I'm still VERY angry over the heartless eviction of the red-tailed hawks in NYC. You can read more about it here and you can sign a petiton to have it restored or give a donation, whatever you feel like doing.

Oh, this kind of insensitive crap really pisses me off. My soapbox speech starts off something like this: We are not the only species living on this freaking planet, idiots! Stupid, stupid people with more money than sense!

Now, just a quick FYI. I don't jump aboard every good-cause wagon, but this is one I feel really strongly about. Animals and environment issues will always garner a large amount of protective feelings from me. Anyway, I have visited all the sites that are trying to help get the birds their home back before the next mating season (February).



The NYC Audubon Society had the following info where people could write the jackholes that tore it down: Please make your voice heard and contact your elected officials as well as the building manager, Brown Harris Stevens, at info@bhsusa.com Tell them how you feel and that you want the nest put back. Please cc info@nycaudubon.org on all your correspondences so that we may collaborate our efforts and work as a group to see that Pale Male's nest is returned.

So I did exactly that... here is the letter I sent:

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What's the matter with you people?? Evicting Pale Male?!? He's an
ambassador to your city for crying out loud!

Put back the nest!

How would YOU feel being evicted from YOUR home without warning -- in
the winter, no less? Thoughtless is what it is. Thoughtless and
cruel.

- (my signature)

cc: Mayor Bloomberg
Senator Clinton
Senator Schumer
Governor Pataki
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And I also sent notes to the people who may have some say in the matter (as suggested per Pale Male's Site).

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
City Hall
New York, NY 10007
PH 311 (or 212-NEW-YORK outside NYC)
Send him Web E-MAIL

Hillary Clinton
476 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4451
Send her Web E-MAIL

Charles Schumer
313 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6542
Send him Web E-MAIL

Liz Kreuger (26th District)
302 Legislative Office Building
Albany, New York 12247
(518) 455-2297
Regular email: lkrueger@senate.state.ny.us

Assemblymember Jonathan L. Bing (73rd Assembly District)
360 E. 57th Street Mezzanine Level
New York, NY 10022
(212) 605-0937
Regular email: bingj@assembly.state.ny.us