You’ve probably heard about failed vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s brutal and bloodthirsty plan for aerial killing of wolves in her home state of Alaska. Her administration has actually paid hunters a bounty on wolves, since reducing the number of predators means there are more moose and caribou for hunters to kill - essentially turning Alaska into one big glorious vat of bloodshed and killing, never mind the cost to nature.

Defenders of Wildlife are pushing hard to outlaw aerial shooting of wolves, but the killing is already underway this season - please sign the petition to put an end to it as soon as possible.

Here in Canada, we have no right to judge when trophy hunters are freely killing black bears on Haida Gwaii. There is not much data on the actual number of bears living in the region, and no quota has ever been set. The Council of the Haida Nation passed a resolution over a decade ago calling for the end of recreational hunting of black bears on the Islands, but the final decision comes down to the British Columbia government.

Learn more about Taan (the bear) here, and sign this petition opposing the bear hunt. (One of the nice things about this petition, by the way, is that it suggests switching to sustainable bear viewing and ecotourism rather than trophy killing.)