Dolphins Dying in the Gulf Need Our Help

Bottlenose dolphins have been dying in unprecedented numbers in the northern Gulf of Mexico, closest to where the BP oil spill happened.   It’s been more than three years since the BP oil disaster began, but dolphins in the Gulf are still struggling. 


Dolphins in areas most heavily oiled by the BP oil disaster are suffering from terrible illnesses. An in-depth study of dolphins off the Louisiana coast found animals with agonizing lung disease, liver damage and anemia—all symptoms indicating oil exposure.

Friends of wildlife like you were critical to protecting Gulf wildlife in the immediate aftermath of the oil disaster.



Now your support is urgently needed to make sure that the fines and penalties BP pays for the disastrous spill are used to restore habitat for dolphins and other wildlife in the Gulf of Mexico—rather than being funneled away from healing the fragile ecosystem dolphins depend on.


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BP must be held accountable to pay for the extensive damage that their negligence caused to the region’s wildlife and wild places.

Decisions about how to use this money are being made right now in the Gulf States. Unfortunately there are few guarantees that all of the money from BP’s fines and penalties will be used to restore habitat for dolphins, sea turtles, tuna and other wildlife.

With your help, we can rally wildlife advocates to speak out for dolphins in the Gulf before the funds needed for restoring their habitat are funneled away. We’ll keep up public pressure on U.S. Commerce Secretary Pritzker and local officials to make sure that the fines paid by BP are used to restore dolphin habitat.

Donate now to help make sure that BP’s fines and penalties are spent on habitat restoration!