A good friend of mine sent me this information regarding some dolphins in New Zealand that are having an extremely tough go of it lately. I was lucky enough to travel to Piha, New Zealand this past year and even luckier to see two of these wonderful creatures out in the ocean. (Admittedly, I thought they were sharks and nearly drowned trying to get on my surfboard…but that’s another story)
I hope you will all take the time to read about these wonderful animals and sign the petition to help save them. I did, it only took about 15 seconds. They’re worth it!
Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins, which live around the shores of Aotearoa/New Zealand, are amongst the rarest marine dolphins in the world. But unless urgent action is taken these amazing creatures could become extinct within a generation. Scientists estimate over 26,000 Hector’s dolphins inhabited the coastal waters of New Zealand’s South Island in the 1970s. But
today, there is a struggling population of a little over 7,000. Maui’s dolphins, the North Island cousin of Hector’s dolphin, fare even worse and now number just 110 – making them critically endangered.
Join me in taking action to protect these amazing creatures by visiting:
http://passport.panda.org/campaigns/campaign.cfm?uCampaignId=1561
Thank you!
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