The following arrived in the morning email, and it might be described as winning one for our furry friends.
Dear Mick,
I have some very exciting news to share with you. Yielding to pressure from conservationists, including more than 50,000 NRDC Members and online activists, the Obama Administration has just announced that it will support an upgrade in international protection for polar bears. This is extremely important, because if the world agrees to increase the polar bear's protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), it would help end trophy hunting and stop the global trade in polar bear body parts. Please take a moment to celebrate this announcement with me, because it would never have happened without the activism of NRDC supporters like you! And let's give credit where credit is due: I encourage you to send a message now to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar -- to thank him for doing the right thing for the sake of polar bear survival. But please don't think this battle is over. Between now and March 2010, when the next CITES treaty talks take place, we will have to expand our campaign to make sure that other key nations line up with America's pro-polar-bear position
Frances Beinecke
Dear Mick,
I have some very exciting news to share with you. Yielding to pressure from conservationists, including more than 50,000 NRDC Members and online activists, the Obama Administration has just announced that it will support an upgrade in international protection for polar bears. This is extremely important, because if the world agrees to increase the polar bear's protection under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), it would help end trophy hunting and stop the global trade in polar bear body parts. Please take a moment to celebrate this announcement with me, because it would never have happened without the activism of NRDC supporters like you! And let's give credit where credit is due: I encourage you to send a message now to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar -- to thank him for doing the right thing for the sake of polar bear survival. But please don't think this battle is over. Between now and March 2010, when the next CITES treaty talks take place, we will have to expand our campaign to make sure that other key nations line up with America's pro-polar-bear position
Frances Beinecke
President Natural Resources Defense Council
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