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Polar Bear Cubs Face New Attacks

Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife

From: Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife

To: bellringer@fourwinds10.com

Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 3:00 AM

Subject: Polar Bear Cubs Face New Attacks

Nestled in their ice dens in northern Alaska, a new generation of polar bear cubs is just being born. In a few months, these newborns will emerge from their dens and face a new and challenging world outside.

Sadly, pro-polluter politicians, lobbyists and trophy hunters are planning a deadly future for these cubs.

Please make a donation of $20.00, $50.00, or another amount and help Defenders safeguard the lives of these infant cubs with our multi-pronged advocacy in Congress, in the courts and in the international halls of power.

The threat to these cubs is urgent.

In Washington, DC, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski is preparing to unleash a dangerous amendment as early as this week, authored by top polluter lobbyists, to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from fighting climate change -- even as polar bears in her state are literally drowning from the effects of global warming.

And in Alaska, Governor Sean Parnell and other officials are amassing a war chest of more than $1.5 million to hire lawyers and lobbyists to take away crucial protections for polar bears and other wildlife struggling to survive.

If they win, wealthy trophy hunters will be able to kill polar bears abroad and return with polar bear carcasses and other parts to adorn living rooms and trophy cases.

We have a plan to stop these vicious attacks on polar bears.

Please donate now to stop the politicians, lobbyists and trophy hunters -- and save future generations of polar bear cubs.

Defenders has a three-point plan to save these magnificent animals and their homes:

Defeat the harmful Murkowski amendment in Congress that stands in the way of real progress in the fight against global warming -- and pass critical legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions and provide programs to help these struggling bears.
Win in the courts against Gov. Parnell, Safari Club International and their allies to defend crucial protections for polar bears and the vital habitat they need to survive.
Stop the international trade in polar bears and their parts through CITES[1], the powerful international conservation agreement.

We can’t do any of this wildlife-saving work without the caring support of people like you. Will you donate today to help save our struggling polar bear cubs and other wildlife?

Without drastic action, this season’s polar bear cubs could be one of the last generations in the United States [2]. And with sea ice well below average [3], their mothers will likely struggle to find adequate food to feed them in the coming year.

But there is hope. With your help, we can stop the attacks on their future by polluter politicians, lobbyists and trophy hunters to ensure these cubs have a fighting chance at survival.

Please help save polar bears and other wildlife today.

Thank you for all you do.