The bear slaughter is underway

Dear Friend, Fight back against trophy hunting and Big Industry attacks on bears and their cubs, and donate $27 today. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( One bullet. It takes just one bullet to kill a mama bear. One bullet to leave her orphaned cubs struggling, starving, and unable to fight off predators. One bullet to completely decimate an entire bear family. Our country’s bears are under attack, and as they prepare for hibernation this winter, it could be their last. [Protect mama bears and their cubs, and make a $27 contribution to Friends of the Earth today!]( Maryland already DOUBLED the bear slaughter over the last year, killing 103 black bears in the state. Pennsylvania could see similar increases, which would be devastating given that last year, 3,659 were killed in the state. But clearly, this is not enough for trophy hunters -- they want to push the massacre to new heights. Trophy hunters in the Northern Rockies are chomping at the bit to remove ESA protections for iconic grizzly bears. They’ve made numerous attempts to delist them in hopes of ruthlessly murdering them during the hunting season, and they show no signs of stopping. We need to act fast to protect grizzlies -- cubs and adults. Protect vulnerable species and our planet with a $27 donation today! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( If delisted, grizzlies could be treated as horribly as vulnerable wolves currently are -- with Wyoming allowing a shoot-on-sight approach across the state. Pro-trophy hunting officials are looking to steamroll the delisting of grizzlies without public comment or review, which means grizzly bears are coming dangerously close to being caught in the crosshairs during the next hunt -- we can’t let it come to that. A top predator, grizzlies play a pivotal role in keeping our ecosystem healthy and in balance. Standing up to eight feet tall and weighing in at up to 800 pounds, these intelligent omnivores enhance biodiversity, enrich soils, regulate prey populations, and transport nutrients through different ecosystems as they roam far and wide. Scientists are continuously discovering more and more ways grizzlies play a pivotal role in the ecosystems they inhabit. Today, faced with shrinking habitat, the loss of critical food sources, and many impacts of climate change, grizzly bears are struggling to survive. Their populations outside Alaska have plummeted to a mere 2% of their historic population and are restricted to only 1% of their historic range. Fewer and fewer cubs are surviving to reach adulthood, and adult bears are dying more quickly because of rapid changes -- from a shifting food supply to being forced to hibernate later and later in the fall. Fewer than 2,000 grizzlies remain in the lower 48 states -- and about 700 of those call the Greater Yellowstone area home. Now, grizzlies are under attack by the trophy hunting lobby looking to add them to their list of kills, and oil, logging, and mining companies looking to weaken protections on the public lands that these bears call home for drilling, logging, and mining -- permanently destroying these wildlife habitats. Protect vulnerable bears from trophy hunters and private interests. Rush your $27 donation today. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( Endangered species laws provide critical protection for America’s iconic animal species. They are also some of our most effective safeguards in the fight to protect our public lands and curb catastrophic climate change. For the sake of our wildlife and for the sake of our planet, we can’t let Big Polluters and their cronies in Congress destroy our public lands and wipe out our endangered species. At Friends of the Earth, we are using every tool available to protect endangered species and our planet -- not Big Industry’s profits. We know how to fight and win, and that’s exactly what we plan to do. Today, we are asking you to stand with us as we continue this work with your membership gift today. We all need to raise our voices in defense of vulnerable species. Together, we have the power to stop these killings, defend wildlife and protect vital species before we lose them for good. Make your $27 contribution now, before it’s too late. Join the fight to protect bears, endangered species, and our planet. Donate $27 now. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( Standing with you, Raena Garcia Fossil fuels and lands campaigner, Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us]( Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2022, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]