Will the Federal Agency Charged with Protecting Whales and Dolphins Stand Up to the Navy?
The National Marine Fisheries Service announced that it received requests from the Navy for authorization to take 33 MILLION whales and dolphins over the next five years to training and testing activities off Southern California, Hawaii, and the East Coast. Read more.
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Help Save Endangered Belugas! The Apache Alaska Corporation has launched a deafening airgun assault as it explores for oil and gas in Cook Inlet, Alaska—home to a struggling population of 284 endangered beluga whales. At close range, the intense noise from airguns can cause injury, hearing loss and even death.
Tell the Obama Administration to withdraw its approval for this devastating onslaught before it pushes the last Cook Inlet belugas one tragic step closer to extinction. Send a message.
Please send a message to help save endangered belugas!
“Don’t let the belugas go silent. Help protect them before time runs out.” — Pierce Brosnan
The Apache Alaska Corporation is preparing to launch a deafening airgun assault as it explores for oil and gas in Cook Inlet, Alaska—home to a struggling population of 284 endangered beluga whales. At close range, the intense noise from airguns can cause injury, hearing loss and even death.
Send a message: Tell the Obama Administration to withdraw its approval for this devastating onslaught before it pushes the last Cook Inlet belugas one tragic step closer to extinction.
Send a message to protect whales.
The Navy estimates that its five-year plan to train with sonar and explosives in the Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico will harass, injure or kill marine mammals more than 33 million times. Read more about this issue.
TAKE ACTION: Send a message urging the Navy to put tough safeguards in place before unleashing this assault on vulnerable marine wildlife.
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