Sunday, April 22th, 2012. New York City – Today is Earth Day and its important to clarify this, birds don’t strike on airplanes, planes strike on birds. Birds have the birthright to fly. Millions of birds are killed by humans every year. Hundreds have become extinct. Love and protect them!
Angry birds? These lost species have every right to be…
Human greed and thoughtlessness are responsible for the loss of hundreds of species that could have been saved, and the extinction rate is increasing alarmingly. Here are some we have already lost for ever.
According to Earth911’s Mary Mazzoni: “An estimated one in 10 Americans took part in the first Earth Day, observed across the country on April 22, 1970. Brainchild of Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson, the first national Earth Day unified a growing public concern about environmental crises.
Concerned citizens gathered for environmental teach-ins at more than 2,000 colleges. An additional 10,000 elementary and high schools and 1,000 communities took part in the festivities, adding up to a stunning 20 million people. The size of events ranged from small school assemblies to a 100,000-person “human traffic jam” on Fifth Avenue in New York City.”
Gaylord Nelson, founder of Earth Day, “”The opportunity for a gradual but complete break with our destructive environmental history and a new beginning is at hand…. We can measure up to the challenge if we have the will to do so—that is the only question. I am optimistic that this generation will have the foresight and the will to begin the task of forging a sustainable society.”
Earth Day 2012 celebrations around the globe. From Myanmar to Washington, D.C., people turned out to draw attention to global efforts to protect the planet.
(CBS News) The “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot said it’s “a bad idea” to build anything near an airport that’s likely to attract birds. Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger made the comments Friday on “CBS This Morning”. He expressed concern about a proposal in the city of New York to build a trash facility near LaGuardia airport.
CBSNewYork reports that, A JetBlue regional plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Westchester County on Tuesday night after encountering a bird strike.
The pilot said: “JetBlue 571 we gotta come back, we hit 2 big geese”. YES, the plane hit the geese. Birds don’t strike on airplanes!
The question is not how can we keep planes safe from birds but how can we keep birds safe from airplanes. MANY birds have become extinct already!
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