Protect grizzly bears hibernating this winter from cruel trophy hunters

Dear Friend, Bears could be caught in the crosshairs this spring. Donate $27 and help us reach our $5,000 goal to protect threatened species and our planet! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Bears desperately need your help: Bear families are currently hibernating in their dens, hoping to make it through the long winter ahead. But TROPHY HUNTERS are loading up their guns and preparing their bait, traps, and other deadly weapons to savagely ATTACK and MURDER innocent bears who are already at their most vulnerable during hibernation season. [Don’t let this spring become a slaughter for vulnerable bears: protect threatened species and our planet before it’s too late and make your $27 gift today to help us meet our urgent $5,000 goal!]( Barbaric hunting tactics are wiping out bear populations in mass numbers. Grizzlies, who once roamed the entire U.S., have lost 98% of their historic range in the lower 48 states due to OVERHUNTING. We can’t let this trend continue. You and I both know that the worst attacks sometimes come unexpectedly, and we need to be able to respond in the moment if we are going to make a difference. But we need help from supporters like you to ensure that we have the resources needed to fight back. Your donation today could help us respond in critical moments without delay, which can make all the difference for threatened species and the planet. We’re running out of time to save threatened species, the lands they roam, and our only Earth. Donate $27 today and help us reach our $5,000 goal before midnight tonight! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Dens are used as a safe environment for hibernation where mama bears give birth and nurse tiny cubs until springtime. When the mama bear emerges from her den to nourish her frail body and build up enough strength to care for her cubs, hunters could be waiting to SHOOT and KILL her. Waiting anxiously for mama bear’s return, her helpless newborn cubs will be ORPHANED with no chance of survival on their own. Trophy hunters and Big Polluters are working tirelessly to REMOVE vital Endangered Species Act protections for grizzly bears. Without protections in all states, grizzly bears would face similar horrors that black bears endure: reeling for days on end in painful steel traps, hunted down by hunting dogs -- even dynamited in their own dens! The worst part? If these private interests succeed in stripping protections from grizzlies, we could lose grizzly bears forever. And with wildlife out of the way, Big Polluters would swoop in and destroy their lands. Mining, logging, and factory farming would take over the landscape. All for the sake of profit. Ask yourself Friend: is a payout for greedy interests really worth the decimation of one of our most iconic species and our planet? We can still put a stop to these deadly plans. But we can’t win without your help. We’re running out of time to save threatened species, their lands, and the planet. Make your $27 gift today and help us reach our $5,000 goal before it’s too late! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate $100 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( You may be wondering how grizzly bears are important to the planet we share. Believe it or not, these apex predators play a huge role in keeping our planet healthy! They keep prey populations in check, which allows other plant and animal species to thrive. What’s more, grizzlies roam far and wide, enriching soils and transporting vital nutrients as they go. But it doesn’t end there -- scientists are continuously discovering more and more ways grizzlies play an important part in their ecosystems. That’s why these bears must be protected at all costs. And that means protecting the Endangered Species Act. These laws don’t just protect bears, though. They provide critical protection for America’s iconic animal species. They’re also some of our most effective safeguards in the fight to protect our public lands and curb catastrophic climate change. At Friends of the Earth, we’re fighting to strengthen the Endangered Species Act and all protect the wildlife and lands that depends on it, including our planet. We've collected thousands of comments from supporters just like you urging our leaders to protect this vital legislation. And with your help, we’re pushing back against attacks on the Endangered Species Act and the greedy corporations that want to dismantle it and wreak havoc on the lands these species roam. But the fight is far from over, Friend. Your membership support to Friends of the Earth today will help fuel our work to push back against these private interests aiming to weaken the ESA and other essential work in order to hunt down vulnerable species like bears, wreak havoc on their environments, and contribute to the ecological destruction on our planet. Join the fight for our planet and precious wildlife before they are hunted to extinction, and make your $27 gift today! Grizzly bears and our planet are on the line. Don’t let greedy interests win: Rush your $27 donation and support our fight for threatened species and our planet! 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