Remember Sneeze? He’s (one of the many) muscovy ducks we’ve rescued, presently residing with his buddy Squirt at the Crazy K Farm. He and many other rescued animals live there, but their situation appears to be in jeopardy.

I received the following letter from Tobi Kosanke:

Crazy K Farm Pet and Poultry Products December 1st, 2012 Dear John, The health and safety of the 200+ rescue animals at Crazy K Farm is threatened by the planned building of a dump in Hempstead, Texas, where Crazy K Farm is located. Your signature on my petition can protect the environment of the Hempstead Texas area and the health of the people and animals who live there! I’ve started the petition “TX Attorney General, Governor, State Representative: Stop the Highway 6 Landfill in Hempstead Texas” and need your help to get it off the ground.Will you take 30 seconds to sign it right now? Here’s the link: http://www.change.org/petitions/scjc-governor-state-representative-stop-the-highway-6-landfill-in-hempstead-texas Here’s why it’s important: Our local officials are defying their constituents and supporting environmental racism in Waller County, Texas. We need your help to protect the health of our citizens and the economy of our county. The demographics of Waller County and the economically underserved Hempstead area are ideal for a major corporation to build a controversial landfill: a relatively poor rural population is much less likely to mount and sustain a long and costly legal challenge. Our local official are supporting this environmental racism and refusing to represent the wishes and best interests of their constituency by supporting the Highway 6 Landfill in the face of overwhelming evidence that it will have tremendous negative health, economic and environmental impacts on the area. The Highway 6 Landfill is a proposed site in Hempstead-a rural and economically underserved area 45 miles northwest of Houston. The population is roughly 3,000. The land in question is a 723-acre piece of historic property with stagecoach roads and a family cemetery. It has two natural, spring-fed creeks and is the headwaters for Clear Creek, which runs to the Brazos. The water is used for drinking by cities and water districts downstream. It is municipal, agricultural, and used by federally protected wildlife. The Highway 6 Landfill is unwanted by the residents of Waller County – and it would economically and environmentally destroy an area that’s already struggling for survival. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Tobi Kosanke Crazy K Farm Pet and Poultry Products

I’ve signed the petition.

Please join us in keeping Sneeze, Squirt, and the other rescues safe.