Dear NRDC Supporter,

You have one day left to be one of 1,000 donors needed to help NRDC unlock a $50,000 matching gift to save endangered whales.

Many whale species need immediate help to survive. Will you donate before tomorrow's midnight deadline to help us secure a $50,000 matching gift to power our work to secure critical safeguards for whales and protect our environment on all fronts? All it takes is $5 to get us closer to our goal.

We're at a pivotal moment for whales. Our actions right now will make the difference between a resurgence of rare whales or the first human-caused extinction of a great whale species. We're at a turning point, and the choice is ours:

• Will we allow fossil fuel companies to continue to disorient and kill endangered whales with seismic blasts as loud as dynamite? Or will we protect vital whale habitats from oil companies hell-bent on generating even more profits? Donate just $5 to help unlock $50,000 to save whales from deadly seismic blasting and defend our environment.
• Will we stand by as whales continue to get struck and killed by speeding vessels? Or will we succeed in securing reasonable speed limits in whale habitats to help protect these endangered species? Donate to defend whales from ship strikes and help us secure this $50,000 matching gift (even $5 counts towards our goal!).
• Will whales continue to drown or suffer slow, painful deaths from entanglements? Or will we win our campaign to achieve the widespread adoption of whale-safe, ropeless fishing systems by the fishing industry? Save whales from drowning and slow painful deaths with your gift of $5 today and help us unlock $50,000.

Only about 50 Rice's whales... 330 Cook Inlet Beluga whales... and 340 North American right whales remain in the wild... populations so meager that scientists warn the loss of a single whale for some of these species could sentence it to extinction.

Their numbers are dwindling, but it is not too late — if we act fast. Your donation of $5 right now could be the final one we need to unlock a game-changing $50,000. A gift of that size will make a real difference in saving these whales on the brink of extinction and preserving the precious habitats that support them and so much of life on Earth.

I hope these beautiful creatures can count on you in this critical moment.

Sincerely,

Gina Trujillo
National Director of Membership, NRDC