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Urge Congress to Permanently Protect the Arctic Refuge!

Target: U.S. House of Representatives
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is home to caribou, snow fox and millions of migratory birds. It is also the most important onshore denning habitat for America's vanishing polar bears.

But this natural treasure is constantly under siege. Time and time again, the oil industry and their allies in Congress have sought to open this special place to harmful new drilling, threatening all of the wildlife that depend on it for survival.

We need to permanently protect the Arctic Refuge! Tell Congress to reject drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and to permanently protect this special coastal plain.
deadline: 12-31-2009
goal: 350,000
 

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Dear [Decision Maker],

As your constituent, I am writing today to strongly urge you to reject attempts to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and ensure that this special place is protected permanently.

The Arctic Refuge is not only home to caribou, snow fox and millions of migratory birds, it is also one of the most important onshore denning habitats for America's remaining polar bears.

These magnificent animals are struggling for survival with scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey warning that America's polar bears could be extinct by 2050. The Fish & Wildlife Service recently listed America's struggling polar bears as "threatened" on the Endangered Species List.

If drilling -- and the development that comes with it -- is permitted in this important habitat, polar bears may abandon their dens, leaving cubs to die.
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[Your name here]
We took action on “Urge Congress to Permanently Protect the Arctic Refuge!”
# 369,731:
3:38 pm PST, Nov 20, Kirby Ledvina, Texas
The Earth gives us so much. We need to take care of it, as there are many other species that make it their home.
# 369,730:
3:14 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Florida
I love animals.Thats why!If you have a problum email to HURD899@Aol.com
# 369,729:
3:10 pm PST, Nov 20, Alyssha Hill, New York
# 369,728:
3:06 pm PST, Nov 20, Kerry Clark, Texas
# 369,727:
3:02 pm PST, Nov 20, Mike Sanders, Indiana
marrijuna can bring this country back together
# 369,726:
3:02 pm PST, Nov 20, Dale Trethaway, New York
Don't all creatures deserve the right to live their lives without fear of extinction. We can help that happen. No Drilling!!
# 369,725:
2:54 pm PST, Nov 20, Luci Budd, California
# 369,724:
2:44 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, California
# 369,723:
2:35 pm PST, Nov 20, Joan E Loza Mobry, Wisconsin
"Animals Do Not Have A Voice Of Their Own. If We Do Not Stand Up And Speak For Them... Who Will?!"
# 369,722:
2:26 pm PST, Nov 20, Andrea Borja, Ecuador
# 369,721:
2:17 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, New Zealand
# 369,720:
2:17 pm PST, Nov 20, Roxanne Fruscella, Ohio
# 369,719:
2:15 pm PST, Nov 20, Paloma Aguirre, California
# 369,718:
2:05 pm PST, Nov 20, IRENE SHULGIN, Florida
# 369,717:
2:04 pm PST, Nov 20, Alicia Del Barrio Escribano, Virginia
If the world doesn't agree to a protected Actic, it will be up for the grabs for its exploitation. The environmental loss will be nothing with the global tensions this will cause.
# 369,716:
2:01 pm PST, Nov 20, Nate Frazier, Indiana
Just do the right thing and help save what Polar Bears we have left! Don't you want your grand children to actually see a "REAL" polar bear and not just a picture in a History book? Do the right thing, if not do it for your kids and their kids and their kids... Get the point yet?
# 369,715:
1:48 pm PST, Nov 20, Elizabeth Van loan, Connecticut
# 369,714:
1:45 pm PST, Nov 20, Bronwen Mahardy, New York
# 369,713:
1:38 pm PST, Nov 20, Brittany Griffin, Iowa
# 369,712:
1:37 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Pennsylvania
# 369,711:
1:35 pm PST, Nov 20, Amanda Woodard, Florida
# 369,710:
1:32 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Canada
# 369,709:
1:30 pm PST, Nov 20, Heather Bevins, New York
We need to protect the polar bears. The Artic is their home.
# 369,708:
1:28 pm PST, Nov 20, Wendy Thiessen, Texas
# 369,707:
1:16 pm PST, Nov 20, Kenneth Kollinsworth, New Jersey
# 369,706:
1:03 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Tennessee
# 369,705:
12:59 pm PST, Nov 20, Barca Billie Je Jackson, Indiana
# 369,704:
12:57 pm PST, Nov 20, Patty Holton, California
# 369,703:
12:52 pm PST, Nov 20, Soo Thacker, Alaska
# 369,702:
12:51 pm PST, Nov 20, Robert Puskaric, Croatia
# 369,701:
12:46 pm PST, Nov 20, Name not displayed, Canada
# 369,700:
12:32 pm PST, Nov 20, Joshua Chilton, North Carolina
# 369,699:
12:32 pm PST, Nov 20, Clemens Lindenau, Michigan
I strongly believe that polar bears deserve help because they aren't able to change their life conditions theirselves and so they need the help of governments all around the world including plans to slow down global warming.
# 369,698:
12:26 pm PST, Nov 20, Chris Bujdasz, Illinois
# 369,697:
12:21 pm PST, Nov 20, Tonee Keating, Ohio
# 369,696:
12:06 pm PST, Nov 20, Kristen Owen, Wyoming
# 369,695:
12:02 pm PST, Nov 20, Heather Coleman, Washington
# 369,694:
12:00 pm PST, Nov 20, Paul Weiss, Florida
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