Take Action On Amazon Day! Help Stop The Intentional Burning of the Amazon Rainforest Before It’s Too Late

Photo by Victor Moriyama / Greenpeace Brazil

The world is watching in horror as fires – set intentionally by ranchers – are burning the Amazon rainforest at a staggering, record-breaking pace. Brazilian President Bolsonaro encourages the mass clearing of the environmentally-vital ecosystem to make room for the exploitative practice of cattle ranching, while the survival of millions of animals and the global climate is at stake.

The Amazon rainforest spans 2.1 million square miles in South America which produces 20% of the world’s oxygen. This vast, biologically diverse landscape is home to more animal and plant species than any other ecosystem on earth and significantly impacts weather and precipitation patterns occurring around the world.

Nearly 2/3 of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil which is currently burning to the ground at an unprecedented rate. These fires are illegally set by cattle ranchers to clear land for cattle to graze before they are brutally slaughtered and exported around the world.

Wild animals in the Amazon are not adapted to withstand wildfire, which leaves them with very few options to survive. Although fires naturally occur, extensive burning is not common in the tropical climate due to high levels of rainfall. If animals cannot burrow underground or find a body of water to hide in, they die from flames, heat, and smoke inhalation.

As the intentionally set fires ravage the Amazon, jaguars, macaws, pygmy three-toed sloths, black spider monkeys, poison dart frogs, and members of thousands of other species are experiencing terror and dying as their home is burned to the ground to meet our ever-expanding human population’s desire for cheap beef.

Please help In Defense of Animals (IDA) urge the Brazilian National Congress to stop the Amazon fires before it’s too late!

What You Can Do:

Since President Bolsonaro took office on Jan 1, 2019, more than 74,000 fires have burned throughout the Brazilian Amazon, marking an 85% increase in the number of fires from last year while killing countless animals in the process.

Bolsonaro’s efforts to facilitate the production and slaughter of cows for human consumption is causing millions of animals to die while destabilizing the global climate. Help save animals and the planet by choosing plant-based options and urge the leaders of the Brazilian National Congress to stop burning the Amazon rainforest!

1. Tweet at Rodrigo Maia, President of the Chamber of Deputies and Davi Alcolumbre, President of the Federal Senate, and say: “Please stop the reckless burning and destruction of the Brazilian Amazon to save animals and the planet.”

2. Download IDA’s Veg Guide to make animal and environmentally-friendly food choices and read their blog for ways you can help mitigate climate change.

3. Send IDA’s letter to Deputy Rodrigo Maia, President of the Chamber of Deputies and Senator Davi Alcolumbre, President of the Federal Senate, by filling out the form HERE.

You can help all animals by choosing compassion on your plate. #GoVeg