Speak up for Alaska's Beleaguered Beluga

Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales are in trouble. Please help these animals get the protection they deserve. Write to the National Marine Fisheries Service before the Tuesday, May 30th deadline and urge them to protect Cook Inlet beluga whales by listing them as an endangered species-- before they are gone forever.

Personalized emails are especially powerful in persuading officials. Tell officials why it is important to you that they do everything they can to save these magnificent animals. Here is some information you may want to share:

Cook Inlet beluga whales need the immediate protection of an “endangered” listing under the Endangered Species Act.

NMFS own scientists have charted the dramatic decline of this small population over the past decade -- with best estimates indicating that fewer than 280 individuals remain.

The U.S. Marine Mammal Commission recently concluded these whales should be listed and critical habitat should be designated immediately.

Recognizing the urgency of the situation, international experts at the World Conservation Union classified the Cook Inlet beluga as “critically endangered” -- the last category before “extinct”.

Their home is plagued by toxic pollution, seismic blasting, sewage, and dense ship traffic. And development threatens to further shrink the habitat essential for their survival


Please write your senator/representative today on this issue