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Protect Polar Bears from Extinction!

Target: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife
In as few as 50 years, America's polar bears could be gone.

New research by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) predicts dramatic declines in polar bear populations as global warming melts the Arctic sea ice these bears depend on for survival. It has never been so urgent to reduce global warming emissions and protect polar bears from extinction.

In light of these findings, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has reopened a brief, two week comment period on its January 2007 proposal to list polar bears as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.

No more delays or excuses - it's time to protect polar bears and their melting homes. Sign our petition to submit your official public comment urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect polar bears from extinction!

UPDATE: The comment period has just been extended to October 22nd - please sign and spread the word today!
deadline: 10-22-2007
goal: 50,000
 

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To:
Rosa Meehan, Supervisor
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Marine Mammals Management Office
1011 East Tudor Road
Anchorage, AK 99503

Attn: Polar Bear Finding

As a supporter of Defenders of Wildlife and someone concerned about global climate change, I am writing today to voice my strong support for the proposal to list polar bears as "Threatened" under the Endangered Species Act.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has just published a series of reports predicting that melting Arctic sea ice due to global warming could result in polar bear population declines of two-thirds or more in the next 50 years.

In light of these dire – and in the USGS's own words, conservative – predictions, I strongly urge you to grant Endangered Species Act protections to polar bears immediately.

In Alaska, we already see the effects of climate change, with the birth and survival rates of our polar bears plummeting as ice packs shrink and the bears' hunting opportunities become more limited.

The USGS's research underscores what we already know – global warming is real and is taking a devastating toll on polar bears. In order to save these magnificent animals, listing polar bears as threatened must be coupled with concrete steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to address the root cause of global warming. In addition, critical habitat for polar bears must be identified and protected. Essential protections against harmful oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Bristol Bay and other crucial habitat areas must be provided to ensure the survival of polar bears.

Thank you for considering my comments.

Sincerely,

[Your Name]
[Your Address]
We signed the “Protect Polar Bears from Extinction!” petition!
# 43,913:
9:41 am PDT, Apr 23, Glenn Goris, Belgium
# 43,912:
6:52 pm PDT, Apr 20, Name not displayed, Hawaii
Help stop Global Warming.... stop driving your cars, throwing garbage on the ground and start recycling poor animals are dying because of you! Stand up make a change!!!
# 43,911:
3:14 pm PDT, Apr 20, Becky Visco, Texas
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2:16 pm PDT, Apr 20, Name not displayed, Arizona
WHY not save them!!!
# 43,909:
1:24 pm PDT, Apr 20, Cynthia Parker, Virginia
# 43,908:
10:11 am PDT, Apr 20, Victoria Salinas, California
# 43,907:
9:10 pm PDT, Apr 19, Asia Fredsicle, Tennessee
Think about earth sometimes and not only about yourselves, because if u keep this global warming up u wont be alive. So think green
# 43,906:
8:28 pm PDT, Apr 19, Alyssa Fredsicle, California
Polar bears are being killed every day by a thing we all know as global warming and alot of us dont even care of what we r actually dong to these poor creatures which is taking their life away when they have done nothing wrong instead we all waste water, cut down trees, kill other animals, dont recycle so that makes us use more unnecessary stuff like plastic! we need to save the polar BEARS because its not just their life we r hurting it will soon be ours!
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6:49 am PDT, Apr 19, Name not displayed, Germany
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5:49 am PDT, Apr 19, Ines Mavioso, Portugal
# 43,903:
10:57 pm PDT, Apr 18, Jennie Johnson, Minnesota
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8:11 pm PDT, Apr 17, Laurraine Martin-phelan, Canada
# 43,901:
12:47 pm PDT, Apr 17, Shawn Williamson, California
# 43,900:
7:17 am PDT, Apr 17, Jacki Cone-Auslender, Maine
I want to save all the polar bears from extinction and I am currently writting a research paper for my english class about it.
# 43,899:
1:55 pm PDT, Apr 16, Name not displayed, Virginia
# 43,898:
1:03 pm PDT, Apr 16, Skye Whitlow, Virginia
# 43,897:
12:32 pm PDT, Apr 16, Adam V Paul, Romania
# 43,896:
6:20 pm PDT, Apr 15, Gaby Gonzalez, Virginia
This has to be one of the most beautiful animals on Earth...I think these people need to get over themselves and act know...seriuosly they only thing people care about these days are themselves!
# 43,895:
7:42 am PDT, Apr 15, Aura Beckhofer-Fialho, United Kingdom
# 43,894:
8:20 pm PDT, Apr 14, Talia Gelfand, California
SAVE THE POLAR BEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
# 43,893:
7:57 pm PDT, Apr 14, Rose Gelfand, California
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10:48 am PDT, Apr 13, Samantha Kinstle, Virginia
# 43,891:
6:42 pm PDT, Apr 11, Libby Gibson, Kentucky
A beautiful animal that doesn't deserve to be lost in our selfishness.
# 43,890:
4:28 am PDT, Apr 11, Julieta Degiovani, Brazil
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9:44 am PDT, Apr 10, Hollye Hicks, Texas
# 43,888:
5:59 am PDT, Apr 10, Stephanie Cruz, New Jersey
This is really sad, and we need to work together to prevent what is happening to these polar bears.
# 43,887:
8:12 pm PDT, Apr 9, Apotiosico Bloom, Chile
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oso_polar
# 43,886:
8:39 am PDT, Apr 9, Name not displayed, Minnesota
As the dominant species on this earth, we should feel obligated to help those who can not help themselves. Polar bears are losing their habitat due to our irresposible life styles of wasting gas, wasting resources and polluting the earth. The very least we can do is implement guidelines/laws that help these poor animals that can't do it themselves.
# 43,885:
1:22 pm PDT, Apr 8, Rachel St Clair, Oregon
# 43,884:
12:09 pm PDT, Apr 8, Jocelyn Hurtienne, Virginia
Polar bears havent harmed anyone. These are by far my most favorite animals in the world. they should not be killed for fun purposes. It's like someone wanting to hunt YOU for fun. You imagine being in front of the gun and then to be killed just for the fun of it.
# 43,883:
1:23 am PDT, Apr 8, Abigail Colton, United Kingdom
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2:54 pm PDT, Apr 7, Danny Battison, United Kingdom
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1:49 pm PDT, Apr 7, Rui Jorge, Portugal
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9:59 am PDT, Apr 7, Anastasia Elchinskaya, Russian Federation
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5:39 pm PDT, Apr 6, Natalie Swaim, Iowa
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8:16 pm PDT, Apr 5, Carola Sánchez, Chile
# 43,877:
11:44 am PDT, Apr 4, Areebah Shakeel, United Arab Emirates
don't kill them they are harmless creatures please leave them
# 43,876:
12:01 pm PDT, Apr 3, Teresita Garza, Florida
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5:43 am PDT, Apr 3, Zsuzsi Alitisz, Hungary
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3:46 pm PDT, Apr 2, Anna Nwachukwu, Germany
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4:13 pm PDT, Apr 1, Elana Levine, California
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3:19 am PDT, Apr 1, Ingrid Eiserbeck, Germany
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7:45 am PDT, Mar 31, Judyta Dymkowska, Poland
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3:42 am PDT, Mar 31, Catarina Almeida, Portugal
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8:51 am PDT, Mar 30, LINDA DUKE, Illinois
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9:46 pm PDT, Mar 29, Beth OHara, Maine
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7:38 pm PDT, Mar 29, Jake Taylor, Nevada
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5:26 pm PDT, Mar 29, Lianne Lavoie, Canada
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9:09 pm PDT, Mar 28, Cathy Schrott, California
# 43,864:
7:02 pm PDT, Mar 27, Kristi Romero, New York
# 43,863:
6:55 pm PDT, Mar 27, Tonya Christie, Virginia
Please save the polar bear, beautiful, majestic and needing of our help.
# 43,862:
6:37 pm PDT, Mar 27, Riley V, South Carolina
Im doing a 6th grade essay on the topic and these buddies deserved to be saved
# 43,861:
2:55 am PDT, Mar 27, Can Atik, Turkey
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2:16 pm PDT, Mar 26, Kate Evans, Georgia
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9:37 am PDT, Mar 25, Gracie Kinyon, California
I am 9 years old and when I grow up and have children, I want to be able to take them somewhere to see a polar bear. I really don't like it when polar bears die.If global warming keeps on going, all the ice for the polar bears will melt and all the polar bears will die. It's so sad!!!!!!!
# 43,858:
6:17 pm PDT, Mar 23, Cheryl Silkett, Missouri
# 43,857:
2:01 pm PDT, Mar 23, Name not displayed, Colorado
Why i think polar bears should be listed as threatend is because the climate is changing and the ice is getting thinner and bears are drowning everyday. this is why i think they should be listed as threatend.
# 43,856:
8:58 am PDT, Mar 23, Raweeha Abdul Rab, United Arab Emirates
Please save polar bears from extinction. They are rare, innocent, cute and unique. You have to help us keep them alive. Save those poor polar bears!
# 43,855:
8:13 am PDT, Mar 22, Lauren Belcher, Texas
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5:14 pm PDT, Mar 21, Nenad Novakovic, Serbia And Montenegro
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7:35 am PDT, Mar 21, Leanna Parker, Florida
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1:08 pm PDT, Mar 20, Lorna Hudson, United Kingdom