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[[link removed]]A mama bear ventures from her den to brave the winter cold, desperate to find
life-giving nourishment for her cubs. Weak from hibernation, she doesn’t notice
the vicious trophy hunters lurking in the trees, waiting to take advantage of
her defenselessness. With just one bullet, her babies are orphaned -- left
starving and alone in their den, waiting hopelessly for their mama’s return. Friend, we can’t leave these helpless cubs to fend for
themselves. Help protect mama bears and their babies, and donate $27 before it’s
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During hunting season, this scene is all too common in native bear habitats
found in northern Rockies states like Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho -- which are
also in the top 5 states with the most registered hunters. Without their
mothers, bear cubs are left to starve, freeze, or get caught in the crosshairs of trophy hunters mercilessly
killing for sport.

Now, there are less than 2,000 grizzlies remaining in the lower 48 states. But there’s still hope for these precious mammals. With support from members
like you, we still have the chance to protect grizzlies, their habitats, and the
planet. But trophy hunters and Big Oil lobbies are pushing harder than ever to
remove ESA protections for threatened grizzlies and take over the lands they
call home, so they need your help!

Protect mama bears, their cubs, and the planet before the loss is too great.
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[[link removed]]If delisted, grizzlies could be treated as horribly as vulnerable wolves
currently are -- with Wyoming allowing a shoot-on-sight approach across the state. Pro-trophy hunting officials are looking to
steamroll the delisting of grizzlies, which means grizzly bears are coming
dangerously close to being caught in the crosshairs during the next hunt -- we
can’t let it come to that.

A top predator, grizzlies play a pivotal role in keeping our ecosystem healthy
and in balance. Standing up to eight feet tall and weighing in at up to 800
pounds, these intelligent omnivores enhance biodiversity, enrich soils, regulate
prey populations, and transport nutrients through different ecosystems as they
roam far and wide. Scientists are continuously discovering more and more ways
grizzlies play a pivotal role in the ecosystems they inhabit.

Today, faced with shrinking habitat, the loss of critical food sources, and many
impacts of climate change, grizzly bears are struggling to survive. Their populations outside Alaska have plummeted to a mere 2% of their historic
population and are restricted to only 1% of their historic range. Fewer and fewer cubs are surviving to reach adulthood, and adult bears are
dying more quickly because of rapid changes -- from a shifting food supply to
being forced to hibernate later and later in the fall. Fewer than 2,000
grizzlies remain in the lower 48 states -- and about 700 of those call the
Greater Yellowstone area home.

Now, grizzlies are under attack by the trophy hunting lobby looking to add them
to their list of kills, and oil, logging, and mining companies looking to weaken
protections on the public lands that these bears call home for drilling,
logging, and mining -- permanently destroying these wildlife habitats.

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[[link removed]]Grizzly bears were once abundant, roaming the continental U.S., with as many as
50,000 in the western half. But reckless human activity, like hunting, trapping, and habitat loss,
decimated their numbers to as little as 1,000 in the lower 48 states by 1975, when they were finally given protections.
That’s why we need to stand up to trophy hunters looking to put iconic grizzlies
in danger once again.

If they succeed, grizzlies could be facing the same unimaginable struggles that
black bears face today -- being lured out of safety and trapped with painful metal clamps, and getting tracked and terrorized by hunting dogs before being brutally murdered. No living creature deserves this horrendous fate.

Friend, Friends of the Earth needs activists like you to
help us fight back against private interests looking to decimate protections for
grizzlies. With Big Industry’s profits under threat, they are pushing back
against these efforts, but we are not giving up. Vulnerable species, bear cubs,
and the future of our planet rely on our work and your membership support to
keep up the fight.

The inhumane treatment of bears and their cubs cannot continue. One bullet will
not only kill mother bears, but the slaughter means that her cubs will be left
to die as well. Please, Friend, help us put a stop to the
deaths of America’s most iconic species and protect our planet.

Don’t let trophy hunters and private interests rip away the remaining safeguards
grizzlies still have. Rush your $27 donation today to help us reach our $1,840
goal!

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[[link removed]]Standing with you,
Raena Garcia
Fossil fuels and lands campaigner,
Friends of the Earth

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