Dear Guardian,

With Donald Trump’s sons boasting about making trophies out of some of the world’s most majestic wildlife, I fear that the Trump Administration will not be kind to grizzly bears and other native carnivores.

Trophy hunters and trappers—and the state wildlife agencies that promote them—rejoiced on election night knowing they’d have a friend in the White House.

In the case of grizzly bears, fewer than 2,000 remain in the lower 48 states. Yet right now states are divvying up the body count to give to wealthy trophy hunters.

You’ve helped us protect threatened and endangered species before, and we need your help again to fight for grizzlies during the Trump Administration. Please support our Endangered Species Defense Fund with a gift of  $50, $100, $500, or more and enable us to protect grizzly bears and other imperiled species.

You and I know native carnivores aren’t trophies. They’re magical and ecologically important creatures deserving of our awe, wonder, and respect.

But, sadly, that’s not what they are going to get under a Trump Administration.

Grizzlies and other native carnivores like wolves and wolverine will be targets for the hostility and hatred of trophy hunters and ranchers.

It’s not just grizzly bears that will be at risk; it’s the entire Endangered Species Act that is threatened. Trump’s plan will be to gut the Act through “regulatory rollbacks” and “business friendly policies.” Together, we can prevent this from happening.

Our Endangered Species Defense Fund will help us hold the line and defend America’s most powerful wildlife law. The Endangered Species Act does not need tinkering. We don’t need to give states more control; their failures to protect habitat and prevent killing are one of the primary reasons that many species became threatened or endangered in the first place.

If some of our most beloved species are to be saved, it is up to us to take action now.

Be a Guardian for grizzlies and please support our Endangered Species Defense Fund with a gift today.

For the wild,

 

John Horning
Executive Director
WildEarth Guardians
jhorning@wildearthguardians.org