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Need Another Reason To Hate Big Oil Companies?

The Apache Alaska Corporation has launched a deafening airgun assault as it explores for oil and gas in Cook Inlet, Alaska - home to a struggling population of 284 endangered beluga whales.  At close range, the intense noise from airguns can cause injury, hearing loss and even death.  Please take a minute of your time to send this email…tell the Obama Administration to withdraw its approval for this devastating onslaught before it pushes the last Cook Inlet belugas one tragic step closer to extinction.

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Take Action: Tell The Obama Administration To Help Save Polar Bears

Despite the growing threats of climate change, toxic pollution and oil development that jeopardize the very existence of polar bears, hunters continue to kill hundreds of them every year — and are allowed to sell their body parts legally in the international market.  Right now, the Obama Administration is deciding whether or not to propose an urgently-needed ban on the commercial trade in polar bear parts.  Please take a minute and send this email of support!

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VEGAN DAILY FRIEND:  Beluga Whale The beluga or white whale is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean.  This marine mammal is commonly referred to simply as the beluga or sea canary due to its high-pitched twitter. It is up to 16 feet in length and an unmistakable all-white color with a distinctive protuberance on the head.  Belugas are highly sociable.  When pods aggregate in estuaries, they may number in the thousands. This can represent a significant proportion of the entire population and is when they are most vulnerable to hunting.  Radio tracking has shown that belugas can start out in a pod and within a few days be hundreds of miles away from that pod. Principal Threat:  Because the belugas congregate in river estuaries, their health and habitat is threatened by human-caused pollution and development. Planned development projects threaten beluga whale habitats, which are also at risk from the discharge of municipal sewage into inlets. The Alaska region’s oil industry introduces the added dangers of spills and leaks, toxic waste and harmful noise pollution. 

VEGAN DAILY FRIEND:  Beluga Whale

The beluga or white whale is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean.  This marine mammal is commonly referred to simply as the beluga or sea canary due to its high-pitched twitter. It is up to 16 feet in length and an unmistakable all-white color with a distinctive protuberance on the head.  Belugas are highly sociable.  When pods aggregate in estuaries, they may number in the thousands. This can represent a significant proportion of the entire population and is when they are most vulnerable to hunting.  Radio tracking has shown that belugas can start out in a pod and within a few days be hundreds of miles away from that pod.

Principal Threat:  Because the belugas congregate in river estuaries, their health and habitat is threatened by human-caused pollution and development. Planned development projects threaten beluga whale habitats, which are also at risk from the discharge of municipal sewage into inlets. The Alaska region’s oil industry introduces the added dangers of spills and leaks, toxic waste and harmful noise pollution. 

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