Right now I am on board with an organization trying to stop the building of a commercial highway through the northern part of the Serengeti—the only wild life park on earth untouched by commercialism, unaltered for millions of years. This highway is being built to increase the productivity/sales of cell phone batteries that are a commodity in Tanzania; bought in high amounts by the Chinese. The outcome of building this road going through the Northern part of the Serengeti (where the greatest migrations occur) is disastrous. Not only will hundreds of trucks going through this natural habitat, daily, put more animals in harms way, illegal poaching is surely to increase, allowing easier access to the animals.
The Frankfurt Zoological Society also made the statement:
"We sincerely believe that the road will have disastrous effects on the entire ecosystem. The northern parts of the Serengeti and the adjacent Masai Mara are critical for the wildebeest and zebra migration during the dry season, as it is the only permanent year-round water source for these herds. Recent calculations show that if wildebeest were to be cut off from these critical dry season areas, the population would likely decline from 1.3 million animals to about 200,000 (meaning a collapse to far less than a quarter of its current population and most likely the end of the great
migration)."
The petition is not to stop the building of the road, it is to reroute it south, going under and around the Serengeti.
You can read more about it here:
You can also become a member on facebook, and you can sign a petition to stop the building of the highway here:
This petition will be sent to Tanzanian as well as American officials supporting the building of this highway.
I would greatly appreciate it if you would take a moment to get involved by either joining the watch, making a donation, or signing the petition. Let's remember that we have the obligation to take care of this beautiful world in which we live, which includes conserving the home of millions of animals and plant life that not only make this earth beautiful but help our ecosystem thrive.
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