John,
Alaska’s wildlife is in trouble. In just a few days, some of the cruelest hunting practices will once again be permitted on millions of acres of Alaska’s national preserves. A new federal rule goes into effect on July 9 that allows hunters to use reprehensible practices like baiting hibernating bears with doughnuts, shooting vulnerable mother bears and cubs in their dens, using artificial light in wolf dens to kill wolf pups and their mothers, using dogs to hunt black bears, and gunning down swimming caribou from motorboats.
These inhumane practices had previously been banned in Alaska, but now the National Park Service has issued a new rule that will rollback critical protections for Alaska’s wildlife. We need you to make your voice heard and speak out against the cruel killing of iconic wildlife.
Allowing the killing of mothers and their young, especially during their most vulnerable time, is unconscionable. There’s absolutely no reason to kill animals while they’re denning or nursing their young, or to subject any animals to such cruelty.
Please send a message directly to Secretary Bernhardt of the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees the National Park Service, to demand a stop to this new rule, prevent the inhumane killing of mother bears and their cubs, and of wolf pups and their mothers — and to save animals who are essential to Alaska’s ecosystems.
There’s strength in numbers, and the more people we have standing with us, the greater our chance of success. Thank you! |
For the animals,
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Stephen Wells
Executive Director
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