You Put a Polar Bear in Times Square
Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife
Your ad is running in Times Square right now! |
With the help of dedicated Defenders supporters like you, we were able to run our polar bear ad in New York’s Times Square on the CBS Jumbotron. It ran during Christmas and New Year's and will be up until January 20th, continuing to raise awareness about the plight of America’s threatened polar bears.
But that’s not all you’ve done in the last few weeks....
We stopped a federal plan that would have allowed wolf sterilization and gassing of wolf pups. And when the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services – the government’s chief wolf-killing agency – recently announced its new plan to use aerial gunning to kill wolves in parts of Idaho's National Forests, you spoke out in force.
As of the Monday deadline for public comments, Defenders of Widlife delivered nearly 50,000 messages in opposition to the wolf-killing plan. And you sent tens of thousands of more messages to stop the latest anti-wolf attacks in Congress.
Finally, when we asked for your help to meet the challenges of the New Year, you answered the call. More than 4,600 wildlife supporters donated to help nearly meet our $211,000 end-of-year goal, including almost 1,700 who had never before donated to support our work.
Thank you for all of your energy, dedication and support! You really help us make a difference.
Patrick, we’ll need you to help face the challenges we anticipate in 2011 – more attacks on life-saving wolf protections, more plans for destructive drilling in key polar bear habitat and more attempts to dismantle the laws that protect our wild animals and the wild places where they live.
We won’t stop fighting, and I hope you won’t either.
Happy New Year,
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Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife |
P.S. Here are two very quick ways you can help today…
- Stay Informed. If you don’t already do so, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and the Defenders blog for the very latest on our struggle to save the lives of imperiled wolves, polar bears and other wildlife.
- Support our work. Confirm your commitment to safeguard the lives of wolves, polar bears and other wildlife and defend the wild places where they live in 2011.
Jan. 6, 2011