11 cubs dead in a matter of weeks. This can’t go on.

A hunting spree wiped out nearly 100 innocent grizzlies. The slaughter must end: donate $10Â today and your gift will go TWICE as far toward our $50,000 goal for wildlife and the planet! A hunting spree wiped out nearly 100 innocent grizzlies. The slaughter must end: donate $10 today and your gift will go TWICE as far toward our $50,000 goal for wildlife and the planet! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Just last year, an Alaskan hunting spree raged on for 21 days. Gunners in helicopters targeted every grizzly and wolf in sight. At the end of it all, 94 grizzlies lay dead. Including 11 innocent cubs. Their last moments were filled with terror: bullets raining from the skies. Mama bears crumpling to the ground. Babies clinging to their lifeless, mangled bodies. Bleeding and suffering bears scrambling desperately to escape hell on earth. This isn’t how America’s wildlife should be treated. [That’s why we’ve set an urgent $50,000 goal for the end of our fiscal year – and a group of generous donors has agreed to MATCH every gift up to our goal! But this opportunity only lasts until MIDNIGHT: So please, Friend: fight back against merciless hunters and donate $10 today and your gift will go TWICE as far to protect vulnerable wildlife and our planet.]( This Alaskan massacre didn’t happen by accident. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game gave specific instructions to kill every single bear and wolf they saw. And the violence that ensued is just a window into the future for grizzly bears in the continental U.S. Right now, extremist lawmakers and trophy hunters are attacking the Endangered Species Act protections that are keeping grizzlies safe in the lower 48 states. If they win, we could see this slaughter repeat itself with more helicopter chases, vicious hunting dogs, and even baits and traps that would leave precious grizzlies suffering for days on end. But the truth is that these deaths are completely preventable – and we can’t stand by and watch while bloodthirsty hunters drive treasured grizzlies to extinction. The attacks on our nation’s grizzlies must end. Donate $10 today and make DOUBLE the impact to protect vulnerable wildlife and our planet. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( While 50,000 grizzlies once roamed the continental U.S., their populations have plummeted to less than 2,000 bears. And a huge culprit has been human impact. Human-driven habitat loss and excessive hunting and trapping have decimated their numbers. Today, grizzly habitats continue to shrink. Their food sources are increasingly hard to find. And climate change is driving them closer to the brink of extinction. As a result, fewer and fewer cubs are surviving to reach adulthood. And adult bears are dying at alarming rates, too. That’s why a hunt like this in either the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem or North Cascades could wipe out grizzly bears forever. Without adequate ESA protections, trophy hunters could be allowed to kill grizzlies indiscriminately, and with no consequences. And once grizzlies are driven out of their lands, Big Polluters will swoop in. They have hopes to open these lands up for mining, logging, and other planet-harming practices. That would destroy any hope of recovery for grizzlies – including reintroduction to their historic range. Friend, it’s clear that we could lose grizzlies without urgent action. Plain and simple, they can’t afford to lose their life-saving protections. And our planet can’t afford it, either. That’s why our $50,000 midnight goal is so urgent if we’re going to fight back against these vicious attacks on our nation’s wildlife. Will you fight with us today and DOUBLE your impact to help strengthen the Endangered Species Act and protect vulnerable wildlife and the planet while there’s still time to act? Please, donate $10 by midnight tonight and make 2X the impact to help us reach our $50,000 goal before grizzlies are wiped off the face of the Earth. If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Grizzly bears play an essential role in the circle of life. When they hunt, they regulate prey populations – protecting plants from overgrazing. That’s why it’s so important that grizzlies remain protected under the Endangered Species Act. These laws don’t just protect bears, though. They provide critical protection for America’s species and the lands they roam. They’re also some of our most effective safeguards in the fight to protect our planet from fossil fuel exploitation and curb catastrophic climate change. At Friends of the Earth, we’re fighting to strengthen the Endangered Species Act and all of the wildlife that depends on it. We've collected thousands of comments from supporters just like you urging our leaders to protect this vital legislation. And with your help, we’re pushing back against attacks on the Endangered Species Act and the greedy corporations that want to dismantle it. But the fight is far from over, Friend. Your membership support to Friends of the Earth today will help fuel our work for the year ahead. Work to push back against these private interests aiming to weaken the ESA, hunt down vulnerable species like bears, wreak havoc on their environments, and contribute to the ecological destruction on our planet. Join the fight for our planet and precious wildlife before they are hunted to extinction, and make your $10 MATCHED membership contribution today! Grizzlies are hanging on by a thread. Rush your $10 donation by midnight TONIGHT and it will be matched dollar for dollar for vulnerable wildlife and our planet! If you've saved payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $10 immediately]( [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $50 immediately]( [Donate another amount]( Standing with you, Raena Garcia Senior fossil fuels and lands campaigner, Friends of the Earth Contact Us: Friends of the Earth U.S. Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA PO Box 7010 Merrifield, VA 22116-7010 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us](foe.org/about-us/contact/) Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foe.org/news www.foe.org/about-us www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2024, Friends of the Earth. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]