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Petitions

Note: Click on the title (info) in the lists below to open each petition.

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Cetaceans in Captivity:

  1. Prosecute Marineland for Kiska’s Death (captive orca that died in captivity - March 2023)

  2. Urge Disney to retire the captive dolphins at EPCOT

  3. Urge the Argentina government to end captive marine animal shows (captive orcas, dolphins, etc)

  4. Ask TUI (world's largest travel company) to make this generation of captive cetaceans the last!

  5. Stop the transfer! Captive orcas at Marineland d’Antibes will be separated/transfered to other marine parks (Select "États-Unis" from the drop-down if you're located in the U.S.)

Hunting/Killing of Wild Cetaceans (including Whaling):

  1. Stop the cruel whale and dolphin hunts in the Faroe Islands (Petition via OnlyOne)

  2. Stop the cruel whale and dolphin hunts in the Faroe Islands (Petition via OPS)

  3. Urge Iceland government to stop whaling

  4. Request whaling license be revoked - along with the permanent end of whaling in Iceland

  5. Urge Minister Svandís Svavarsdóttir to end whaling in Iceland permanently

  6. Request full transparency of whaling in Iceland - release footage & request additional monitoring

  7. Sign on behalf of whales of Iceland - End whaling permanently

  8. Urge Iceland not to grant any more licenses for commercial whaling

  9. Urge Japan to stop killing whales (Petition via Australian Marine Conservation Society)

  10. Urge Japan to stop killing whales (Petition via Care2 - Institute of Cetacean Research)

  11. Urge Japanese government officials to end the dolphin hunts in Taiji (Petition via Dolphin Project)

Endangered North Atlantic Right Whales:

  1. Tell Congress to oppose Legislation pushing North Atlantic Right Whales toward extinction

  2. Tell NOAA and BOEM to strengthen protections of the critically endangered North Atlantic Right Whale

  3. Urge Maine Politicians to prioritize safety of North Atlantic Right Whales over lobster industry profits

  4. Protect the North Atlantic Right Whales from vessel strikes

  5. Urge US and Canada governments to increase protections for North Atlantic Right Whales

Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKW):

  1. Stand with Native Youth to protect the endangered SRKW - Support Removal of the Snake River Dams

  2. Tell Congress and the administration to protect salmon and the endangered SRKW by breaching the dams

  3. Urge Biden Administration to work with the NW People - Protect SRKW & modernize Columbia River Treaty

  4. Urge Secretary Granholm to ensure BPA aligns with the Administration to prevent SRKW extinction

  5. Tell the Department of Energy to breach the Lower Snake River Dams this year to protect SRKW

  6. Support Indigenous calls to remove Snake River dams - restore salmon and protect SRKW

  7. Prevent logging activity in the rivers and destruction of Chinook salmon habitat and protect SRKW

Oil Drilling & Deep Sea Mining:

  1. Protect wild cetaceans in the Cook Inlet from oil drilling

  2. Support a moratorium on deep-sea mining and protect wild cetaceans

  3. Protect wild cetaceans and BAN Seabed Mining in Aotearoa, New Zealand

Critically Endangered - Vaquita & Taiwanese White Dolphin

  1. Protect the Critically Endangered Vaquita from extinction

  2. Demand better law enforcement to save the Vaquita

  3. Ask Congress to Urge Taiwan to Protect the Critically Endangered Taiwanese White Dolphin

Critically Endangered Rice's Whale

  1. Protect the Critically Endangered Rice's Whale from vessel strikes and noise pollution​

UK - Petitions specific to the UK region

  1. Stop the mass slaughter of wild dolphins by the fishing industry in EU waters (bycatch/entanglement)

  2. Stop wild dolphins from dying in super-trawler nets in UK waters (bycatch/entanglement)

  3. Request for urgent, stronger protections for wild cetaceans from chemical pollution in UK waters​

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” - Margaret Mead

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