Dear colleagues: The US Fish and Wildlife Service currently has a comment period open for its proposed CITES actions at the next Conference of the Parties in 2013. They have three categories of proposals - those they will sponsor, those they are still considering, and those they have decided not to sponsor. Polar bears are in the "still considering" category. The links below give additional details about this situation, if you are interested in submitting public comments on this process. http://www.fws.gov/international/CITES/CoP16/3rdFederalRegisterNotice77FR217... http://www.fws.gov/international/CITES/CoP16/3rdFederalRegisterNoticeWeb.pdf Best regards, Naomi Rose Naomi A. Rose, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, HSI-Wildlife nrose@hsi.org<mailto:nrose@hsi.org> t +1 301.258.3048 f +1 301.258.3082 Humane Society International 700 Professional Drive Gaithersburg, MD 20879 USA hsi.org<http://www.hsi.org/> Join Our Email List<http://www.hsi.org/join> Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/hsiglobal> Twitter<http://twitter.com/hsiglobal> [Description: Humane Society International - Celebrating Animals | Confronting Cruelty | Worldwide]<http://www.hsi.org/> From: Teresa Telecky Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 5:15 PM To: Naomi Rose Subject: Marmam / PB Hi Naomi, I think you agreed to post the opportunity to comment to the USFWS on submitting the CITES PB proposal onto Marmam? Can you let me know when this has been done? Here are the relevant links: http://www.fws.gov/international/CITES/CoP16/3rdFederalRegisterNotice77FR217... http://www.fws.gov/international/CITES/CoP16/3rdFederalRegisterNoticeWeb.pdf Thanks! T Teresa M. Telecky, Ph.D. Director, Wildlife Department ttelecky@hsi.org<mailto:ttelecky@hsi.org> t 301.258.1430 f 301.258.3082 Humane Society International 2100 L Street NW Washington, DC 20037 USA hsi.org<http://www.hsi.org/> Join Our Email List<http://www.hsi.org/join> Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/hsiglobal> Twitter<http://twitter.com/hsiglobal> [Description: Description: Description: Humane Society International - Celebrating Animals | Confronting Cruelty | Worldwide]<http://www.hsi.org/> Humane Society International is rated a 4-star charity (the highest possible) by Charity Navigator<http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3848> and approved by the Better Business Bureau<http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/animal-protection/humane-society-of-the-united-states-in-washington-dc-3129> for all 20 standards for charity accountability. Our American affiliate, The Humane Society of the United States, was voted by Guidestar's Philanthropedia<http://www.myphilanthropedia.org/blog/2011/08/24/humane-society-of-the-united-states-hsus-1-expert-identified-animal-rights-and-welfare-nonprofit/> experts as the #1 high-impact animal protection group and named by Worth Magazine<http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/about/worth_top_10_fiscally_responsible_charities.pdf> as one of the 10 most fiscally responsible charities in the USA.
