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I got this in my email box today and had to share, even though it’s sad, it’s important. It’s a message from Defenders of Wildlife:
Maximus the grizzly bear was “a big, beautiful, wild bear,” according to grizzly specialist Mike Madel. “He kept to himself, stayed out of trouble.”
But he was gunned down in the prime of his life. Left to rot in a Montana hayfield, his badly decomposed body was discovered a month after being ruthlessly shot.
His killer is still at large.
It is possible for you can help bring lawless wildlife killers to justice and respond quickly to other wildlife emergencies.
We’ve quickly moved to offer a reward to bring Maximus’s killer to justice. But sadly, this bear’s story is not unique.
Poachers have recently ended the lives of some of our most endangered animals including Florida panthers, southwest gray wolves and California condors. In Idaho, a female wolf pup was illegally gunned down from a roadway. And a thriving black market in bear gallbladders and other parts is fueling a slaughter of bears across the nation.
Help us post rewards for poachers and alert the public as we aid law enforcement in the capture of these heartless people. Please make a donation today.
For more than a decade, Defenders of Wildlife has worked with state and federal agencies, offering more than $245,000 in rewards to bring these ruthless wildlife poachers to justice.
We’re also pressing Congress to pass the Bear Protection Act to end the trade in bear parts that encourages a terrible poaching plague.
None of this work is possible without people like you.
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I also got the same mail, I will stand against these ruthless killers
Killing animals especially endangered ones just for fun is absolutely cruel, we cannot tolerate such an act. I like what you’re doing collecting donation as a reward for capturing those killers, I really hope it works. This is a global problem, in Indonesia we also have this kind of problems. They’re killing rhinos, elephants, orang utans, tigers, endangered bird species, sharks, and many others everyday for money or just for fun. I hope what you’ve done with defenders of wildlife can be applied too in my country so the killing can at least be reduced. Keep up the nobel work, I wish you all the best in protecting the wildlife for our next generation.
It is quite sad to see animals being tortured and killed…It has to be stopped…something has to be done. Thanks for sharing the photo.
I must agree, if we do not take action our wildlife may be reduced to nothingness. We humans should protect other beings in this world otherwise we will also suffer if balance is lost.
Is sad and really bad that the govt’s of the world can’t protect their wildlife. Unfortunately USA is the biggest market for animal products from all over the world.
Thanks
This is just terrible. It breaks my heart to read such things. I don’t understand why people do things like this. Hunting used to be used for a purpose. Feeding the local scavengers never was one of them.
We have to care about animal..
David
Thanks a lot for the information.This is such a ruthless action..it’s very very sad.Poaching is something that is being carried out for a long time and sadly nothing is done about the issue.Look forward to more such posts from you.
I hope someone didnt take your earlier post of “How to Not be Eaten by Bears when Camping” too literally. I think its disgusting that poachers can do this.
It seems that children always have respect for animals. I wonder why it is in our culture that people can grow up to treat animals so terribly. The education system is failing to teach people something so simple. Very sad.
I’m really impressed with your article, such great information you mentioned here, thanks for your sharing and waiting to see your future posts.
That’s a sad story. We have to care about other creatures too. What happened was really sad. Thank you for sharing this.
I absolutely support hunting animals but, only if the animals resources are used properly. Killing animals for the sack of killing animals is wrong.
bear is very nice and attractive animal and in my area alot of bears are here
i feel very about hunting animals
i have surrendered to your article, such a nice one
It is so sad! I agree that laws for are poor. Such rare animal killers should be punished stricter!
That’s so sad. We all should care about animals!!!
That’s so sad. We all should care about animals!
Wow! This is really a giant paw!
Greetings & thanks for stopping by. I became a vegan after my near-fatal car crash in 1993. The crash happened while I was going to work in a suit & tie. It changed my life forever. Among other things, my near-death experience gave me a new appreciation of life, both human & nonhuman. I believe that all life has equal value & should be respected. Killing animals for any reason is not respecting life. For me, going vegan is good for the mind, body, and soul.
As a human being we have some responsibilities & its sad to see that how we humans are treating other living creatures. There are laws, but some one have to be there to see either it is obeyed or not. Animals are the part of Life cycle, if we killing them for no reason, it will directly effect the environment.
I think its really essential that somebody will find a way to take care of these animals. Thanks for sharing all these resourceful information
Poor ol’ Maximus. He was powerful, majestic and a beautiful animal. Grizzly bears have been on the endangered species list since 1975. We should be stewards of the earth and its creatures not callous poachers!
What a sad story.. poor animals to be killed by heartless people.
Calling PETA, damn those ruthless hunters, I feel so sad about this. And i hope those basterds get shot right in thier ugly mugs!
i feel bad of killing animals
It’s a terrible thing! We should take care about animals but don’t kill them.
So can we find the poacher that killed him? Is Montana not a protected area for bears?
The paw is so huge, I wonder how big is this bear
Animals its also an living things we should not kill those living creatures we should survive them
I hope Maximus’s killer is found and punished…Are’nt the Government doing anything to protect bears in Montana? Cruelty to animals has to be prevented.
It is quite sad to see animals being cruelly killed..I am waiting to hear the Maximus’s killer if found.
I just can’t get… What for the bear was killed…. Why? This is so unfair….
It makes me sick how predators as well as other wild animals are shot for no reason or even for sport.
Governors like Palin in Alaska allow this ruthless killing to go in their states with no consequences.
poor bear .. i hated it when this happens . instead of taking care of animals we kill them .. thats not right ..those hunter should get some harsh condemnation..
its too bad of killing animals they are also an living creatures we should avoid of killing them
i like your post…thanks for sharing
your post is more informative and useful.thanks…
Killing animals is something like killing ourselves. Human beings are always dependent on many ways and daily life. Save animals and save the earth.
its terrible one killing animals i hate
This is so sad.Killing animals is bad coz they are also living creatures.We need to do something about this act.Every creature has a right to life unless it becomes harmful.
I hate of killing animals people are doing it for money to worst thing
In my opinion animals should not be killed just for sport, if you’re not fully utilizing the resources of the animal it’s always sad, and when it’ll illegal like this it’s even worse!
this kind of stuff gets me so angry.. why in the world would someone do this.. the person who shot this bear should go to jail for a very long time ..
Government should take some steps for illegally killing animals,i hate of killing it
I really hate people like that, we should help protect them instead of taking them out one by one
paw that wonderful!
Law should do for these animals and stop this type of killing
We should do something on Internationally, We should make Depart n Stop these Killing,