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Take Action: Save the Mekong Dolphin from Extinction
Urge Prime Ministers Bouasone Bouphavanh and Hun Sen to implement laws to protect the dolphins' habitat from contamination
21,035 signatures sent on 7/13. Please continue to support this important cause by signing if you haven't already. Thank you!
Goal: 50,000
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Progress: 32,485
Sponsored by: The Rainforest Site
The small freshwater Mekong Dolphin is a critically endangered species, and could be soon extinct. Since 2003, the Mekong River population has suffered 88 deaths, and the current population is estimated only 64 to 76 dolphins. Pollutants in the river, dumped in the water from Cambodia through southern Laos, are compromising the animals' immune systems and contributing to the death toll.
Urge Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to implement laws to protect the Mekong dolphins' habitat. Sign the petition below and tell a friend.
Dear Prime Ministers Bouasone Bouphavanh and Hun Sen,
I ask you to swiftly implement laws to stop contaminants from being dumped in the Mekong River. The river's pollution is taking the Mekong dolphin to near extinction - the dolphin population has suffered 88 deaths since 2003, of which over sixty percent were calves under two weeks old. The current population is estimated only 64 to 76 dolphins.
I urge you to take action against gold mines and several other industries that dump hazardous chemicals in the river. Pollutants such as DDT, PCBs and mercury where found during analysis of the dead dolphin calves, and they represent a threat not only to this marvelous dolphin species, but also to the health of the human population that consumes the fish caught in the area. The preservation of the dolphin's habitat needs to be enforced with stiffer penalties for those who break the law.
It would be a great tragedy if we couldn't show these beautiful animals to future generations -- please act now before the Mekong dolphin becomes extinct.
Petition Signatures
May 14, 2013
Catherine Burbury
May 14, 2013
L'ANGE ALF
May 14, 2013
petremann melanie
May 14, 2013
Margaret Walden
May 14, 2013
Christina DeHaro
May 14, 2013
heather boise
May 14, 2013
Beverly Jacobson
May 13, 2013
Pamela Rusch
May 13, 2013
Ann Harlan
May 13, 2013
Elyssa Kowalinski
These dolphins could be a much-rewarded tourist attraction for generations to come - instead they are being poisoned over a few years for the greed of a few. What a waste.
May 13, 2013
carolyn hayton
May 13, 2013
Temora Maclean
May 12, 2013
Stefania Nobile
May 12, 2013
Rachel Green
May 12, 2013
elven galadhrim
May 12, 2013
Laura Dietrich
May 12, 2013
kate Cassidy
May 12, 2013
Tanya vincent
May 12, 2013
Ray Cooper
May 11, 2013
Susan Drake
May 11, 2013
marjo gromoff
May 11, 2013
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May 11, 2013
Ingrid Hartman
May 11, 2013
rebecca hynds
May 11, 2013
Natalie Beens
May 11, 2013
willem kom
May 11, 2013
Kirsty Bingham
May 11, 2013
L A Kloosterman
May 11, 2013
marie huntington
May 11, 2013
Cheryl Whitley
May 11, 2013
Natasja Andeweg
May 11, 2013
Anne Merk
May 11, 2013
kirchmeyer monica
May 11, 2013
christine oueslati
May 11, 2013
Geraldine Ring
May 11, 2013
daree ah
May 11, 2013
Terry Robinson
May 11, 2013
michelle hodges
May 11, 2013
Caroline Murphy
May 11, 2013
Joy Winter
May 11, 2013
Bernard Theriault
May 10, 2013
andrea douglas
May 10, 2013
Raluca Lucaciu
May 10, 2013
Balvant Ganatra
May 10, 2013
Kris Strate
May 10, 2013
Alana Roy
yet another species heading for extinction. what a shame humans are so stupid and show so little compassion these days!
May 10, 2013
cinzia muoio
May 10, 2013
Cali Cheshelski
May 10, 2013
Esme Perez
May 9, 2013
Silvia Silva
