save the dolphins

April 10, 2002

on a related note, they just discovered a new species of beaked whale off the

coast of california..neat!

* Stop foreign tuna companies from killing our dolphins! *

*** Register your opinion. Public comments due by April 16! ***

Dear Friend of Wildlife,

One of the most successful wildlife conservation victories --

dolphin-safe tuna labeling -- is now in danger.

Foreign trade interests want to turn back the clock on U.S. marine

mammal protection laws passed 12 years ago.

If they succeed, canneries will be allowed to apply the

" dolphin-safe " label to tuna caught in the eastern tropical Pacific

by the barbaric practice of chasing and encircling dolphins to catch

the yellow-fin tuna that swim beneath them -- a practice that

ruthlessly has killed more than 7 million dolphins since the late

1950's!

Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans will soon make a decision that

will determine the fate of labeling.

That's why I'm asking you to take three simple steps today to help

save imperiled dolphins:

1. REGISTER YOUR OPINION BY APRIL 16TH:

Go to http://www.savedolphins.org now to send an e-mail petition to

Acting Regional Administrator Rodney R. McInnis of the National

Marine Fisheries Service. A copy will go to Secretary Evans. Tell

Mr. McInnis and Secretary Evans that you oppose any weakening of the

dolphin-safe labeling standard.

2. BECOME A DOLPHIN SPONSOR:

dolphin today with a gift of $25 or more. Your sponsorship donation

will help Defenders educate others to this deadly dolphin danger and

underwrite our legal fight to keep dolphin protections.

3. TELL YOUR FRIENDS:

It was the passionate public outcry that led to the adoption of the

dolphin-safe label in the first place. We must build that movement

FOR continuing protection again. Tell your friends -- send them to

http://www.savedolphins.org so they can send their messages as well.

Please help keep dolphins alive. Thank you.

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