Fwd: Polar bears drowning as ice sheets melt away

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--- " Katelyn, SaveOurEnvironment.org "

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> Perfectly at home in one of the world's most

> forbidding

> environments, polar bears spend their summers

> roaming the Arctic

> on large chunks of floating ice. Without these thick

> rafts of

> sea ice, the bears can't survive. As you read this,

> global

> warming is causing the polar bears? Arctic habitat

> to literally

> melt away beneath them.

>

> However, we can ensure a future for the polar bears

> by

> protecting them under the Endangered Species Act

> (ESA).

>

> Please join us in urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

> Service to

> protect polar bears from extinction by listing them

> under the

> ESA! Click below now to send your message.

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> Listing polar bears under the Endangered Species Act

> --

> America's safety net for plants and animals on the

> brink of

> extinction -- will provide broad protections. This

> listing would

> require that U.S. agencies not jeopardize their

> continued

> existence in any way or harm their critical habitat.

>

>

> Polar bears are in growing jeopardy as the ice

> essential to

> their survival rapidly disappears. Some studies

> forecast an

> ice-free Arctic in summer as early as 2100, spelling

> certain

> doom for polar bears.

>

> A growing number of polar bears are already drowning

> as they are

> forced to swim more often, and for longer distances,

> in search

> of ice sheets. Researchers found four dead polar

> bears floating

> 60 miles off Alaska's coast in the fall of 2004, and

> it's likely

> that many more will drown as ice sheets continue to

> melt.

>

> Click below to join us in urging the U.S. Fish and

> Wildlife

> Service to list polar bears under the ESA before

> it's too late!

> http://ga3.org/campaign/polar_bears/wx8w6582o5bw73d?

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> Once you've taken action, click below to tell ten

> friends,

> family members, and co-workers about this threat to

> the polar

> bears.

>

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> Thank you for support in protecting the polar bears

> and our

> other endangered species.

>

> Best,

> Katelyn Sabochik

> Online Campaign Manager

>

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