Stephen Colbert is Afraid of You

Thanks for supporting Defenders of Wildlife’s tongue-in-cheek ColBEAR campaign. Email a friend or share the joke on Facebook to help us get on the Colbert Report to raise awareness about bear conservation.

Tell a Friend Spread the word to help put the plight of bears front and center on The Colbert Report. Take Action Email a Friend Post on Facebook Omss, Stephen Colbert has heard from Ed Asner. He’s heard from Cloris Leachman. And he’s even heard from more than 34,000 wildlife supporters. But, chances are, Stephen Colbert hasn’t heard from your friends yet. This is National Bear Awareness Week, and I’m dead set on getting our bears some airtime on The Colbert Report. That’s where you come in. If you haven’t signed our petition to Stephen Colbert yet, please take action now. Once you've taken action, please be sure to spread the word... Email a friend. Urge your friends to join the fun. If enough people write in, Colbert will have to respond – and give us an opportunity to highlight the plight of bears to millions of people nationwide. Post a link to the ColBEAR Campaign on Facebook. We all have good friends -- and friends we “bear”-ly know -- on Facebook. Why not put them to work for bear conservation? Share a link to the campaign website and increase the chances that Stephen will take notice of our efforts. The ColBEAR Campaign has been fun, but I want you to know that it has a serious purpose: To help raise awareness about the plight of bears. And while Stephen Colbert’s riff on bears is obviously satire, the plight of our bears is no laughing matter: Polar bears are threatened by climate change and harmful drilling in vital habitat. Grizzly bears are threatened by increased development and the resulting conflicts with humans. And Florida black bears are threatened by poaching and habitat loss. With your help, we can get Stephen – and his estimated 1.2 million viewers – to take notice and increase public appreciation for our bears and the threats they face. I hope you’ll take a moment right now to spread the word using email or Facebook.This is one case where passing on a joke might just do more than elicit a laugh…  For the Bears, Rodger Schlickeisen President Defenders of Wildlife   P.S. The ColBEAR Campaign is a fun way to educate America about our imperiled bears, but saving bears is serious business. Please check out http://www.defenders.org/colbear for fascinating bear facts and more ways to help.

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