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The seasonal rhythms of a polar bear’s life are of feast and famine.

But in recent years, there’s been more and more famine, and less and less feast.

Today is International Polar Bear Day, and I hope you'll honor the occasion by ensuring these magnificent wonders of creation will be here for generations to come. 

Start a monthly gift of $5 or more before midnight to symbolically adopt a polar bear. Pledge $10 or more each month, and you can choose a polar bear-themed gift as part of your adoption kit!

Any amount you choose to give will make a big difference, thanks to a 12-month match from the Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust that doubles your impact for a full year.

Polar bears hunt exclusively from sea ice that melts away in the summer. Each year, a polar bear must consume enough food during the feast to pack on a fat pad that will sustain them through the famine. Mother bears must pack on even more fat to sustain nursing cubs through the lean months.

For years, the polar bear’s hunting season has grown shorter and shorter, while the lean season lasts longer. Now they have to find more food in less time.

As humans, it's our climate pollution that has put their survival at risk. We're running out of time to make up for the damage we've done, but it's not too late yet.

John, your advocacy and support has already made you one of the polar bear’s greatest champions.

Will you do your part to secure a better future for them by symbolically adopting one now?

 
Yes, I want to help save polar bears - sign me up!

Thank you for everything you do,

Emily Stevenson
Manager, Online Membership

P.S. If you start a monthly gift of $5 or more, your first 12 gifts will be matched $1-for-$1 by the Wilson Charitable Trust, doubling your power to bring on bold climate action for the next full year. Pledge to give $10 or more each month and you can request a polar bear-themed gift of your choice with your adoption kit - but your monthly gift must be started before midnight to qualify