. Claire Tucson, AZ 405. MD Amersbeek Bussum, Netherlands 406. riccardo bardelli rapallo, Italy 407. Gina R?ck reutlingen, Germany 408. Marina Tachlinski Eberbach, Germany 409. Kiron Johri bangalore, India 410. Kim Patterson Bowmanville, Canada 411. sarah levitin San Francisco, CA WHY is the USDA doing nothing to confiscate Nosey and transfer her to a needed sanctuary? I have written many letters to the USDA. have NO understanding of WHY if I torture and abuse a domestic pet, I am fined. arrested and possible jail time....not to mention, if in the news like Michael Vick, society appalled and disgusted, and ZERO consequences for someone like Hugo Liebel.... Liebel has REPEATED and KNOWN, PUBLISHED animal abuse (continues on next page)
Page 15 - Signatures 384 - 411 Name From Comments 411. sarah levitin San Francisco, CA (continued from previous page) violations concerning Nosey and is allowed to continue to keep and abuse, use and have monetary gain from wild animals? Where is the Wildlife Protection Act in this? We have no excuses anymore as a society to allow elephants in such captivity and lonliness, neglect, and constant threats and physical abuse. We have knowledge of what this does to elephants physically and emotionally. Elephants are highly intelligent animals. We cannot hide our heads in the sand anymore and pretend this isn't existing for the elephants in captivity. It is our job on this planet to protect and be the voice of conservation and compassion concerning wild animals in performance venues and to make a concerted effort to end this long-time abuse. 412. Willem Kom Hoogezand, Netherlands 413. rosette putzeys hasselt, Belgium 414. Mark Harvey Glasgow, United Kingdom 415. Lorraine Wardley Preston, United Kingdom 416. lynn bywater brighton, United Kingdom 417. Janice Cowett Houlton, ME 418. Gary Sherman Swindon, United Kingdom 419. Ghislaine Calvin saint-priest, France 420. platto manuela Brescia, Italy 421. Jan Garen Swansea, United Kingdom
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