It sounds like some horrible vestige of the 19th Century, when big game hunters routinely slaughtered endangered wildlife and put their trophies on display without regard for conservation.

But, shockingly, it's happening right now in Canada, where the government has allowed more than 600 polar bears to be gunned down over the past 10 years!

Please take action right now to end the trophy hunting of polar bears by helping us win tougher international protections for the bear.

We have a rare opportunity to do just that, because nations from around the world will meet next March to review the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). The Obama Administration is considering a proposal that would help stop trophy hunting and the global trade in polar bear parts.

It's critical that President Obama's Fish and Wildlife Service hear from concerned Americans like you right now.

As you know, polar bears are already in dire straits as global warming literally melts the Arctic ice they need to survive. Two-thirds of the world's remaining polar bears could be wiped out in the next 40 years!

With polar bears facing extinction, trophy hunting has become completely unacceptable and must be stopped now -- along with the gruesome trade in polar bear body parts. In one recent year, over 400 polar bear pelts and 160 skulls were traded internationally!

Please help end this senseless killing. Send an Official Comment right now to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service supporting an upgrade in protection for the polar bear under CITES.

The agency is only accepting Comments until this Friday, September 11, so it's urgent you respond now! SIGN PETITION!

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