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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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# 300:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
Name not displayed, Tennessee
# 299:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
Andrea Heuson, Florida
# 298:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
Name not displayed, Florida
# 297:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
K. Dushan Amchin, New York
Stop this barbaric human behavior, these Polar bears are already fighting for survival. It's time to stop the ignorance of these human animals.
Stop this barbaric human behavior, these Polar bears are already fighting for survival. It's time to stop the ignorance of these human animals.
# 296:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
William Field, Maine
# 295:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
Kami Griffin, Virginia
# 294:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
Laura White, California
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT YOU ARE PERPETUATING THIS TROPHY PERMITS IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THE DIRE STRAITS THAT POLAR BEARS ARE IN. YOU ARE REWARDING HUNTERS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE POTENTIAL EXTINCTION OF THESE POOR ANIMALS. SHAME ON YOU!!!
THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT YOU ARE PERPETUATING THIS TROPHY PERMITS IT'S COMMON KNOWLEDGE THE DIRE STRAITS THAT POLAR BEARS ARE IN. YOU ARE REWARDING HUNTERS FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE POTENTIAL EXTINCTION OF THESE POOR ANIMALS. SHAME ON YOU!!!
# 293:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
Linda Nichols, Washington D.C.
# 292:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
Derek Goldstein, Nevada
# 291:
10:14 am PDT, May 24,
Brian JP Craig, New Jersey
# 290:
10:13 am PDT, May 24,
Jaimie Rizner, Massachusetts
Please protect polar bears from useless killing.
Please protect polar bears from useless killing.
# 289:
10:13 am PDT, May 24,
Jennifer M. Rohrer, South Carolina
# 288:
10:13 am PDT, May 24,
Geri Kurtz, Pennsylvania
this is insane! their climate already has been impacted....why do we need to keep killing off these beautiful creatures, leave them alone!
this is insane! their climate already has been impacted....why do we need to keep killing off these beautiful creatures, leave them alone!
# 287:
10:13 am PDT, May 24,
Kimberly Lowe, Ohio
# 286:
10:13 am PDT, May 24,
Heather Goldstein, Nevada
# 285:
10:13 am PDT, May 24,
Luther Moore, New York
# 284:
10:13 am PDT, May 24,
Catherine Casey, Illinois
I am a mother of four and I am doing this for them, and I hope you will set a good example and do what is right for all of our children. How can we ever justify taking a life just for the "fun" of it? How can we ever tell our children that is ok? Please, please, do not allow this practice anymore. As Americans, we should be better than that. Please help to save the Polar Bears -- for them, for us, for our children, and for the future.
I am a mother of four and I am doing this for them, and I hope you will set a good example and do what is right for all of our children. How can we ever justify taking a life just for the "fun" of it? How can we ever tell our children that is ok? Please, please, do not allow this practice anymore. As Americans, we should be better than that. Please help to save the Polar Bears -- for them, for us, for our children, and for the future.
# 283:
10:13 am PDT, May 24,
David Huffman, Texas
# 282:
10:12 am PDT, May 24,
J Simmons, New York
# 281:
10:12 am PDT, May 24,
Marjorie Barton, Nevada
Stop the killing and stop allowing trophy hunters to legally bring in their trophies into the United States. Trophy huntinng does not prove you a man but a coward!!!! The bears should carry guns and shoot the hunters.
Stop the killing and stop allowing trophy hunters to legally bring in their trophies into the United States. Trophy huntinng does not prove you a man but a coward!!!! The bears should carry guns and shoot the hunters.
# 280:
10:12 am PDT, May 24,
Dawn Cromwell, California
If we do not allow trophy hunters to bring back animal trophies like elephants and rhinos, why would we allow them to hunt and display polar bears?
If we do not allow trophy hunters to bring back animal trophies like elephants and rhinos, why would we allow them to hunt and display polar bears?
# 279:
10:12 am PDT, May 24,
Sandy Rodwell, California
# 278:
10:12 am PDT, May 24,
Karina Navarre, Mexico
Stop this massacre now!!! This isn´t faire
Stop this massacre now!!! This isn´t faire
# 277:
10:12 am PDT, May 24,
Patricia Pagano, Florida
# 276:
10:12 am PDT, May 24,
DEBRA GORDON, Kansas
For a hunter to feel a need to display a trophy of an endangered animal is beyond my comprehension.
For a hunter to feel a need to display a trophy of an endangered animal is beyond my comprehension.
# 275:
10:12 am PDT, May 24,
Name not displayed, New Jersey
STOP the killing for vanity.. these regal animals are MORE beautiful ALIVE!
STOP the killing for vanity.. these regal animals are MORE beautiful ALIVE!
# 274:
10:11 am PDT, May 24,
Kimberly Fleisher, Pennsylvania
# 273:
10:11 am PDT, May 24,
Doug & MacKenzie Freeman, Oregon
We are endangering polar bears -- and many other animals -- enough due to our disrepect for the environment. It's time we rethink our hunting traditions to reflect a more advanced culture.
We are endangering polar bears -- and many other animals -- enough due to our disrepect for the environment. It's time we rethink our hunting traditions to reflect a more advanced culture.
# 272:
10:11 am PDT, May 24,
Name not displayed, Canada
This is a remnant of old pioneer thinking - let's get pro-active and start preserving what we have!
This is a remnant of old pioneer thinking - let's get pro-active and start preserving what we have!
# 271:
10:11 am PDT, May 24,
Lisa Taddeo, Massachusetts
# 270:
10:11 am PDT, May 24,
Jerllyn Thurber, Arizona
# 269:
10:11 am PDT, May 24,
Bernadine C. Herbst, Wisconsin
Please stop needless and senseless killing of these majestic creatues of God.
Please stop needless and senseless killing of these majestic creatues of God.
# 268:
10:11 am PDT, May 24,
Kim George, Massachusetts
# 267:
10:10 am PDT, May 24,
James Demauro, New York
we have to protect our wildelife qnd waters and gert more land into trust causew of the poluation and etc
we have to protect our wildelife qnd waters and gert more land into trust causew of the poluation and etc
# 266:
10:10 am PDT, May 24,
Theresa Gregory, Virginia
# 265:
10:10 am PDT, May 24,
A Hays, Indiana
# 264:
10:10 am PDT, May 24,
Clark Andelin, Illinois
# 263:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Jim Ferguson, California
# 262:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Lawrence Arrigale, Pennsylvania
# 261:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Janine McCarron, New York
Are you crazy? Your to protect I thought. Especially with no large quantities of polar bears out there.
Are you crazy? Your to protect I thought. Especially with no large quantities of polar bears out there.
# 260:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Name not displayed, Nevada
# 259:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Brenda Hutchinson, California
They are already heading towards extinction due to global warming. Let's try to keep them around for as long as possible. Enough killing!
They are already heading towards extinction due to global warming. Let's try to keep them around for as long as possible. Enough killing!
# 258:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Jamie Newhall, Ohio
# 257:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Alan Green, Tennessee
# 256:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Fran Tomkowid, New York
Why in the world would trophy hunting this animal be necessary? We are killing them by global warming - so no need to add to this!
Why in the world would trophy hunting this animal be necessary? We are killing them by global warming - so no need to add to this!
# 255:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Amanda Potter, Washington
# 254:
10:09 am PDT, May 24,
Stephanie Ellickson, Iowa
# 253:
10:08 am PDT, May 24,
Elizabeth Anne Ayala, California
Consider the words of this great man- "The day will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they do the murder of men"- Leonardo Da Vinci. Come on, enough is enough. Lets start doing morally right things. Its pathetic that we have to beg for things like this. When does it all end? When there are no more?
Consider the words of this great man- "The day will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they do the murder of men"- Leonardo Da Vinci. Come on, enough is enough. Lets start doing morally right things. Its pathetic that we have to beg for things like this. When does it all end? When there are no more?
# 252:
10:08 am PDT, May 24,
Elizabeth Scott, Virginia
# 251:
10:08 am PDT, May 24,
Sandy LeFevre, Pennsylvania