July 4/19
News Update

Help Stop this Waste of Orca Protection Money! Help Put Orca Rights First!

Lifeforce Urges Everyone to Immediately Email: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca; Minister Johnathan Wilkinson, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Johnathan.Wilkinson@parl.gc.ca; Environment Minister Catherine McKenna, Catherine.Mckenna@parl.gc.ca;
BC Premier John Horgan premier@gov.bc.ca; BC Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver, andrew.weaver.mla@leg.bc.ca; and WA State Governor Jay Inslee, govoutbound@iq.governor.wa.gov;

Thoughts to send:
1. Stop UBC Research Harassment of the Endangered Orcas! Put Orca Rights First! Stop the plan to chase and attach large instrument packs to the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (SRKWs), Northern Resident Killer Whales (NRKW) and Transient Mammal Eating Orcas.
2. This invasive research is a waste of scarce time and money. Obviously orcas know how, when and where to hunt for salmon. The overfished endangered Chinook salmon must be saved with immediate moratoriums and habitat restoration!
3. Chasing the orcas to attach the instrument packs causes unnecessary, harmful psychological impacts including stress. The sonar equipment could interfere with orcas’ sonar used to find and catch salmon. Marine Mammal Regulations advises boaters to turn off their sonar equipment so do not allow sonar to be attached to the orcas.
4. The drag caused by the instrument packs can result in increased physical needs. This can result in failure to study true feeding behaviours, inhibiting the orcas’ foraging and increasing their need for salmon.
5. Do not issue permits under the Species At Risk Act (SARA)!

Also Please Sign and Share the “Orcas Must Not Be Treated like Lab Animals” Petition https://www.change.org/p/wilbur-ross-thesec-doc-gov-orcas-must-not-be-mistreated-like-lab-animals
Further information: lifeforcesociety@gmail.com
Lifeforce has been fighting to save these orcas from extinction since 1993. You can contribute to protecting these orcas by making a donation to Lifeforce Foundation through Paypal. http://www.lifeforcefoundation.org/support.php
Thank you!