Dear friend

European whales and dolphins urgently need your help

European Governments are failing on their promise to save dolphins.

Parties to ASCOBANS (the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas) will meet in Bonn, Germany 16th-18th September.

They've been meeting for 125 years! If, at this meeting, they fail to act on commitments made in 2000, thousands of dolphins will continue to die in fisheries interactions and the Baltic harbour porpoise - already critically endangered - may well become extinct within a few years.

Plus...

The bottlenose dolphins of Scotland’s Moray Firth are an increasingly vulnerable and endangered population. European Governments – including the UK - have committed (through ASCOBANS) to protect these remarkable creatures and other whales and dolphins from the combined threats of bycatch, prey depletion, noise and marine pollution, and the growing impact of climate change.

But despite these threats some countries are faltering on their promises. WDCS is determined to hold them to account.

You can follow the meeting through the WDCS blogs and postings here, but we shall need your help to achieve the best outcome for the whales and dolphins, so please take action and make sure your voice is heard.

Thank you

Chris Butler-Stroud
WDCS CEO