By Hayden Panettiere | International Spokesperson
It is World Oceans Day and California Gray Whales are in Crisis as they are literally starving to death!
Their population has deceased over 50% in just the last 10 years, from 27,000 heathly gray whales in 2016 to less than 13,000 gray whales today.
The main cause of this tragic decline is warming ocean temperatures which has caused a massive loss of sea ice in the Arctic, which has then caused the gray whales main food source, arthopods, a small shrimp like crustacean, to crash.
In order to help save the gray whales, the first step is to get them listed on the "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species" and we are producing a short film, "Gray Whales in Crisis", to do just that.
Our President & Founder, Jeff Pantukhoff, will be attending the upcoming meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) this fall which is in Hobart, Australia, and will present "GrayWhales in Crisis" to get the IWC Scientific Committee to recommend adding the Gray Whales to the IUCN Red List.
Please donate now as we need your help to save California Gray Whales!
By Jeff Pantukhoff | President & Founder
By Jeff Pantukhoff | President & Founder
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