From: "Fred O'Regan, International Fund for Animal Welfare"
><fred@ifaw1.org>
>Reply-To: <info-ca@ifaw.org>
>To: "Pierre Gondin" <grondin82@sympatico.ca>
>Subject: Urgent: Starving Bear Cubs Left to Die
>Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:04:32 -0700
>
>International Fund for Animal Welfare
>September 25, 2006
>
>
>Urgent: Starving Bear Cubs Left to Die
>
>
>**********
>Your Help Is Needed to Make Sure these Orphan Cubs Survive
>
>Watch the Orphan Bear Cub Video
>( http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/ifaw/er/russian_bear_comp.wvx )
>
>TO SEE VIDEO ON FULL SCREEN: After video window opens, right-click the
>video image and select "Full-screen"
>**********
>
>
>Dear Pierre,
>
>Right now in the oat fields of Russia, a mother brown bear comes out
of the
>forest to feed. The bear needs the oat harvest, rich in protein and
fat,
>to survive its upcoming hibernation. Tragically, something else lies
in
>wait for the bear than just a good meal.
>
>A shot rings out and the bear falls to the ground, victim to Russia's
>annual bear hunt which will leave 3,000 to 4,000 bear cubs killed or
>orphaned this year alone. When winter comes, mother bears will be
lured
>from hibernation by barking dogs and then killed, leaving its cubs
alone in
>a dark den with no chance of survival.
>
>You are their only hope
>( http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7200449513897104935201465 ).
>
>
>If the cubs are not rescued, they die alone or end up as "pets" or
circus
>props
>
>If the cub is one of the lucky few, it may be rescued and brought to
the
>nearby Orphan Bear Project run by world-renowned scientist Valentin
>Pazhetnov.
>
>Since 1995, IFAW has funded Pazhetnov's innovative techniques for
raising
>and rehabilitating bear cubs. Since that time, more than 100 Russian
bear
>cubs have been successfully released into the wild.
>
>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.
>
>See how orphaned bear cubs are rescued. Play video
>( http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/ifaw/er/russian_bear_comp.wvx ).
>
>The more contributions we receive today (
>http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7200449613897104935201465 ), 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.
>
>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 Russia's
>protected forests.
>
>Together, we can make a real difference for these cubs and other
animals
>around the world. We have already successfully campaigned for a ban on
den
>hunting in three Russian districts and we are pushing hard for federal
>anti-cruelty legislation in the Russian Parliament.
>
>
>**********
>Just a few dollars go such a long way to save these cubs (
>http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7200449713897104935201465 ):
>
>1 month of infant bear care $25
>1 month of formula for one baby bear $50
>1 week of food for 3 adolescent bears $75
>
>Please help now when the survival of these bear cubs is most at stake.
>**********
>
>
>Thanks for all you do,
>
>Fred O'Regan
>President and CEO
>
>P.S. IFAW currently provides 100 percent of the Orphan Bear Centre's
>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
(
>http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7200449813897104935201465 ) and then
>forward this email to concerned friends (
>http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M7200539613897104935201465 ) who want
to
>help save these cubs.
>
>
>____________________
>IFAW (C) 2006
>This message was sent to: grondin82@sympatico.ca
>
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