How To Help

Here is a list of things you can do to help the polar bears (Humane Society International)


1. Write to your senators and representative and ask them to support an amendment to the MMPA to repeal the provision allowing the import of polar bear trophies into the United States. Tell them that sport hunting and trophy importation are inconsistent with the International Agreement and with the spirit of the MMPA. Express your disapproval of oil and gas exploration in polar bear territory, particularly in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Urge them to work to seriously address climate change, as polar bears are particularly vulnerable to losses in sea ice coverage in the arctic.

2. Support strong international regulation of the trade in bear parts. Let your senators and representative know that you support federal legislation that prohibits trade in bear gall bladders and that mandates significant penalties for poaching and illegal trade.

3. Contact the Canadian Wildlife Service and Environment Canada (of which Canadian Wildlife Service is a part) and insist that it cease to allow the sport/trophy hunting of polar bears in Canada.

Canadian Wildlife Service Environment Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A 0H3
819-997-1095
Fax: 819-997-2756

Environment Canada
National Office
Ottawa ON, K1A 0H3
819-997-2800
Fax: 819-953-2225
enviroinfo@ec.gc.ca

4. Write to the Embassy of Denmark to express your opposition to introducing a polar bear trophy hunt in Greenland.
Contact:

Mr. Friis Arne Petersen
Embassy of Denmark to the United States
3200 Whitehaven St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Phone: 202-234-4300
Fax: 202-328-1470
E-mail: wasamb@um.dk