John,

The EU is putting puffins on the brink of extinction by challenging the UK’s lifesaving ban on sandeel fishing in the North Sea. This reckless legal battle prioritises industrial fishing profits over the survival of one of Europe’s most iconic seabirds.

The UK introduced the ban in March 2024 to protect sandeels, the primary food source for puffins, kittiwakes, and other vulnerable species. This bold action has been hailed by conservationists across Europe as a critical move to save seabirds from further collapse.

Puffins are already struggling—since 2000, their population has dropped by 25%, and experts warn it could plummet by 90% by 2050 without urgent intervention​.

But now, the EU is fighting back. In April 2024, they initiated legal action under the post-Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement, arguing that the UK’s ban breaches their fishing rights. This move threatens to undo all the progress made to protect puffins and other marine wildlife. Danish fishing fleets, which haul in hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sandeels every year, are driving this challenge, putting their economic interests above the survival of seabirds.

Puffins are starving, and time is running out. Demand the EU stop prioritising corporate profits over the survival of a species!

Make no mistake: puffins are starving, and this legal wrangling could push them over the edge. Without sandeels, puffins can’t feed their chicks, and entire colonies could collapse. Every day this legal challenge continues, puffins inch closer to extinction.

The EU must drop this case immediately and align with conservation efforts to protect our oceans and the wildlife that depend on them. We cannot allow short-term profits to dictate the fate of an entire species.

Sign this petition now—demand that the EU withdraw its case and protect puffins from extinction. The clock is ticking, and their survival is in our hands!