The World Wildlife Fund has created a new ad that exploits little children to scare people of all ages into believing that the United States is the only country not willing to sign over its sovereignty in the name of saving polar bears:
WWF has worked around the world for the past 50 years protecting our most beloved and endangered species—such as tigers, rhinos, polar bears and pandas. But that work is in danger of becoming unraveled if we don’t act now to find a global solution to climate change.
On December 7, 2009, more than 192 nations will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, to negotiate a fair and binding global treaty to reduce emissions and save our planet from the worst impacts of climate change.
The rest of the world, including countries like Germany, Japan, South Africa, India and China, is ready to take action. And while it won’t be easy to reach a global agreement, under the leadership of President Obama, we know the world can come together and combat climate change.
Join us in urging the President to lead the U.S. into making a global climate treaty a reality. Learn more about Copenhagen and hear from some who have the most at stake in solving this issue—our kids.
To urge the President to lead us in Copenhagen and outline what we’d like to see in the agreement, we invited children of WWF staffers to tape a personal message to the President asking for his support. Watch the video now. We hope you’ll be inspired to send an email or write a letter to the White House that tells President Obama that you want him to go to Copenhagen to protect our planet.
There are two problems with this grotesque exploitation of children:
1. In the 1950s the polar bear population was estimated at 5,000. Today it’s 20,000 to 25,000, a number that has either held steady over the last 20 years or has risen slightly. In Canada, the manager of wildlife resources for the Nunavut territory of Canada has found that the population there has increased by 25 percent.
2. The WWF is not interested in polar bears. They, along with the United Nations and the Democratic Party of the United States, are more concerned with controlling every aspect of our lives from birth to death.