All eyes will be on Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Take action now to give bears a sporting chance.
Each year in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest, black and grizzly bears are cruelly killed by trophy hunters as they emerge from hibernation and forage for food. Orphaned cubs are left behind, condemned to a slow death by starvation. Even threatened grizzlies are not protected from those who kill for entertainment -- nearly 90 percent of all grizzly bears killed in the province of British Columbia are killed by trophy hunters.
Now, with the 2010 Winter Olympics drawing closer, animal advocates around the world have a unique opportunity to save the bears.
Seventy-eight percent of British Columbians -- including the indigenous peoples of Coastal First Nations -- want the trophy hunt to end. So far, the government has ignored public will. But the pending Olympic Games are shining a spotlight on British Columbia’s animal welfare and conservation practices, and global pressure may force the government to take action. We need the BC government to know that the trophy hunt for bears in the Great Bear Rainforest is damaging Canada's international reputation, and causing a major loss in support for the Olympic Games.
The senseless trophy hunting of bears in the Great Bear Rainforest is opposed by Coastal First Nations, animal protection organizations, conservation groups, and the overwhelming majority of British Columbians. Please stand with us to protect these bears and their cubs from a cruel fate.
TAKE ACTION
Please contact the British Columbian government and the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and let them know that you will consider avoiding the Olympic Games as long as the trophy bear hunt continues in the Great Bear Rainforest. Please act now -- your voice is vital to saving the bears.
Thank you for all you do for animals.
Sincerely,
Andrew Rowan
President & CEO
Humane Society International
Thema: Gegen die Bären - Trophäenjagd in Kanada ! Die Bären haben keine Chance !!! 
