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Polar bears drowning as ice sheets melt away

Posted on Apr 3rd, 2006 by Kriss : Thanatologist: Death and Dying Kriss

Did you know that the polar bear's Arctic habitat is literally melting away beneath them due to global warming?  The only way we can ensure a future for the polar bears is by protecting them under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Please join me in urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect polar bears from extinction by listing them under the ESA! Just click the link below.
http://ga3.org/campaign/polar_bears

The best available scientific information shows that polar bears are in growing jeopardy as the thick multi-year ice essential to polar bears has been shrinking 8 to 10 percent per decade, and already, an area of sea ice roughly equal to twice the size of Texas has melted away. Some studies forecast an ice-free Arctic in summer as early as 2050, spelling certain doom for polar bears.

Listing under the United States Endangered Species Act -- America's safety net for plants and animals on the brink of extinction -- will provide broad protection to polar bears.  This listing would require that U.S. agencies not jeopardize their continued existence in any way or harm their critical habitat.  

Please join me in urging officials in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list polar bears under the ESA before it?s too late!

Click the link below to learn more and take action now.
http://ga3.org/campaign/polar_bears

Thanks for your help.
http://www.saveourenvironment.org/

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about 1 year later
Leetata said

Here is an animated ecard that shows the soft side of the beautiful animal - relaxing in the field of flowers.

http://www.ojolie.com/index.php?step=preview&ec_id=20

Let's hope that it is not too late for them…

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