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!