Help Stop the Navy's Assault on Whales

The Issue

This is outrageous: The U.S. Navy is pushing ahead with a training plan that could kill nearly 1,000 whales, dolphins and other marine mammals. And that’s according to the Navy’s own numbers! 

The Navy is planning to use high-powered explosives and deafening sonar as part of its training and testing over the next five years. This sonar is so powerful that it can cause the internal organs of marine mammals to hemorrhage. 

Tell the Secretary of the Navy to protect whales and dolphins from deadly sonar by putting commonsense safeguards in place.

Marine mammals should not have to suffer and die for routine military practice -- especially when the Navy can take simple measures to protect them without compromising our national security.

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The Issue

This is outrageous: The U.S. Navy is pushing ahead with a training plan that could kill nearly 1,000 whales, dolphins and other marine mammals. And that’s according to the Navy’s own numbers! 

The Navy is planning to use high-powered explosives and deafening sonar as part of its training and testing over the next five years. This sonar is so powerful that it can cause the internal organs of marine mammals to hemorrhage. 

Tell the Secretary of the Navy to protect whales and dolphins from deadly sonar by putting commonsense safeguards in place.

Marine mammals should not have to suffer and die for routine military practice -- especially when the Navy can take simple measures to protect them without compromising our national security.

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Ray Mabus
Ray Mabus
Secretary of the U.S. Navy

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Petition created on April 14, 2014