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Learn More About: Help Authorize a Wildlife Postage Stamp
The Issue and Latest Status The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would authorize the U.S. Postal Service to issue a “semipostal” stamp to generate funds for rhinos, tigers, elephants, great apes and marine turtles. The bill now needs to be passed by the U.S. Senate before it can become law. The Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act, H.R. 1454, would allow members of the public to buy special wildlife stamps by paying a premium over the first class letter rate of 44 cents. The extra money would go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support grants for conservation of vanishing international species, such as tigers and rhinos. These funds would supplement the annual congressional appropriation for the programs. You may already have written to urge your representative to support the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Act when it was before the House. Now you can help ensure the bill passes into law by urging your senators to cosponsor the Senate legislation creating this innovative fundraising program. The fundraising stamp is modeled on the successful Breast Cancer Research stamp, which has sold over 800 million copies since its authorization in 1998, and has raised over $70 million for breast cancer research. The key requirement is to get as many cosponsors of the Multinational Species stamp as possible, and your senators could play a critical role. How You Can Help For More Information
With an outpouring of support from WWF activists like you, we can help save these magnificent species.
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