Fw: Stop massive brown bear hunt in Slovenia

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WWF Passport Action AlertWWF

 

One of the first European countries to protect the brown bear, Slovenia, now

threatens to start one of the biggest hunts of all time and decimate its

bear population through an unscientific and unsustainable kill.

 

Action is urgently needed as the hunting season will reach its peak in only

a few weeks time.

 

Before Slovenia joined the European Union (EU) around 50 bears were killed

each year by hunters. But in 2002, the government drastically increased the

quota to 100 individuals. However, following international protests and

criticism by neighbouring countries and the EU, the quota was reduced in

subsequent years.

 

But now the government has once again announced that it will increase the

hunting quota to 100 bears. This is in addition to many that are killed each

year on roads and railway lines.

 

Supporters of the hunt claim that quota needs to be increased because of

damage to farming caused by bears and the risk to local communities. But

killing more bears is not the answer and jeopardizes existing conservation

programmes.

 

Send an email now to the Slovenia environment minister and urge him to

suspend this unsustainably high quota:

http://passport.panda.org/campaigns/action_email.cfm?uCampaignId=1381 & uActio

nId=2121

 

Urge him instead to work with neighbouring countries to establish a

sustainable bear management system in the region that protects the bear as

well as the livelihoods of local people.

 

Thank you,

WWF International

 

P.S. The more people who take action, the greater the chance we have of

stopping the hunt. So please forward this email to your friends and family

and ask for their support.

 

 

The brown bear is under threat in Slovenia

 

 

http://passport.panda.org/campaigns/action_email.cfm?uCampaignId=1381 & uActio

nId=2121