Dear John,

In July, I told you that the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is planning on opening Alaska’s Kenai National Wildlife Refuge to bear baiting – allowing even more killing of grizzly bears. This plan flies in the face of the purpose of a refuge, where all animals should be safe. Many of you submitted comments urging the U.S. FWS to reject this proposed rule and protect Alaska’s bears from trophy hunters.

The FWS has now reopened comments, giving advocates another chance to help bears. If you haven’t submitted a comment urging the FWS already, please do so today.

The proposed rule would rescind regulations that ban some of the cruelest hunting methods on the refuge, including allowing the shooting of bears after baiting them with food like donuts. The goal is to artificially inflate the moose and caribou populations so hunters can kill even more animals.

Submit a comment to the U.S. FWS by November 9th and urge them to protect Alaska’s bears from cruel trophy hunters. Thank you for being an advocate.