Dear NRDC Supporter,

Whales are being pushed to the brink of extinction and we are running out of time to save them.

Instead of being protected at all costs, they're being tortured to death by seismic blasts used for oil exploration... struck and maimed by speeding ships... entangled and drowned by fishing gear... and they're living under the constant threat of oil spills.

It's tragic and it's infuriating — but it doesn't have to be this way. NRDC is working hard — in and out of court — to protect whales, and with your help today, we can turn the tide.

A generous donor has agreed to give NRDC $50,000 to save whales and protect our environment! But to unlock this $50,000 gift, we need 1,000 NRDC supporters like you to make a donation by September 30.

Donate just $5 today and join our fight to save whales suffering at the hands of industrialization and help unlock a $50,000 MATCHING gift. Every tax-deductible gift made by September 30 counts towards our 1,000 donor goal.

Some of the most endangered whales on the planet live in U.S. waters. Only about 50 Rice's whales... 330 Cook Inlet Beluga whales... 340 North American right whales.... populations so meager that scientists warn the loss of a single whale for some of these species could sentence it to extinction.

Make your donation of $5 by September 30, and you'll help us secure a $50,000 gift to power our work to:

• Pressure the Biden administration to stop greenlighting new dangerous oil and gas drilling off our coasts;
• Ban the use of seismic airguns that fire blasts as loud as dynamite every 10 seconds just so that fossil fuel companies can search for more oil;
• Force ships to slow down in vital habitats by just 10 knots, which experts say would significantly reduce lethal whale strikes;
• Push for better and safer fishing gear and methods that won't tangle and drown whales;
• Fight the climate crisis and ocean warming, which are driving whale habitat loss and interfering with their ability to migrate and even breed

We're dangerously close to pushing the Rice's whale to extinction. If that happens, it'd be the first known human-caused extinction of a great whale species. That's devastating to consider, especially on this 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act.

Extinction is forever. No do-overs. No second chances. And these whales can't wait another day.

Donate by September 30 to help save whales from extinction and protect our environment on all fronts. A gift of just $5 today brings us closer to the 1,000 donor goal needed to UNLOCK $50,000 to power this important work!

Thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Michael Jasny
Marine Mammal Protection Project Director, NRDC