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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
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.
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.
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# 31,150:
3:01 am PDT, Jun 27,
Amy Harmon, Indiana
# 31,149:
1:27 am PDT, Jun 27,
Shinichi Arakawa, Japan
# 31,148:
1:18 am PDT, Jun 27,
Marisa Sebastian, Spain
We must STOP making animals suffer for no good reason!!!!!! Enough torturing, enough killing, enough slavery!! Please leave animals alone, they were born with a right to live free of pain, free of fear, and free from enslavement, sharing this planet, just like us. Leave them alone for once! They´re NOT OURS!
We must STOP making animals suffer for no good reason!!!!!! Enough torturing, enough killing, enough slavery!! Please leave animals alone, they were born with a right to live free of pain, free of fear, and free from enslavement, sharing this planet, just like us. Leave them alone for once! They´re NOT OURS!
# 31,147:
1:10 am PDT, Jun 27,
Soren Wallin, Sweden
# 31,146:
1:06 am PDT, Jun 27,
Peter Simon, Germany
There is no reason to accept these abnormal medicinal use of animals! For Veganism!
There is no reason to accept these abnormal medicinal use of animals! For Veganism!
# 31,145:
12:55 am PDT, Jun 27,
Lisa Jehle, Switzerland
I urge you to protect the bears by the federal laws with penalties for the missuse of the protection Laws. thank you very much for you help!!!
I urge you to protect the bears by the federal laws with penalties for the missuse of the protection Laws. thank you very much for you help!!!
# 31,144:
12:44 am PDT, Jun 27,
Minit Joanna, Romania
WHAT??????? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT??????? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 31,143:
12:40 am PDT, Jun 27,
Ageelath Abdulla, Maldives
# 31,142:
12:21 am PDT, Jun 27,
Elizabeth Konow, New York
# 31,141:
11:46 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Sarah Lee, Washington
STOP THE CRUELTY! FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS ILLEGAL, SECOND, WHY MURDER INNOCENT, HELPLESS BEARS?! THIS IS VERY DISTURBING AND AMERICA MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
STOP THE CRUELTY! FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS ILLEGAL, SECOND, WHY MURDER INNOCENT, HELPLESS BEARS?! THIS IS VERY DISTURBING AND AMERICA MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
# 31,140:
10:35 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Marieemma Tarnawiecki, Florida
STOP IT !!!
STOP IT !!!
# 31,139:
10:14 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Babette Bruton, California
# 31,138:
9:36 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Robert Timmons, Canada
# 31,137:
9:30 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Cara Stutzman, North Carolina
# 31,136:
9:14 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Russell Ritter, Canada
These bears are treated inhumanely often being kept alive to suffer the torture of being continually strapped onto a table with viscera exposed and tubes drain the gall bladder of bile regularly. These animals are conscious and in pain. I appeal to your humanity to put an end to this abomination.
These bears are treated inhumanely often being kept alive to suffer the torture of being continually strapped onto a table with viscera exposed and tubes drain the gall bladder of bile regularly. These animals are conscious and in pain. I appeal to your humanity to put an end to this abomination.
# 31,135:
9:02 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Muna Kassim, India
# 31,134:
8:52 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Name not displayed, West Virginia
# 31,133:
8:51 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Joanna Cadorette, Connecticut
# 31,132:
7:38 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Jacinto Garcia, Dominican Republic
# 31,131:
7:24 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Dan Ginsburg, Washington D.C.
Please help pass this important act.
Please help pass this important act.
# 31,130:
7:13 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Chris Catalano, New York
# 31,129:
7:11 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Madeline Freeman, Michigan
# 31,128:
7:09 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Debbie Randall, New Jersey
# 31,127:
7:08 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Hilary Hatch, Colorado
# 31,126:
6:27 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Nick Zeis, Canada
# 31,125:
6:25 pm PDT, Jun 26,
April Friesner, Illinois
# 31,124:
6:22 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Frank Colletto, California
# 31,123:
6:05 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Kenneth Romanow, Illinois
# 31,122:
5:48 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Michael Johnson, Illinois
# 31,121:
5:48 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Donna Smith, New York
# 31,120:
5:07 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Andria Herron, California
# 31,119:
4:55 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Kristi Henderson, Florida
# 31,118:
4:47 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Melinda Maarouf, Texas
We Americans take pride in our national treasures, including these beautiful bears. Please take a stand to stop this cruelty!
We Americans take pride in our national treasures, including these beautiful bears. Please take a stand to stop this cruelty!
# 31,117:
4:44 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Marie Badeaux, Louisiana
This is a barbaric and ridiculous, senseless act.
This is a barbaric and ridiculous, senseless act.
# 31,116:
4:38 pm PDT, Jun 26,
FREYA HALL, Florida
# 31,115:
4:35 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Name not displayed, New York
Our bear population needs this legislation in order to stop this awful business.
Our bear population needs this legislation in order to stop this awful business.
# 31,114:
4:34 pm PDT, Jun 26,
AnaMaria Torres, Texas
# 31,113:
4:23 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Erik Klaassen, Netherlands
# 31,112:
4:18 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Diana Starratt, Florida
# 31,111:
4:09 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Stacey Cowardin, Virginia
# 31,110:
4:00 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Eleanor Russell, Switzerland
If this is illegal anyway, and the US really wants the rest of the world to think that their laws and government actually do work, things like loopholes and illegal shops would be eradicated. But I guess there must be other things like money, influence/power and self preservation whose value exceeds morality, and fairness to some people with the power to decide on such issues.
If this is illegal anyway, and the US really wants the rest of the world to think that their laws and government actually do work, things like loopholes and illegal shops would be eradicated. But I guess there must be other things like money, influence/power and self preservation whose value exceeds morality, and fairness to some people with the power to decide on such issues.
# 31,109:
3:49 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Ellen Valentine, Virginia
This practice is horrendously cruel and unnecessary. Humans have no right to impose such cruelty to other living beings!
This practice is horrendously cruel and unnecessary. Humans have no right to impose such cruelty to other living beings!
# 31,108:
3:45 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Teri Matheny, Texas
# 31,106:
3:39 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Clifford Lindeman, California
# 31,105:
3:23 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Danny DeTora, California
# 31,104:
3:20 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Jennifer Goss, United Kingdom
# 31,102:
2:53 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Grace Su, California
# 31,101:
2:34 pm PDT, Jun 26,
Name not displayed, United Kingdom