Apple: Balloon releases aren't magical, they're mass killing of animals.

Apple: Balloon releases aren't magical, they're mass killing of animals.

The Issue

Apple's latest iPhone7 ad depicts thousands of balloons hovering over a city. This will only encourage people to participate in balloon releases because they are thought to be "beautiful". In actual fact, balloon releases result in the deaths of countless wildlife who mistakenly eat the balloons or become tangled in the masses of ribbon and rubber. In addition to this, the helium wasted in balloons is in limited supply on earth, and what we have needs to be preserved for life-saving medical imaging.

This is what Apple thinks balloon releases are like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR6JtMIdMuU

This is the tragic reality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jERudMlCBxw

We request that Apple discontinue the commercial immediately and acknowledge the harmful effects of balloon releases on our ecosystem.

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The Issue

Apple's latest iPhone7 ad depicts thousands of balloons hovering over a city. This will only encourage people to participate in balloon releases because they are thought to be "beautiful". In actual fact, balloon releases result in the deaths of countless wildlife who mistakenly eat the balloons or become tangled in the masses of ribbon and rubber. In addition to this, the helium wasted in balloons is in limited supply on earth, and what we have needs to be preserved for life-saving medical imaging.

This is what Apple thinks balloon releases are like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR6JtMIdMuU

This is the tragic reality.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jERudMlCBxw

We request that Apple discontinue the commercial immediately and acknowledge the harmful effects of balloon releases on our ecosystem.

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Petition created on October 28, 2016