ANIMAL FORUM

Urgent: Starving Bear Cubs Left to Die


Hi Maurice,



Your Help is Needed to Make Sure This Orphan Cub
Survives!


Just a few dollars go such a long way to save these
cubs:
1 month of infant bear care $25
1 month of formula for baby bear $50
1 week of food for 3 adolescent bears $75

Help ensure that orphans of the Russian Bear Hunt
survive>>





Its winter in Russia and wealthy hunters are paying more than
US$2,000 to rouse brown bears from hibernation and kill them.

The hunters dogs dig and bark at the den while hunters wait nearby
with rifles poised. When the bear climbs out of the den, the hunters shoot
and the bears cubs are made orphans.

Each year 3,000 to 4,000 bear cubs are left with no chance at survival
by the Russian bear hunt.

You are their only hope>>

If the cubs are not rescued, they die alone or end up as pets or
circus props.

Since 1995, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) has
funded the Orphan Bear Project, run by world-renowned scientist Valentin
Pazhetnov. More than 100 Russian bear cubs have been rescued by the Orphan
Bear Project. Mr. Pazhetnovs innovative techniques for raising and
rehabilitating bear cubs have resulted in 100s of bears being successfully
released into the wild.

Most bear cubs when rescued weigh only one or two pounds and cannot
survive without their mothers. But with your help, these tiny handfuls of
fur will grow up to become healthy bears - eventually released into Russias
protected forests.

The rescued cubs are bottle-fed warm milk formula five times a day,
massaged after each feeding, and warmed with special carpets. Voices are
never used while working with the cubs and human contact is kept to a
minimum, enabling the cubs to successfully return to the wild without
becoming tame.

The more contributions IFAW receives, the more cubs we can save>>

In many places in Europe, brown bears are extinct in the wild. The
bears being hunted in Russia are from the last healthy brown bear population
in the world.

IFAW has already successfully campaigned for a ban on den hunting in
three Russian districts and is pushing hard for federal anti-cruelty
legislation in the Russian Parliament. Together, we can make a real
difference for these cubs and other animals around the world.

Please help now when the survival of these bear cubs is most at
stake>> http://go.care2.com/e/R3uV/cb6a/qkpA

Have a happy holiday and great new year!

Michael Lawley
Care2 and ThePetitionSite team

P.S. IFAW currently provides 100 percent of the Orphan Bear Centres
operational costs, including salaries for the biologists, research
equipment, supplies to care for the bears, vehicles for the rough terrain,
and the construction of all the buildings. So please contribute today and
then forward this email to concerned friends who want to help save these
cubs.




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