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The Save Vanishing Species stamp is a new semipostal stamp designed to raise money to help protect endangered wildlife, including tigers, rhinos and marine turtles. The Amur tiger cub stamp is now on sale for a premium above the normal first-class rate and is available at all post offices in the U.S.

Why is this stamp so important?
The stamp is important to WWF because all proceeds raised from the premium will go to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Multinational Species Conservation Funds, which support efforts to protect wild populations of tigers, rhinos, elephants, great apes and marine turtles.

How was the stamp created?
The stamp was created by the Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act, and it could generate millions of dollars for international wildlife conservation. WWF proposed the original idea in 2000 and played a major role in securing approval of the stamp.

“This is an easy way for individuals to use their purchasing power to help save vanishing species every time they mail a letter. By purchasing these stamps, anyone can play a direct role in protecting some of our most iconic and endangered wildlife.”

-Ginette Hemley, WWF’s senior vice president of conservation strategy and science

Read more and order yours online: http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/tigers/stamp.html

The public has chosen the grand prize winners in the three categories of wildlife, wild places, and people connecting with nature.

Photo: James Timmons  Photo: Steve Perry

Photo: Michael Ciaglo

Check out the other finalists here: http://www.worldwildlife.org/sites/photocontest/

Click the links below to download desktop wallpaper and e-cards from the photo contest winners!

E-cards: http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/PageServer?pagename=PhotoContest_Ecards

Wallpaper: http://wwf.worldwildlife.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wallpapersignup_photocontest

Vote for a chance to win!

Tomorrow is the last day you can vote for your favorite photos of WWF's "Life Grows On" photo contest. Your votes will decide who wins the classic polar bear photo adventure provided by Natural Habitat Adventures.

Check out the top 50 photo contest submissions and select your favorite. After you vote, you can spin the wheel for a chance to win a WWF reusable mug in our daily instant win game! There will be 10 instant winners today--are you one of them?

Vote at http://bit.ly/qc5y4J

Vote for a chance to win this porcelain reusable WWF mug.

From 1999 to 2010, WWF discovered 615 new species in Madagascar, including: 41 mammals, 61 reptiles, 69 amphibians, 42 invertebrates, 17 fish, and 385 plants. These new discoveries reinforce Madagascar’s standing as one of the Earth’s richest tropical habitats.

WWF works to establish protected areas and empower local communities to live in harmony with the wildlife that surrounds them. The new discoveries bring light to the amazing life in Madagascar, but are a harsh reminder of what will be lost if habitats are not protected.

See more species and read the report >

Threatened species and wild places around the world need our help. As the last hours of 2010 draw to a close, we give thanks for the conservation successes we have accomplished with your support. Please help WWF continue to meet its goal to create a world that is secure for wild animals, wild places, and people. Click here to make your 2010 tax-deductible gift to World Wildlife Fund before 12pm ET on December 31: https://secure2.convio.net/wwf/site/Donation2?df_id=4460&4460.donation=form1&s_src=AWE1100GDF00 Thank you for your continued support and best wishes for a very Happy New Year! -Your Friends at WWF

1. WWF’s New Facebook Application --> Add a tiger mask, tiger stripes, or paw prints to your Facebook profile picture with our new Facebook application. It's fun and easy and shows your support to double the population of the 3,200 remaining wild tigers. Go here: http://apps.facebook.com/year_of_the_tiger/

2. Texting for Tigers --> Now you can help WWF save tigers with your mobile phone (in the U.S. only). By texting TIGERS to 20222, your $10 donation will help WWF save the tiger in its vast range – from India to China, to the Russian Far East. WWF will focus on anti-poaching efforts in critical tiger sites, building political will in tiger range countries, protecting and connecting tiger habitats on a massive scale, and clamping down on tiger trade. Together, we can preserve an icon of the wild, and save the tiger for future generations.

More ways to help tigers: http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/finder/tigers/ways-to-help.html

Thanks for your support!

-Your friends at WWF