Tell your senators: Vote to rescue right whales
The North Atlantic right whale’s small, battered population declined at 10 times the sustainable rate last year.1,2 But November brought a glimmer of hope.1
The SAVE Right Whales Act will boost whale recovery.
The U.S. Senate is preparing to vote on the SAVE Right Whales Act — meaning that recovery efforts could soon get a desperately-needed boost.
That would be great news for right whales — but it’s far from a done deal. We need to tell our senators to support the SAVE Right Whales Act when it comes up for a full vote.
Right whales deserve a safe future.
Imagine a future in which we’ve stopped the killing of right whales. No more ship strikes that lacerate their skin and skulls, no more fishing line entanglements that lead to infections and long, painful deaths.3
These creatures could raise their calves in a safe North Atlantic Ocean. Our kids and grandkids, and their kids, could all watch healthy pods breach the waves off the East Coast.
Passing the SAVE Right Whales Act will bring us a lot closer to that future.
Send a message for critically endangered right whales.
We’re working to give right whales a future because they deserve to thrive — and because, with their staggering size, surprising grace and strong family bonds, they remind us of all nature’s power and complexity.
The bill passed out of committee in the Senate, a necessary first hurdle before it gets a full floor vote.4
It has momentum. But if we want the SAVE Right Whales Act to pass, your senators need to hear from you.
- “2017-2019 North Atlantic right whale Unusual Mortality Event,” NOAA Fisheries, accessed October 2, 2019.
- Ed Yong, “North Atlantic right whales Are Dying in Horrific Ways,” The Atlantic, June 27, 2019.
- Ed Yong, “North Atlantic right whales Are Dying in Horrific Ways,” The Atlantic, June 27, 2019.
- “Senate Acts to Protect right whales,” L.A. Post Examiner, November 16, 2019.