J60, January 2024. L128, December 2024. And now, J61 – New Years Day, 2025. These three young orca calves tragically perished over the last year. The last time researchers saw L128, the poor baby was severely emaciated. An adult orca, Moonlight, was jiggling the calf’s body in attempts to revive them. And J61 and her mother, Tahlequah, have captured the world’s attention – Tahlequah carried her daughter’s body for 11 days in a heartbreaking display of grief. While orcas are left mourning these horrific losses, Donald Trump is already enabling Big Oil to “drill, baby, drill.” Big Oil has big plans to develop even more deadly projects that would bring more oil to orca habitats – threatening to wipe them out forever. Today, in honor of World Whale Day, Friends of the Earth is committed to stopping Big Polluters and honoring the plight of the last 73 Southern Resident orcas. We’ve set a $45,000 fundraising goal to fight Big Oil and the shipping industry and protect orcas, our oceans, the people who rely on them, and our only Earth – and we’re counting on your support to get there. |
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