John,

Since 2008, the polar bear has been considered an endangered species. But over the past decade, the threat to polar bears has only gotten worse, as climate change melts the sea ice they depend on for survival and oil and gas drilling destroys their habitat.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is about to conduct its five-year status review of the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act. Therefore, a group of colleagues and I have written a letter to the service calling for updated protections of this iconic species.

If immediate action isn’t taken, the polar bear could face extinction. That’s why I need your help today to raise the alarm bell and protect these precious creatures.

Please add your name to our petition urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide a clear-eyed assessment of the threat climate change and drilling pose to the polar bear population.

The Arctic region is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth, which means the Arctic sea ice where polar bears live is rapidly diminishing. Sea ice is the platform polar bears use to find and catch seals to eat, and snow dens on thickly packed ice is where female polar bears give birth.

With huge expanses of ice disappearing, many polar bears are now living on land. But increased industrialization, especially oil and gas drilling, is posing a serious threat to this critical habitat.

The only way we can protect the dwindling polar bear population is to stop oil and gas development in the fragile areas where they are trying to survive.

It’s hard to imagine a world without polar bears. Unfortunately, such a reality may be in the not-too-distant future. Will you help prevent the extinction of polar bears by signing our petition right away?

Thanks for your help,

Jared