Bear cubs could be left orphaned, starving and defenseless

Dear Friend, Grizzly cubs may not make it past spring. Protect them and our planet: make your $27 contribution. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( As springtime dawns, hibernating mama bears and their cubs are preparing to emerge from their long winter hibernation. But as a weakened mama bear uses the little energy she has to find food for her babies, she can soon be caught in the crosshairs of hunters in the Northern Rockies. Special interests are working hard to delist these iconic creatures as an endangered species -- just so they can hunt them. [Stop hunters and Big Industry from wreaking havoc on bears and our planet and make your $27 contribution now to help us reach our $4,800 goal by midnight.]( Trophy hunters may soon take advantage of the lethargic and underfed bears in their inhumane hunt if they get their way. But this doesn’t mean danger just for mama bears -- the consequences will be far-reaching. Bear cubs rely on their mothers for at least two years after they are born. If these mama bears are killed, their babies will be orphaned, left to starve, freeze, or be easy prey for other predators. Grizzly cubs could soon become orphaned and left for dead. Protect vulnerable bears and our planet and make your $27 contribution today. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( Idaho and Montana have some of the worst hunting practices. They were quick to reinstate grizzly hunts when the Trump administration briefly removed ESA protections for the vulnerable species. Now, Wyoming is working to do the same in order to appease the trophy hunting lobby and private interests who only care about mining, logging, and drilling for profit. The premature delisting will cause havoc on grizzly populations, the likes of which we’ve only seen once before in the direst of circumstances. Grizzly bears were once abundant, roaming the continental U.S., with as many as 50,000 in the western half. But reckless human activity, like hunting and trapping, and habitat loss decimated their numbers to as little as 1,000 in the lower 48 states by 1975, when they were finally given Endangered Species Act protections. Now we are seeing this scenario play out again, Friend. Private interests are working to remove protections so they can kill bears and take over the lands they call home -- all to turn a profit. If these attacks are successful, Big Polluters can wreak havoc on the public lands that are critical for the recovery of endangered species. We can’t allow history to repeat itself when we have so much to lose -- bears, their habitats, and the future of our planet. Trophy hunters are one step away from killing mama bears. Protect grizzlies, their babies, and our planet, and make your $27 contribution today. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( Bears are intelligent creatures who enhance biodiversity, enrich soils, regulate prey populations, and transport nutrients through different ecosystems as they make their way through vast swaths of wilderness. The removal of protections could cause devastating impacts not only on the species but also on their surrounding environment. I need you in this fight if bears are going to stand a chance. Your membership support to Friends of the Earth today will allow us to take a stand against private interests who want to hunt down vulnerable species like bears, wreak havoc on their environments, and are contributing to ecological destruction on our planet. There is no time to lose. Iconic species like grizzlies are being targeted and need our help. Join the fight for our precious bears before they are hunted down for sport and profit, and make your $27 contribution today! Bear cubs may soon be left to starve or freeze to death. Protect them and our planet and make your $27 contribution today. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $5/month immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( Standing with you, Nicole Ghio Senior program manager fossil fuels, 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]( © 2023, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]