FACEBOOK: Please remove all images of helium balloon releases, including memes, 'text delights' and any others such as 'congratulations'.

Such images promote and normalise the environmentally damaging practice, which is illegal in many jurisdictions globally. Released helium balloons come back to Earth as litter and threaten wildlife. Turtles, shearwaters, albatross, platypus as well as farm animals are known to die from mistaking balloons as food, becoming entangled in the ribbons which prevents movement, flight and feeding, or choking on the plastic clips.

Please, as we know humans are having a devastating impact on the natural world, show corporate environmental responsibility and stop using released helium balloon images.