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The Southern Resident orca population is at its lowest point in decades, and these magnificent creatures are on the BRINK OF EXTINCTION. These orcas are the only endangered species of killer whales in the United States, and they are starving and growing weaker by the day. Help protect these 74 remaining orcas by standing up to corporate greed: Make your contribution of $27 or more today.
Cappuccino and Marina -- two whales beloved in the Pacific Northwest -- are now presumed dead after wasting away from starvation. Their deaths are an excruciating loss to the remaining orcas -- and the grief is driving their surviving family members further into starvation.
Now, only 74 orcas are left in the Southern Resident pods -- and a new shipping terminal and oil pipeline threaten the remaining whales. Just one oil spill could completely wipe them out.
Big Oil and the shipping industry are starving orcas to death. Help us fight for their protection and make your $27 donation.
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Southern Resident Killer Whale populations have been declining since 2006. Key drivers to their extinction are tied to chemical pollution and food availability. Their main food source is Chinook Salmon, which were once abundant in their ecosystems, but have substantially declined in the last decade -- leading these orcas to starvation, stress, and miscarriages.
The two proposed megaprojects would drastically magnify these threats to orcas. The Roberts Bank T2 shipping terminal project would increase cargo ship traffic and disrupt Chinook salmon migration patterns -- driving them further away from the orcas' habitat. The resulting noise from the ships will also disrupt the killer whales' sonar hunting methods, preventing them from finding the few salmon left in the region.
The expanded Trans Mountain Pipeline will also increase oil tanker traffic in critical habitats SEVEN-FOLD -- from one tanker a week to one per day! Worst of all, it will also be pumping 890,000 barrels per day of TOXIC tar sands oil -- the dirtiest kind -- despite this already being a delicate orca habitat.
The threatened Southern Resident population is just one oil spill away from extinction. And we know that with pipeline projects, oil spills are not a matter of "if," but rather of "when." This is why we need to raise our voices and stand up to Big Oil and the shipping industry, showing them that we will not allow them to put private profit over the lives of precious wildlife and the ecosystems that rely on them.
Southern Resident orcas are one oil spill away from EXTINCTION. Fight the megaprojects that threaten their existence and make your contribution of $27 or more.
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We need your help to save majestic orcas and their beautiful ocean habitats. We're doing everything we can to stop Big Oil from polluting orca habitats and driving climate change, but we need you with us.
Each death in these pods reduces the chances that the remaining orcas survive. With Marina's death, her children are now THREE TIMES more likely to die, while her grandchildren are SIX TIMES less likely to survive. With these 74 precious lives at stake and facing increased risk, we need to step up our fight to protect them.
Southern Resident Killer Whales are in perilous danger. You and I may be some of the last people to share the planet with these magnificent creatures if these disastrous megaprojects are allowed to move forward.
Your membership gift will allow us to continue this critical work, protecting orcas and our planet. Make your contribution of $27 or more before it's too late!
Cappuccino and Marina are dead. Don't let their surviving family members meet the same fate. Make your contribution of $27 or more!
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Standing with you,
Marcie Keever,
Oceans & vessels program director,
Friends of the Earth
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