How to Save the North Atlantic Right Whale

Did you know that North Atlantic Right Whales are responsible for giving us air”(us.whales.org) These animals are being threatened because we use fishing gear that entangles them and ship strikes that attack them which causes them to die. As of now, there are 366 individuals of the North Atlantic Right Whale. If there were no more left some people would die because this species provides energy to phytoplankton that give us 50% of our oxygen.”(uswhales.org)This makes me feel bad because I do not want people to die just because of an extinct animal. How would it make you feel if these species were extinct and the people dear to you died because of people killing these species of animals?

Thankfully, Ocean Conservancy is getting money from donations to help these species.

People are using fish gears less and ships are slowing down so they don’t crash into these species. This is helpful because fishing gear and ship strikes are some of the main reasons North Atlantic Right Whales are dying so if we can reduce using fish gears and avoid ship strikes we can protect these species. Go to ocean conservancy.org, click on Donate, select how much money you want to donate, and be done.”(ocean conservancy.org)How would you feel if you were one of the people who didn't donate and caused so many people to die because of an extinct animal?

There are lots of other ways to help the North Atlantic Right Whale from becoming extinct.

You can stop littering in the ocean or tell other people to stop littering in the ocean.

This could be helpful because some animals in the ocean die because of eating trash and preventing that could help many more animals survive. You could also clean up litter from the shore so it doesn’t get carried away into the ocean. This could be helpful because cleaning up litter could also prevent more animals from being sick or dying. “You can donate to oceana.org.”(wikipedia.com) If we all help we can protect more animals and save the ocean.

Sources:

WorldWildLife-www.worldwildlife.org

Oceana-oceana.org

UsWhales-uswhales.org

Ocean Conservancy-oceanconservancy.org

Wikipedia-wikipedia.com