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Save Humpback Whales! Reduce Demand for Shrimp

Sponsored by: Wildlife Conservation Society

Every year, about 7,000 humpback whales migrate to the coastal waters of Antongil Bay in northeastern Madagascar to breed and calve.

At the same time, large trawling boats in the bay use huge nets to sift through the sea and catch fish and other marine life. Those that target shrimp for export are particularly detrimental to the area because of their impact on the sea floor and their high level of "bycatch," the fish, turtles and marine mammals that get caught in trawlers' nets. There are often five times as many of these "bystander" victims as there are shrimp in each haul.

These and other largely unregulated operations represent a growing threat to Antongil Bay's wildlife--including the humpback whales who migrate there to calve.

How can you help humpback whales and all of the marine life that visit and live in Antongil Bay? Choose to not eat shrimp that often, or eliminate it from your diet altogether. Take the pledge today!

The Pledge:

I pledge to make a difference for humpback whales by reducing the amount of shrimp I eat or by eliminating shrimp from my diet.

By not eating shrimp, you'll lessen the worldwide demand for this product and help reduce damaging and unsustainable fishing practices. This, in turn, will make Antongil Bay, and other important marine ecosystems, more hospitable for whales and all marine life.

Note: If you already do not eat shrimp, pledge to share this action with at least one person and ask them to help us protect ocean wildlife too!

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We signed the “Save Humpback Whales! Reduce Demand for Shrimp” Pledge:

# 11,503:

4:54 pm PST, Feb 8, Chuck Dowe, Massachusetts

# 11,502:

9:25 am PST, Feb 8, Nadezhda Peneva, Spain

# 11,501:

6:58 pm PST, Feb 7, Michelle Pugatschew, Australia

# 11,500:

3:50 pm PST, Feb 4, Brittany Riddle, South Carolina

# 11,499:

12:06 pm PST, Feb 4, Anna Finke, Germany

# 11,498:

10:44 am PST, Feb 4, Troy Schliesmann, Canada
Humpback whales are beautiful majestic creatures that should be taken care of.

# 11,497:

9:12 pm PST, Feb 3, Janet Fiore, Illinois
Must we show our ignorance and greed all the time to kill and kill and kill?

# 11,496:

3:53 pm PST, Feb 2, Mijanou Bauchau, California

# 11,495:

12:19 pm PST, Feb 1, Susan Turney, California

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6:04 am PST, Feb 1, Nastya Sidorova, Russian Federation

# 11,493:

9:38 pm PST, Jan 31, Cindy Andersen, Illinois

# 11,492:

10:38 pm PST, Jan 30, Belchenko Olga, Russian Federation
Well, I love animals more and more then people. And Dolphins my favourite animals. And I want to save them.

# 11,491:

12:35 am PST, Jan 29, Felix Ballerstedt, Oregon
How hard is it to do a small thing in comparison to saving our great big whales.

# 11,490:

5:34 am PST, Jan 28, Florence Stanley, Australia

# 11,489:

7:51 pm PST, Jan 27, Joanne Cannon, United Kingdom

# 11,488:

5:01 pm PST, Jan 26, Kathryn Majicka, Texas

# 11,487:

1:15 pm PST, Jan 24, Ana Umpierrez, New Jersey

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5:47 pm PST, Jan 23, Austria Martinez, New York

# 11,485:

11:23 am PST, Jan 23, Lynette Ferrero, Arkansas

# 11,484:

7:52 pm PST, Jan 20, Koehl Willy, France

# 11,483:

1:47 pm PST, Jan 20, Jutta Kalff, Germany
whales are neccessary! whales are important! whales are beautiful! whales are a wonder! we have to protect their habitat because it is part of our wonder!

# 11,482:

12:14 pm PST, Jan 20, Carmen Armillas, Illinois

# 11,481:

7:37 pm PST, Jan 19, Ali Odabash, New York
Humpback whales are beautiful creatures and their habitats need to be protected.

# 11,480:

11:57 am PST, Jan 17, Lori Smith, Tennessee

# 11,479:

6:24 am PST, Jan 17, Markus Radler, Germany

# 11,478:

9:46 pm PST, Jan 14, Conni Kilman, Colorado

# 11,477:

7:56 pm PST, Jan 9, Heather O'Keefe, Texas
It is important to me to protect the humpback whales for future generations. I want my kids and hopefully, grandkids to be able to see them. I want future generations to be able to see something so wonderful and amazing in the wild with a lot of humpbacks still free to roam around.

# 11,476:

8:19 am PST, Jan 8, Jana Horner, Colorado

# 11,475:

7:28 pm PST, Jan 7, Bev Brewis, Canada

# 11,474:

7:29 pm PST, Jan 5, Chris Lindberg, California

# 11,473:

6:18 pm PST, Jan 5, Michael Tiedemann, New York

# 11,472:

12:14 pm PST, Jan 5, Leanne Greene, Texas

# 11,471:

9:08 pm PST, Jan 4, John Fiore, California
Why? Why is protecting any ecosystem and any part of an ecosystem? Because in preserving Life on Earth, homo sapiens can avoid committing suicide.

# 11,470:

5:28 pm PST, Jan 4, Susan Murray, Florida

# 11,469:

4:28 pm PST, Jan 4, Latosha Jack, Louisiana
Please STOP eating shrimp

# 11,468:

2:48 pm PST, Jan 4, Anastacia Averkina, Russian Federation

# 11,467:

2:20 am PST, Jan 4, Marcia Roth, Wisconsin

# 11,466:

6:12 pm PST, Jan 3, Christine Iadeluca, New York

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3:37 pm PST, Jan 3, Stephan Brown, Nevada

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3:17 am PST, Jan 3, Name not displayed, New York

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1:44 pm PST, Jan 2, Name not displayed, Germany

# 11,462:

11:16 am PST, Jan 2, Cathy Clarke, United Kingdom

# 11,461:

11:08 am PST, Jan 2, Pam Clausen, Idaho

# 11,460:

9:13 am PST, Jan 2, Katayun Salehi, Illinois
As a vegetarian, I have chosen not to eat meat or seafood to reduce my negative impact on the environment. It's important to put the environment first, and think of other species.

# 11,459:

7:22 am PST, Jan 2, Ralf Arno Wess, Germany

# 11,458:

12:45 pm PST, Dec 31, Chuck Dillard, Washington

# 11,457:

12:17 pm PST, Dec 31, Amy Wallace, Connecticut

# 11,456:

2:48 am PST, Dec 31, Victoria P., Ukraine

# 11,455:

2:56 pm PST, Dec 30, Sarah Fritz, New Jersey
Please do all you can to save these amazing animals! The world would not be the same without them!

# 11,454:

1:47 pm PST, Dec 30, BRAD KEYSER, California
Save Humpback Whales!

# 11,453:

3:08 am PST, Dec 30, Jillian Moore, Australia

# 11,452:

12:30 am PST, Dec 30, Chiara Milandri, Italy

# 11,451:

11:06 am PST, Dec 29, Randy Anderson, Tennessee

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