Target:Mr. Dale Hall, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Dr. Peter Thomas, Chief, Division of Management Authority Sponsored by:Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
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!
We signed the “Stop Polar Bear Trophy Hunting!” petition!
# 45,466:
10:27 pm PDT, May 21,Reynard Loki, New York
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9:40 pm PDT, May 21,Milica Kuzmanovic, Australia
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7:45 am PDT, May 21,Ivana Kuzmanovic, Serbia And Montenegro
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3:58 pm PDT, May 20,Amanda Fernandez, Florida
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2:43 pm PDT, May 20,Christina Wenig, Germany
STOP !!!!!! -- As a supporter of Defenders of Wildlife and a citizen concerned about our declining polar bears, I urge you to cease issuing polar bear trophy permits immediately. -- DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE OTHERS DO UNTO YOU !!!
# 45,460:
11:42 am PDT, May 20,Sergio Melesio-Nolasco, Mexico
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6:58 am PDT, May 20,Devina Anindita, Indonesia
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3:55 pm PDT, May 19,Carly Tinkler, Kansas
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4:55 am PDT, May 19,Sander Mann, Netherlands
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1:58 am PDT, May 19,Nevena Mitrovic, Serbia And Montenegro
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6:37 am PDT, May 18,Elliot Lundquist, Minnesota
Something is truly wrong with individuals that feel that they have to destroy a part of our amazing world. It's not about money and the short time that you have here on Earth to go around killing other species. Without destroying anything - people should enjoy the gift we all have been given.
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1:24 am PDT, May 18,Katrin Finsterbusch, Germany
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2:58 pm PDT, May 17,Name not displayed, Texas
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11:02 am PDT, May 17,Name not displayed, Serbia And Montenegro
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9:55 am PDT, May 17,Violaine D, France
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2:52 am PDT, May 17,Kim Hollemans, Netherlands
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11:16 pm PDT, May 16,Edita Hajdar, Minnesota
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1:57 pm PDT, May 16,Name not displayed, New York
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10:01 am PDT, May 16,Ljiljana Volic Prakash, Serbia And Montenegro
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5:55 am PDT, May 16,Jamie Beatrice, New York
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1:32 pm PDT, May 15,Name not displayed, Canada
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2:35 pm PDT, May 14,Regina Bledsoe, Louisiana
Sick! Sick! Sick!
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11:21 am PDT, May 13,Name not displayed, New Jersey
Leave the bears alone and get a real hobby
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7:22 am PDT, May 13,Malcolm Piersall, Florida
Trophy hunting is unimagineabely cruel and senseless.
Please stop issuing Polar bear hunting permits.
# 45,429:
1:39 am PDT, May 13,Lea Postolovic, Serbia And Montenegro
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9:45 am PDT, May 12,Taylor Irish, Wisconsin
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7:12 am PDT, May 12,Anna Brouhard, Montana
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1:15 am PDT, May 12,Lorii He, Mexico
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1:08 pm PDT, May 11,Heidi Morhart, Canada
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6:36 am PDT, May 11,Kayla Gonzalski, New York
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5:42 pm PDT, May 10,Sarah McCarthy, Pennsylvania
I agree that Polar Bear Hunting at all is OUTRAGEOUS! and should be stopped!
# 45,422:
1:28 pm PDT, May 10,Dawn Cribb, Tennessee
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12:02 pm PDT, May 10,Judith Pelletier, California
I cannot imagine the kind of dark mind that takes pleasure in killing and proudly displaying the carcass of a magnificent and innocent creature such as the Polar Bear. The issuing of polar bear trophy permits must be stopped.
# 45,420:
7:13 am PDT, May 10,Carolina Martinez, Spain
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6:34 pm PDT, May 9,Matthew Craven, Illinois
It is just baffling to know that we allow our citizens to have permits to go kill a threatened animal just for a trophy. Haven't we evolved?
# 45,417:
1:35 pm PDT, May 9,Tracey Merkley, Canada
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7:25 am PDT, May 9,Ynt Cam, Indonesia
thx again
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6:53 am PDT, May 9,Saskia Birkinshaw, Australia
This is a revolting practice and needs to be stopped. Thank you for outlawing it. Please go the extra step and prove your committment. Stop the importation of "trophies".
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3:16 pm PDT, May 8,Serena Fox, United Kingdom
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3:37 am PDT, May 8,Amy Goldring Tajalli, Florida
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9:06 am PDT, May 7,Ivan Volschenk, South Africa
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7:27 am PDT, May 7,Name not displayed, Philippines
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4:57 pm PDT, May 6,Paige Brash, New Zealand
Please make the hunting of polar bears illegal as it angers me to see such beautiful animals dying. Please Stop this cruel behavior.
# 45,408:
1:35 am PDT, May 6,Nyack Clancy, New York
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12:02 am PDT, May 6,Diana Nemtseva, Ukraine
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4:23 pm PDT, May 5,Ana Raičević, Serbia And Montenegro
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1:57 am PDT, May 5,Sharon Owens, Ireland
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2:46 pm PDT, May 4,Ivana Pavlovic, Serbia And Montenegro
