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John,

Out among the crashing ocean surf, half a dozen dolphins leap out of the water together in perfect sync. A humpback whale dives into the depths, flipping its iconic tail. Sea otters bob and float on a bed of kelp, holding paws.

Seeing these ocean animals swimming in the wild waves would fill your heart with wonder.

But a new bill in Congress would gut protections for all marine mammals, including sea otters, dolphins, manatees, seals, sea lions and endangered whales. Tell your U.S. House representative: Save marine mammals.
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This latest attack on marine life would weaken the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

The proposed change would allow industries to kill and harm more marine mammals, and make it more difficult to react to early indications of a species in decline.

The species we're keeping afloat could disappear off the face of the planet forever.

Take the North Atlantic Right whale for example. With an estimated 370 Right whales alive today, they're teetering too close to extinction as it is. Allowing more Right whales to be killed could wipe them out forever.[1]

The song of the whales, the bark of the sea lions and the clicks of the dolphins could all fall silent.

Don't let our oceans go quiet. Speak up for marine life now.
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The Marine Mammal Protection Act's goal is to restore and maintain healthy populations of species in America's oceans. It's been incredibly successful for more than 50 years. This law has stopped the decline of humpback whales, gray seals and California sea lions, to name a few.[2]

As these species have recovered, they stay protected so that their numbers don't slip into the danger zone again. But if the Marine Mammal Protection Act is weakened, all the progress we've made for sea otters, whales, seals and more could be reversed.

Ocean animals are already facing too many threats, and making it easier for humans to kill them would be a disaster.

We may no longer exterminate sea otters for their fur or slaughter whales for their blubber. But these species and more are facing new threats, and we shouldn't go back to the era when they were just a few tragedies from going extinct.

Take action today to protect the amazing animals living in our oceans.
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Thank you,

Ellen Montgomery

1. "North Atlantic Right Whale," NOAA Fisheries, last accessed August 26, 2025.
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2. "Celebrating 50 Years of the Marine Mammal Protection Act," NOAA Fisheries, July 30, 2022.
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