Dear Friend of Defenders,

A polar bear can't show up on Capitol Hill and oppose laws that would destroy its home. Orcas can’t organize a grassroots movement to save their habitat from pollution. Gray wolves can't file a lawsuit when key protections are stripped away from them.

But we can – if you'll stand with us to defend every last one!

Our Defend America's Wildlife Campaign will help end these attacks on vulnerable species across the country. Make you urgent gift today and it'll be matched 2-for-1 to block assaults on wildlife!

If you believe that:

• Polar bear mothers and cubs shouldn't be crushed in their dens by heavy machinery if Big Oil invades the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for short-term profits;

• Recovering gray wolves shouldn't be abandoned to the mercy of anti-wolf states as the government strips them of federal Endangered Species Act protections;

• Mother orcas and calves shouldn't have to keep starving to death while their food supply is destroyed by pollution and obsolete dams.

Then I'm asking you right now to support non-stop efforts by our dedicated wildlife advocates, lawyers and policy experts to keep these species and others safe with your gift today!

The fight to defend these species from attacks on their lives is succeeding because people like you stepped up to become wildlife champions this year.

Whether your support helps challenge anti-wolf groups, Big Oil, corporate lobbyists, administration officials or other anti-wildlife forces, you're the key to making wildlife safer in the face of non-stop assaults on their lives and habitat.

The fight's not over yet – will you join the movement and help stop the enemies of wildlife?

Be a champion for threatened and endangered species: Your generous gift will be MATCHED 2-for-1 to keep imperiled wildlife and wild places safe in 2020 and beyond!

Thank you in advance for your compassion for wildlife.

Sincerely,

Jamie Rappaport Clark President, Defenders of Wildlife

P.S.: These vulnerable animals will need all of us on their side to survive: Help give them a chance at survival in 2020 and beyond with your 3x matching gift to the Defend America's Wildlife Matching Gift Challenge!