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Stop Polar Bear Trophy Hunting!
Target: Mr. Dale Hall, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Dr. Peter Thomas, Chief, Division of Management Authority
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
Polar bears already face a daunting future because of global warming, oil and gas exploration and toxic chemical pollution. But there's another threat that many Americans aren't aware of trophy hunting.
The United States does not allow sport hunting of polar bears in their Alaskan habitat. But more than half of the world's polar bears live in Canada, where hunting is legal. And due to a huge loophole in the Marine Mammal Protection Act, American trophy hunters can travel to Canada, kill a polar bear, and bring back polar bear trophies.
From 2002-2005, a total of 298 requests were made by US citizens to import sport hunted polar bear trophies from Canada. Of these, 252 - a staggering 85 percent - were issued.
We may not be able to stop Canada from allowing hunting, but we can stop the U.S. from allowing Americans to import polar bear trophies. Please act today and urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop issuing polar bear trophy permits immediately!
The United States does not allow sport hunting of polar bears in their Alaskan habitat. But more than half of the world's polar bears live in Canada, where hunting is legal. And due to a huge loophole in the Marine Mammal Protection Act, American trophy hunters can travel to Canada, kill a polar bear, and bring back polar bear trophies.
From 2002-2005, a total of 298 requests were made by US citizens to import sport hunted polar bear trophies from Canada. Of these, 252 - a staggering 85 percent - were issued.
We may not be able to stop Canada from allowing hunting, but we can stop the U.S. from allowing Americans to import polar bear trophies. Please act today and urge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to stop issuing polar bear trophy permits immediately!
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You need to stop this cruelty towards the polar bears! It's an inhumane thing to do!
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Polar bears are already threatened due to global warming. WE must protect them from slaughter by trophy hunters.
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PLEASE stop issuing these permits! Why would anyone want to do this?
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If we as people of a free country don't act as reposible and caring citizens, our children and their children may not have the natural habitats and wildlife that we have come to hold so dear.
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Surely there are other, much less aggressive and violent ways for a person to prove that he/she is "powerful" than by killing other creatures for trophies!
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Stop loopholes for wealthy killers.
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This is absolutely ridiculous. It seems that every time I turn around, I hear about putting another species on the "endangered species list." The only problem with our planet is man.
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I believed that you people would protect animals. What I (we) are finding is that you are worst then the hunters
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They are in enough danger of extinction by global warming. Why would you allow such an atrocity?
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WE ARE NOT FAR FROM THE CATASTROPHE OF LOSING THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS....STOP ISSUING POLAR BEAR TROPHY PERMITS......
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Please stop hunting the polar bears for trophies. It would be completely different if they were being hunted for food, but to just sit them on a shelf, that's terrible.
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Please stop slaughtering the Polar Bears - this type of hunting is completely unneccesary and must stop immediately.
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What are you doing? Don't you get the damage your inflecting? Greed has a way of catching up to you.
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What a cruel and horrible thing to give a trophy for. Please put an end to this.
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Please protect these beautiful creatures. Its bad enough so many animals are dying due to global warming and now giving hunters an open pass to hunt and make trophies out of them is just irresponsible. Protect them along with all the other animals being hunted and destroyed and practically erradicated off the face of the earth. Animals are God's creationg and they should not be trophies, they should live free long lives. Thank you.
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We are doing enough damage to this species indirectly by our lack of management of the environment. It's sick to think that we are allowing someone to mount a polar bear trophy in the garage above their Hummer.
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These bears are in danger of extinction. You simply cannot permit this sort of unneccesary harm to this already threatened population.
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The existence of this "get around" for American hunters is deadly. Please stop this.
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Please stop slaughtering the Polar Bears! This type of hunting has to stop immediately!!
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We're losing our valuable wildlife quickly enough without hunting for personal gratification. Please, please stop this practice!
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Stop issuing these useless polar bear trophy permits
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This is insane! Please stop.
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Stop Polar Bear Trophy Hunting Now
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Please....let us live and let live... thank you..
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Oh my goodness. They are already in peril due to global warming and losing the ice. Please do not extinguish this species.