HERE IS THE FULL UPDATE I RECEIVED TODAY JANUARY 31ST:
ENDS MARCH 28TH, 2014
HERE IS THE RIGHT URL:
http://www.regulations.gov/#!submitComment;D=NOAA-NMFS-2013-0056-1841
THIS IS THE ONE YOU NEED TO SIGN. I MADE THIS TO SHARE THE INFORMATION FOR YOU TO HELP FREE HER.
Oops! Our previous e-mail didn't have the correct link for the
"Make a Comment" button. It is working now.
This the only reason I am providing a url to a working petition.
Please urge the National Marine Fisheries Service to include Lolita in
her family's endangered listing and protect her from suffering in captivity!
Dear Kelly,
After PETA and others petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to reconsider its exclusion of Lolita from the endangered listing of the Southern Resident orcas—the wild family from which she was taken more than four decades ago—the NMFS has now agreed and issued a proposed rule to list Lolita as endangered and finally grant her the same protections from harm. This decision opens the door for her eventual release from the Miami Seaquarium. Now we need your help to make sure that the agency does the right thing and helps give Lolita the protections that she deserves!
The NMFS will be accepting public comments on this matter until March 28, 2014, and it is critical that the agency receive overwhelming support for listing Lolita and protecting her from future harm. Please let the NMFS know that you support its decision to include Lolita in her family's endangered listing, that the current conditions in which she is held—in a tiny barren tank with no companions of her own species and no protection from the sun—cause her to suffer, and that you want to see her transferred to a seaside sanctuary in her home waters under expert care.
