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Stop the trophy hunting of bears in the Great Bear Rainforest ahead of the 2010 Olympics
Help end the trophy hunting of bears by contacting the premier and VANOC
There is no sport in trophy hunting: each year, trophy hunters slaughter black and grizzly bears with rifles and crossbows for entertainment. Unless we act now, there may one day be a Great Bear Rainforest without bears.
Contact British Columbia's premier and the Olympic organizing committee today!
June 4, 2009
Dear Reader,
Each year in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest, black and grizzly bears are cruelly killed by trophy hunters as they emerge from hibernation and forage for food. Orphaned cubs are left behind, condemned to a slow death by starvation. Even threatened grizzlies are not protected from those who kill for entertainment -- nearly 90 percent of all grizzly bears killed in the province of British Columbia are killed by trophy hunters.
Now, with the 2010 Winter Olympics drawing closer, animal advocates around the world have a unique opportunity to save the bears.
Seventy-eight percent of British Columbians -- including the indigenous peoples of Coastal First Nations -- want the trophy hunt to end. So far, the government has ignored public will. But the pending Olympic Games are shining a spotlight on British Columbia’s animal welfare and conservation practices, and global pressure may force the government to take action. We need the BC government to know that the trophy hunt for bears in the Great Bear Rainforest is damaging Canada's international reputation, and causing a major loss in support for the Olympic Games.
The senseless trophy hunting of bears in the Great Bear Rainforest is opposed by Coastal First Nations, animal protection organizations, conservation groups, and the overwhelming majority of British Columbians. Please stand with us to protect these bears and their cubs from a cruel fate.
TAKE ACTION:
https://community.hsus.org/campaign/hsi_bc_bears_olympics/w36ew8x2ajnbbemj?
Please contact the British Columbian government and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and let them know that you will consider avoiding the Olympic Games as long as the trophy bear hunt continues in the Great Bear Rainforest. Please act now -- your voice is vital to saving the bears.
Thank you for all you do for animals.
Sincerely,
Andrew Rowan
President & CEO
Humane Society International
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Unacceptable behaviour. I curse these people. Barbaric and cruel. ..
ReplyDeleteYes Frank me too: I wish those people would be forever damned...
ReplyDeleteP.S.: You were really quick :-o to answer today ;-)
I wish we cud hunt the hunters. What purpose do they serve anyway?
ReplyDelete(Haven't seen you on my site a while)
I will never understand how people can enjoy by killing or torture animals. They call it even "sport" ( in England, Germany) or "art" (like in Spain) or "ancient custom"( in Asia or Southamerika).
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm often asking me if the petitions work: I wish they do.
May be we should better ask for a free week to hunt the hunters, toreros, fight-dogs and fight-cocks owner`s, just for one week free to hit back. Not a bad idea you had, would love to see their faces... and their strong resons then.
(Not so looong: I was there two days ago, and today I red about The Duchess...)
I believe we shud respect other living beings too.
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