To: President Donald Trump
Ban commercial trade in polar bear parts
Polar bear existence is already suffering without this parts trade: birth rates are falling, fewer cubs are surviving, and more bears are drowning. These magnificent Arctic creatures could disappear forever.
Despite the growing threats of climate change, toxic pollution and oil development that jeopardize the very existence of polar bears, hunters continue to kill hundreds of them every year -- and are allowed to sell their body parts legally in the international market.
Tell President Obama to lead the way globally by proposing an urgently-needed ban on the commercial trade in polar bear parts at the next meeting in March 2013 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Go to http://www.polarbearsos.org/takeaction to find out more.
Despite the growing threats of climate change, toxic pollution and oil development that jeopardize the very existence of polar bears, hunters continue to kill hundreds of them every year -- and are allowed to sell their body parts legally in the international market.
Tell President Obama to lead the way globally by proposing an urgently-needed ban on the commercial trade in polar bear parts at the next meeting in March 2013 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Go to http://www.polarbearsos.org/takeaction to find out more.
Why is this important?
"The world no longer has any polar bears to spare — certainly not to end up as a rug in front of a trophy hunter’s fireplace. We have to put a stop to the worldwide commercial trade in polar bear parts."
-Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., NRDC Senior Attorney
-Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., NRDC Senior Attorney