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[ [link removed] ]Brown bear with her cubs by a pond surrounded by forest

John,

A race to slaughter hundreds of beautiful brown bears for sport just got
underway in Sweden. This year’s hunt will wipe out 20% of remaining bears,
taking the species dangerously close to the brink, but the Swedish
government greenlit it anyway.

Conservationists are raising the alarm, and now together we have the
chance to help stop this senseless slaughter.

If enough of us chip in, we can quickly shine a light on these cruel
killings: taking out ads targeting decision-makers in government, exposing
the hunt all over the media, and mobilising thousands to demand a new law
to end this horrible hunt.

The hunt is underway…every day we wait means another bear killing – can
you urgently chip in now to stop the slaughter?



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Despite being a “strictly protected species” in Europe, each year, Swedish
officials grant a certain number of trophy hunting licences for bears to
be ‘culled’ by hunters.

Experts argue this goes against a clear EU directive that prohibits the
deliberate hunting or killing of strictly protected species. But Sweden
does it anyway after passing a new law in 2022 that gives local hunting
associations vast power to oversee the management of large predators,
including bears!

This year they set the quota for these trophy kills at almost 500 –
leaving just 2,000 left in the wild! That’s a terrifying 40% drop since
2008.

Conservationists are shouting from the rooftops that the entire population
of brown bears could collapse – an eerily familiar scenario from the
1920s, when brown bears nearly went extinct.

If we’re going to save these adorable brown bears from extinction we have
to act now. Swedish officials aren’t used to having the attention of the
world – so we’re going to take out powerful ads and make this cruel hunt
massive in the media, turning up the heat on decision makers to stand up
for wildlife and stop the senseless slaughter.

Our movement is perfectly poised to stand up for these special creatures,
but first we have to raise the funds to launch a campaign big enough to
capture the world's attention – are you in?



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  Thanks for all that you do,  
Allison and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Sweden to kill 20% of its brown bears in annual hunt  The Guardian 21
August 2024
 
[ [link removed] ]Sweden opens brown bear hunting season amid criticism Deutsche Welle 21
August 2024

 

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