This man killed an innocent grizzly and took selfies with his lifeless body

Dear Friend, Grizzlies could be at risk of disappearing completely. Protect our wildlife and planet and donate $10 before we lose them forever. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( A Wyoming grizzly’s mangled body lies limp in the grass. His coat is covered in blood. And his claw has been ripped from his dead body as a souvenir. This is reality, Friend. And the hunter who gunned him down didn’t stop there. He took audio and video recordings describing how he “smoked” this poor creature. Then he proceeded to take selfies with the grizzly’s lifeless carcass, rifle in hand. [If grizzlies aren’t protected, these are the kinds of people who will mercilessly wreak havoc on their populations. We can’t let that happen: donate $10 today to be a voice for our nation’s wildlife and protect our planet!]( As spring approaches, bears are getting ready to emerge from their hibernation. This should be a time of new beginnings: cubs getting their first glimpse of the spring sun, learning to hunt, and bonding with their mamas. But instead, they could be dodging bullets from trophy hunters. Adult bear or helpless baby cub -- it makes no difference to bloodthirsty hunters as they lay steel traps and unleash hunting dogs to terrorize bears for “fun.” Now, the trophy hunting lobby has joined forces with Big Polluters to attack the Endangered Species Act. If this ruthless coalition gets their way, they’ll unleash senseless slaughter on our vulnerable bears and DESTROY the last American wilderness for profit! That’s why Friends of the Earth is fighting back -- but we can’t win without your help. Grizzlies don’t deserve to die like this. Donate $10 today for the sake of vulnerable wildlife and our planet. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( The violence that trophy hunters unleash on our nation’s bears doesn’t end with the bear that dies. Many of their victims have babies, who have no idea that mama will never return to the den with dinner. These cubs are left to starve without protection. That means the entire next generation of bears is in danger -- putting their recovery at serious risk. That’s right -- grizzly bears are still recovering from serious declines in the 19th and early 20th centuries caused by human trapping and hunting. They aren’t ready to lose their Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections. That’s why it’s such a big deal that trophy hunters and Big Polluters are working overtime to dismantle this bedrock environmental law. But why would Big Polluters care? Well, the ESA is one of our strongest tools to protect species against mega-polluting, climate-wrecking, wildlife-killing industries and their allies -- and the attacks on this critical law prove that it’s working. But when the law weakens, our planet becomes more vulnerable to fossil fuel activity and other planet-destroying practices. We can’t let extremist politicians and greedy interests unleash even more ecological destruction on our fragile planet! That’s why I need your help today. Right now, only 2,000 grizzlies remain in the lower 48 states. And they’re at serious risk of extinction if trophy hunters and Big Polluters get their way in this fight. But I know you won’t let that happen. Don’t let greedy interests wipe grizzlies off the face of the earth. Donate $10 today and protect our wildlife and planet before it’s too late. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( We’re running out of time, Friend. We’re seeing these attacks play out as you read this email: Montana and Wyoming already petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to strip grizzlies of their ESA protections. But grizzly bears aren’t bound by state lines. If they are delisted in even one state, a helpless grizzly -- even a cub -- could easily wander across state borders and be KILLED WITHOUT CONSEQUENCE. If we’re going to turn things around for grizzlies before FWS answers these petitions this summer, we need help from generous supporters like you. Already, supporters like you have submitted thousands of comments urging our elected leaders to put an end to these vicious attacks against the ESA. Your membership gift today would take that action a step further and help us do everything we can to fight to strengthen rather than slash the ESA and protect our nation’s wildlife and our planet. It's clear that trophy hunters and Big Polluters think it’s more important to kill for fun and put our planet in danger than protect vital species that roam our lands. All for the sake of profit. Plain and simple, the inhumane treatment of bears and their cubs can’t continue. But our nation’s wildlife don’t have voices of their own, Friend. That’s why they need you to be their voice today. So please -- join the fight for our planet and precious wildlife before they are lost forever, and make your $10 membership contribution today! Bear cubs may soon be left to starve or freeze to death. Protect wildlife like bears and our planet and donate $10 today! 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