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Bears Need Our Help! Pass the Bear Protection Act of 2008

Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: World Society for the Protection of Animals

Each year wild bears are killed so that their parts can be sold in Traditional Asian Medicine (TAM) shops in the United States and internationally. In a recent undercover investigation, the World Society for the Protection of Animals found that the trade in intact gallbladders had actually increased since their previous investigation in 2000.

Unfortunately, state laws pertaining to the trade in bear parts are inconsistent and, in some cases, non-existent. The solution is clear: a unifying federal law is the only viable solution for bears! U.S. Representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) recently introduced H.R. 5534, the Bear Protection Act of 2008, to protect North American bears. The Act specifically bans the import, export and interstate trade of all bear parts and products, while closing loopholes in existing state laws.

deadline: Ongoing...
goal: 30,000

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Dear Representative [Name],

I was disturbed to learn that our North American bears are being killed for the illegal trade in bear parts and products used in Traditional Asian Medicine here and abroad. Already under threat, these beautiful animals deserve a unifying federal law that protects them from loopholes in state laws. I urge you to co-sponsor and pass H.R. 5534, the Bear Protection Act of 2008, to end this cruel and unnecessary trade for good.

North American bears poached for this cruel and unnecessary trade are frequently killed only for their gallbladders or paws. These American treasures, renowned the world over for their beauty and grace, deserve a federal law that protects them.

Thank you for supporting the Bear Protection Act of 2008. Together, we can protect these magnificent animals and end this cruel and unnecessary trade for good.

Sincerely,
[Your name here]

We took action on “Bears Need Our Help! Pass the Bear Protection Act of 2008”

# 31,050:

8:02 am PDT, Jun 26, Rebecca Brierley, Australia
Please start acting humanely. Every single animal that comes in contact with humans deserves to be treated humanely.

# 31,049:

8:01 am PDT, Jun 26, Claire Lloyd, United Kingdom
Please,please I'm begging you from the bottom of my heart pass the protectiom act.

# 31,048:

7:58 am PDT, Jun 26, Ariel Laugel-Schloss, Maryland

# 31,047:

7:56 am PDT, Jun 26, Tanja Dotson, Germany

# 31,046:

7:55 am PDT, Jun 26, Sam Bentley, United Kingdom

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7:47 am PDT, Jun 26, Karen Wood, Australia
Please sir/madam, how can we explain to out grandchildren where, how and why the bears are no longer, we surely should act now. Hear our plea.

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7:45 am PDT, Jun 26, Nascent Ping, Australia

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7:35 am PDT, Jun 26, David Schrank, Canada

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7:14 am PDT, Jun 26, Brian Pitchford, South Carolina

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7:06 am PDT, Jun 26, Annamaria Szendroi, Arizona

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7:05 am PDT, Jun 26, MONNET YVETTE, France

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7:02 am PDT, Jun 26, Karla Mueller, Germany

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6:50 am PDT, Jun 26, Gaby Bisecker, Austria

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6:49 am PDT, Jun 26, Heidi Millard-Lewis, Pennsylvania

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6:46 am PDT, Jun 26, Ela �., Croatia

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6:43 am PDT, Jun 26, Carolyn Kendrick, Canada
all those bears they are killing they will pay for what they are doing there is a a famine coming it going to affects all of canada and all of the world god gets angery too he causeing all kinds of floods all kinds of earth quakes and all kinds of valcanos and tital waves hes doing it he sees all thats going on with the bears when the bears are gone for evil use then they will wonder what happened the bears inchina are incaptivity too but the scientists cant get nothing good from a bear gallbladder there is no vitiams in it the same with all animals they can use all the animals for whatever god willcause something to happen to the parts they sell they wont win all wrong done to god creation in animals god will do something about it.

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6:40 am PDT, Jun 26, Cousin Yvette, France

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6:34 am PDT, Jun 26, Barbara Pellicier, Georgia

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6:23 am PDT, Jun 26, Ita Sixty-threeseventy, Pennsylvania

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6:06 am PDT, Jun 26, Name not displayed, Switzerland

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6:04 am PDT, Jun 26, Fabian Vonmuehlenen, Switzerland

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6:00 am PDT, Jun 26, Celik Josiane, France

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5:48 am PDT, Jun 26, J Steven Reese, Alaska

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5:42 am PDT, Jun 26, Apostolopoulou Elisabeth, Greece

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5:39 am PDT, Jun 26, Frauke Lympius, Germany

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5:32 am PDT, Jun 26, Name not displayed, Maryland

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5:29 am PDT, Jun 26, Gwendy Van der Merwe, South Africa

# 31,023:

5:29 am PDT, Jun 26, Name not displayed, Canada
Our wildlife if is essential to us and killing bears for Asian Medicine some of which is folklore is insane. Stop this instanity NOW!

# 31,022:

5:04 am PDT, Jun 26, Kelly Haulsee, Virginia

# 31,021:

5:03 am PDT, Jun 26, Leo Bar, Israel

# 31,020:

5:00 am PDT, Jun 26, Shannon Bessonett, Connecticut

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4:58 am PDT, Jun 26, POLYCHRONIS Theo, France

# 31,018:

4:50 am PDT, Jun 26, Katrina Pethers, Australia

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4:40 am PDT, Jun 26, Monica Drexler, Sweden

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4:35 am PDT, Jun 26, Alexandra Sonja Van Bergen, Ireland

# 31,015:

4:29 am PDT, Jun 26, LES HAVARD, United Kingdom

# 31,014:

4:03 am PDT, Jun 26, Nida Serban, Romania
we cannot keep on killing animals just for fun (hunting) or for "medical reasons". Please stop this trade in bear parts and other products used in Traditional Asian medicine!

# 31,013:

3:58 am PDT, Jun 26, Melanie Reinhardt, Switzerland

# 31,012:

3:50 am PDT, Jun 26, SARAH WALSH, Ireland

# 31,011:

3:42 am PDT, Jun 26, Agnieszka Filipczak, Ireland

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3:31 am PDT, Jun 26, Michele Scaini, Italy

# 31,009:

3:25 am PDT, Jun 26, Vincent Perget, France

# 31,008:

3:23 am PDT, Jun 26, Day Denton, Florida
This practice goes almost beyond belief. Is there no level to which America refuses to stoop? This is an absurd practice that needs to stop NOW. Maybe this is just another reason why so many of us are ready for change.

# 31,007:

3:21 am PDT, Jun 26, Capelle Jean-Luc, Belgium
When the man will stop the cruelty ?

# 31,006:

3:16 am PDT, Jun 26, Sabine Freudiger, California

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3:11 am PDT, Jun 26, Olha Bakan, Ukraine

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3:05 am PDT, Jun 26, Sharon De-Wit, United Kingdom

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2:48 am PDT, Jun 26, Isabelle Dobbelaere, Belgium

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2:38 am PDT, Jun 26, Janet McPherson, United Kingdom
If this was happeneing in China I wouldn't be surprised....but for this to be happening in America ....I despair

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2:26 am PDT, Jun 26, Malgorzata Brzyska, Sweden
Im ashame be human.... We must STOP animal cruelty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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