World Whale Day: Take a stand for whales, oceans, and our planet

Dear Friend, Moon was left hungry, agonizing, and broken -- and now likely dead. Don't let Big Cruise do the same to other whales and our planet. Make your $27 gift now. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( Moon, the humpback whale, had to struggle making the 3,000 mile migration from Canada to Hawai’i recently without the use of her tail. Why? Because her spine was left broken -- likely from a vessel collision such as a cruise ship -- leaving her weak and in pain. Now -- tired, broken, and starving -- she has not been seen in weeks...likely succumbing to her injuries. Friend, endangered whales are on the BRINK OF EXTINCTION -- and one of the major drivers of their untimely deaths is COMPLETELY AVOIDABLE. [This World Whale Day, protect whales, their oceans, and our planet by making your $27 contribution to help us reach our $25,000 goal before midnight tonight.]( Nearly 100 endangered whales -- blue, humpback and fin whales -- are killed EVERY YEAR off the coast between Central America and Alaska. What's contributing to their deaths? Deadly vessel strikes like the one Moon suffered, water pollution and ocean noise from the cruise and shipping industry. Big Cruise could change course and save the last remaining whales -- but they REFUSE because it could cost them profits. Tell Big Cruise enough is enough! We must prioritize whales, our oceans, and our planet over their own profit: Make your $27 contribution before the clock strikes midnight! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( Whales that are hit by cruise and other large ships could be left in pain and unable to dive deep enough for food, slowly wasting away. Before this, Moon was seen on her migration every year, swimming strongly and with purpose -- even bringing along her new calf in 2020! Now, her baby has likely been orphaned, and we have lost yet another endangered humpback whale. But Big Cruise has repeatedly shown that they are willing to continue causing harm in our oceans rather than clean up its act. The cruise industry is a COMPLETE DISASTER for endangered whales like Moon. These gentle species are being ASSAULTED by the dirty, loud and toxic vessels. Now, with cruise tourism back in full force, the industry is BOOMING and the threat to precious blue, fin, and humpback whales is getting worse. Massive cruise ships -- the size of small cities -- hurtle through whales’ habitats at dangerous speeds -- and can KILL or injure innocent whales in direct collisions! More than 80 whales die each year from vessel strikes like this -- just off the West Coast alone. If whales escape this grisly fate, they still suffer from MILLIONS of gallons of cruise ships’ TOXIC pollution! Fight back against Big Polluters like cruise companies that are destroying our oceans and our planet. Make your $27 World Whale Day contribution today! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( Instead of protecting these vulnerable species for future generations, cruise companies are lining their pockets with profits, showing ZERO respect for their lives and the fragile ocean ecosystems they rely on! Yet lawmakers STILL aren’t doing enough to hold cruise companies accountable! That is why we set our $25,000 goal this World Whale Day -- because we need to do everything we can to protect our whales, oceans, and planet from Big Polluters like the cruise industry. Your membership gift of $27 or more to Friends of the Earth Action in honor of World Whale Day will allow us to fight these threats and protect our planet. Make your contribution now, while whales still have a fighting chance! Act now before it’s too late: Make your $27 contribution to Friends of the Earth Action before midnight tonight! If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: [Donate $27 immediately]( [Donate $5/month immediately]( Standing with you, Marcie Keever Oceans and vessels program director, Friends of the Earth Action Contact Us: Friends of the Earth Action Washington, D.C. | Berkeley, CA 1-877-843-8687 [Contact us](foe.org/about-us/contact/) Email Preferences: [Click here to unsubscribe]( Learn more: www.foeaction.org Connect: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Flickr]( © 2017, Friends of the Earth Action. All Rights Reserved. [supporter]