For "PORPOISE" sakes!! Let's NOT let another one of the Earth's living things go extinct!

First and foremost, you should sign this petition if you are a lover of all living things.

AND if you care that one of OUR planet's species, China's Finless Porpoise, is threatened and could be extinct in five years!

Chinese scientists are trying to save the finless porpoise, a freshwater species found in the Yangtze River. Rarer than China's giant panda, this famed species now teeters on the brink of extinction.

"If proper measures aren't taken they will be extinct in 10 years, but to be honest, we only have five years to take action," said Zhang Xinqiao of the World Wildlife Fund.

Kou is one of a handful of Chinese scientists trying to save the finless porpoise, a freshwater species found in the Yangtze River.

Porpoises are smaller and stouter than their dolphin cousins; they have shorter beaks, and live in smaller groups.

Those groups could be getting even smaller in the wild. Asia's longest river is also one of its most polluted. Scientists estimate that about 800 million tons of wastewater is dumped into the Yangtze every year. Pollution, overfishing, and intensive development on the Yangtze have all combined to push the porpoise near extinction.

The Baiji dolphin, a regal animal with its trademark pointed beak, went functionally extinct in the Yangtze in 2006. Scientists believe there may be individual animals in the murky water, but it could never sustain the species.

So the finless porpoise is the last remaining freshwater cetacean left in China.

THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW BEFORE WE LOSE ANOTHER LIVING CREATURE!!

PLEASE SIGN THIS PETITION AND IT WILL BE DIRECTED TO ENVIRONMENTALISTS AND GOVERNMENT LEADERS AS PART OF OUR ACTION TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE OUR BEAUTIFUL CREATURES.

THANK YOU.

KAREN WILSON

Ontario, Canada

p.s. "We can be that force of change; it only takes one person to inspire another person and yes, I believe there is a HERO in each and every one of us!" KW ;)

I am launching a children's charity very soon called "Carinkids" inspiring kids to actively live & give through sport, arts and community causes near and far. So please keep a watch for CARINKIDS.COM. xox The effort to bring attention to the porpoise in China is just one of many, on behalf of CARINKIDS,

To dream BIG is the only way to really LIVE! :)