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Keep Tuna Safe for Our Families and for Dolphins
Target: Environmental Protection Agency
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund
More than half of the tuna consumed by American families comes from non-U.S. producers. But some of these producers -- particularly in Ecuador and Mexico -- use practices that can hurt or kill dolphins and catch tuna with increased mercury levels.
In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, large, mature yellowfin tuna often swim with pods of dolphins -- a relationship that's exploited by some commercial fishers using purse-seine nets that ensnare tuna and dolphins alike. Since the late 1950s, approximately seven million dolphins have died from this practice.
The practice poses an obvious risk to dolphins, but the large tuna that swim with dolphins often contain the highest levels of mercury. So this practice not only harms dolphins, it also poses a risk to people who are unlucky enough to eat tuna caught in such a manner.
Send a message to the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration to improve mercury testing so we can keep tuna safe for our families and for dolphins.
In the Eastern Pacific Ocean, large, mature yellowfin tuna often swim with pods of dolphins -- a relationship that's exploited by some commercial fishers using purse-seine nets that ensnare tuna and dolphins alike. Since the late 1950s, approximately seven million dolphins have died from this practice.
The practice poses an obvious risk to dolphins, but the large tuna that swim with dolphins often contain the highest levels of mercury. So this practice not only harms dolphins, it also poses a risk to people who are unlucky enough to eat tuna caught in such a manner.
Send a message to the Environmental Protection Agency and Food and Drug Administration to improve mercury testing so we can keep tuna safe for our families and for dolphins.
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# 150:
3:46 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Gary B, California
# 149:
3:46 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Nichole Shafer, California
# 148:
3:44 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Lauren Thiesen, Illinois
# 147:
3:44 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Marcelo Lozada, Florida
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3:44 pm PDT, Jul 20,
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# 145:
3:43 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Wm. McCall, California
# 144:
3:42 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Gayle Cutler, California
# 143:
3:40 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Laura Bete, Massachusetts
# 142:
3:39 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Bonnie Yoffe-Sharp, California
# 141:
3:39 pm PDT, Jul 20,
ALISON BLISS, Connecticut
# 140:
3:39 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Denise Bagwell, Tennessee
# 139:
3:38 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Jacqueline Vreeland, Washington
# 138:
3:36 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, Oregon
do something right for a change!
do something right for a change!
# 137:
3:32 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Colleen O'brien, Canada
# 136:
3:29 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Ami Kathleen, Connecticut
# 135:
3:28 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Catherine Clarke, Texas
# 134:
3:25 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Sarah Daubert, Pennsylvania
# 133:
3:20 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Celeste Purdy, California
I will no longer buy tuna until it's guaranteed safe and the dolphins are no longer being caught in nets.
I will no longer buy tuna until it's guaranteed safe and the dolphins are no longer being caught in nets.
# 132:
3:14 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Lindsay Huysentruyt, California
# 131:
3:14 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Tomas Simon, New York
# 130:
3:13 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Wendy Morris, Arizona
SAVE THE DOLPHINS
SAVE THE DOLPHINS
# 129:
3:11 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Joan Saxe, California
# 128:
3:05 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, California
# 127:
3:02 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Bernice Rueli, Massachusetts
# 126:
3:02 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, California
# 125:
3:02 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Theresa Nason, New Jersey
# 124:
2:59 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Susan Alvord, California
# 123:
2:59 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Diana McBride, California
# 122:
2:59 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Melissa Joy, California
Killing for animals is cruel and we need to be aware that the accidental killing of these amazing dolphins is the most curel thing that humans do. We as humans to to think about the foods we eat and eating tuna is NOT a healthy choice with all the mercury that they contain, These tuna also deserve to have a life! So Live and let Live!
Killing for animals is cruel and we need to be aware that the accidental killing of these amazing dolphins is the most curel thing that humans do. We as humans to to think about the foods we eat and eating tuna is NOT a healthy choice with all the mercury that they contain, These tuna also deserve to have a life! So Live and let Live!
# 121:
2:55 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, California
# 120:
2:51 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Maria Gonzalez, California
# 119:
2:51 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Shirley Wolff, Florida
# 118:
2:48 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Linda Abbott, California
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2:46 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Patricia Kennedy, Texas
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2:42 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Ria Smit, Netherlands
# 115:
2:40 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Jelena Crawford, Georgia
# 114:
2:36 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Patrick Clement, Canada
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2:28 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Deborah Mccormick, Pennsylvania
# 112:
2:27 pm PDT, Jul 20,
William K Lawrence, New York
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2:23 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Bethany McGee, Tennessee
# 110:
2:20 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Kathleen Mulryan, Texas
# 109:
2:05 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Marlene Szameit, Canada
marlene szameit
marlene szameit
# 108:
2:01 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Anne Gatter, United Kingdom
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1:56 pm PDT, Jul 20,
CC Schenk, North Carolina
# 106:
1:56 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Sandy Parzych, New York
# 105:
1:52 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Claudia O'Meara, Texas
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1:47 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Name not displayed, Texas
# 103:
1:46 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Allana Cingle, Nebraska
# 102:
1:45 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Alex Elie, Canada
How awful that this murder of innocents is allowed to continue. For murder it is.
How awful that this murder of innocents is allowed to continue. For murder it is.
# 101:
1:39 pm PDT, Jul 20,
Robin Kivett, Kansas