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Ripple is dead -- help the remaining Southern Resident orcas and donate $24
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[[link removed]]Southern Resident orcas Cappuccino, Marina, and now young Ripple are all presumed dead. That leaves only 73 Southern Resident orcas left in the wild -- many are
starving, grieving, and growing weaker every day. But Big Oil tankers and
shipping megaprojects pose a serious threat to the remaining whales. Friend, if we don’t act now, we could be the last
generation to share the earth with these majestic creatures. Will you donate $24
today to protect the remaining orcas and our planet?
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Ripple was the youngest whale in his pod for a decade before a new family member
was born this year. But he hasn’t been seen with his family in months -- and
recently, a young, emaciated male orca’s body was found entangled off the coast
of Oregon, tragically believed to be Ripple.
Southern Resident orcas function in close-knit, sensitive family communities
known as pods. When they lose a family member, their chances of survival plummet
as their grief can push them into starvation. That’s why we can’t stand to lose
even one more of these precious whales.
Don’t let Southern Resident orcas grieve another death. Donate $24 and help us
reach our $3,200 goal before midnight tonight.
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[[link removed]]Southern Resident killer whales are the only endangered species of killer whales
in the United States -- with only 73 left in the remaining pods. Once thriving
in the waters of Washington and British Columbia, this precious species has been
on the decline since the mid-1990s.
One key contributor -- food availability. You see, orcas rely on Chinook salmon
as their main food source, which were once abundant in their ecosystems but have
substantially declined in the last decade and are now threatened or endangered
themselves -- leading these orcas to starvation, stress, and even miscarriages.
Yet, catastrophic Big Oil and shipping megaprojects are in the works -- and they would be devastating to the remaining Southern Resident orca population.
The Roberts Bank T2 shipping terminal project would significantly increase cargo
ship traffic and disrupt Chinook salmon migration patterns -- driving them further away from orca habitat.
The proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain Pipeline will also increase oil
tanker traffic in Southern Resident critical habitat SEVEN-FOLD -- from one
tanker a week to one per day! Worst of all, it will also be shipping millions of barrels of toxic tar sands oil -- the dirtiest kind -- in oil tankers through this already delicate orca habitat.
The increased noise from shipping traffic resulting from both these projects
would also disrupt the orcas’ sonar, their primary tool for hunting. Between the
chronic lack of salmon and the disruption of their hunting methods, orcas will starve to death and be driven to extinction.
We can’t let Big Oil push vulnerable orcas further toward the brink. Make your
$24 contribution now.
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[[link removed]]Orcas are crucial to a thriving ocean habitat and our own health. They release
vital nutrients for phytoplankton, which in turn provide half of the oxygen we
breathe while absorbing hundreds of thousands of tons of carbon each year. We
depend on this flow of nutrients for healthy ecosystems and a functioning
planet, which is why we must protect these orcas at all costs.
But orcas are just one oil spill away from extinction. Proposed Big Oil
megaprojects like the expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline could be fatal -- orcas
can’t detect oil spills, so when the next oil spill occurs, they may swim
through toxic tar sands oil, leading to infection and death. Even the fumes alone can knock out and drown a full-grown whale.
Friend, how long will we let Big Oil and the shipping
industry further endanger helpless, vulnerable Southern Resident orcas? Your
membership support today would go a long way toward stopping these reckless
megaprojects that have the potential to wipe out the remaining 73 orcas and
protecting our planet.
Orcas are at a tipping point -- and if we don’t act soon, we could lose them
forever. Friends of the Earth is doing everything we can to fight against greedy
corporate interests and save these precious whales and our planet, but we can’t
do it without your help. Please, Friend, join us in this
fight and rush your $24 contribution today before the clock strikes midnight and
we lose any more of these majestic creatures.
Don’t let Big Oil and corporate greed exploit our oceans anymore. Make your $24
donation now to stand up for our planet and help us reach our $3,200 goal.
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[[link removed]]Standing with you,
Marcie Keever
Oceans and vessels program director,
Friends of the Earth
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