The National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) is currently considering granting a permit to the US Navy for the testing and training of high-powered explosives and sonar over the next 5 years. These tests will cause hearing loss, injury and death to whales, dolphins and other marine mammals. NRDC (National Resources Defense Council), one of the most effective environmental action groups, reports:

The Navy's own Environmental Review concedes that its plan would harass, injure or kill marine mammals more than 31 million times in the ocean waters off the East Coast, Southern California, Hawaii and the Gulf states.

That includes millions of cases of temporary hearing loss, more than 5,000 serious injuries and more than 1,000 deaths -- a toll three times higher than the impacts of any previous Navy plan.

Help stop this reckless plan. Please sign NRDC’s online petition by March 11, 2013, and have your voice heard by NMFS, the agency in charge of protecting marine mammals.

RELATED LINKS:
Watch NRDC’s powerful video about the devastating effects of sonar on marine mammals here.

Read author and Seal Sitters founder Brenda Peterson’s Huffington Post Killing with Sound: What Happens When the Whales Stop Singing