Dear Defender of Wildlife,

Why is this administration leaving millions of migratory birds to die at the hands of reckless companies?

That’s the question this week as a new proposal effectively guts the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) by claiming that companies are no longer responsible for the deaths their actions cause "on accident."

Now, companies have no incentive to stop preventable bird deaths – and as we’ve already seen, those birds will die.

STAND UP FOR WILDLIFE: Tell the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) not to gut our nation’s most important law for protecting migratory birds!

The MBTA is responsible for bringing back hundreds of bird species from the edge of extinction. Without it, many of those birds would have disappeared.

With millions of birds killed each year from uncovered oil waste pits, oil spills, power lines and other dangers, the MBTA has been key to making sure companies take simple steps to cut down on these deaths – and that when their actions kill birds, they’re held responsible for helping undo the damage.

That’s about to change under a controversial new FWS proposal which lets those companies off the hook for easily preventable bird killings.

Keep companies accountable for bird deaths: Speak up against gutting the MBTA!

Companies must continue to be held responsible under the MBTA, as they were when the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill killed millions of birds in the Gulf of Mexico 10 years ago.

We can’t let them abandon countless migratory birds to die at the hands of careless corporations. Help save these birds and end this senseless proposal right now!

Defender of Wildlife, if the FWS gets away with betraying these birds to industrial interests, we’ll see millions more preventable bird deaths – and many of those species can’t take another hit before they disappear altogether.

Stop this betrayal of wildlife before it starts. Add your voice: Demand that the FWS keeps critical protections for migratory birds!

Don’t let these birds die preventable deaths by the millions - voice your opposition to this senseless change today.

Thank you in advance for acting on behalf of the animals who need us most.

Sincerely,

Robert Dewey Vice President, Government Relations and External Affairs Defenders of Wildlife