Monarch Butterflies need help

[Kflowers]

Here are some things you can do - and sign the petition to help protect them.

One reason for the monarch butterfly’s disappearance, according to Scientific American is the destruction of milkweed habitat along their route across the U.S. Expanding housing developments and the proliferations of pesticides and herbicides coupled with climate change and wildfires have disrupted this 3,000-mile stretch of wildflower-lined butterfly highway.

Monarch Butterflies Could Go Extinct In The Next Few Years If Federal Protections Are Not Granted, Scientists Say

Reclassifying the monarch butterfly as an endangered species in the United States will go a long way to saving this species from extinction.

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[kittyprincesss]

Monarch butterflies remind me of my calico angel, thanks for posting this so we know.

 

[betsygee]

This report must be from 2020. The 2021 count was almost 250,000! I live just a few miles from the Pacific Grove Butterfly Sanctuary and have been there a couple of times this year to see the butterflies. It's a beautiful thing to see.

Not that one good year means they've made a full comeback, though, so thanks for posting this and bringing it to people's attention.

 

[Kflowers]

The petition seems to be open for signing now.

 

[Kflowers]

You know betsygee , I was thinking 250,000 cats are a lot of cats, but 250,000 butterflies really aren't that many. In flight, and they fly in large groups, one storm could kill thousands, one stretch of land with out food or where the food is soaked in pesticides and thousands more are dead. Many people consider the milkweed a weed and poison the hell out of it to get rid of it. That kills any butterfly, or anything else, that tries to eat it.
But one good year, is one good year.

 

[betsygee]

I've read that in the 1990s, the count was over 1 million! Wouldn't that be an amazing sight.

But one good year, is one good year.

Yes.