Vladimir,
Dolphins are
brilliant, playful, social animals. They develop
names for each other, identified by their unique
whistles. They inspire people all over the world. And
humans are making their lives harder and harder all the
time.
That's why it's so exciting to know that
animal lovers in Korea are fighting to have their
government grant bottlenose dolphins "legal personhood"
to strengthen their legal rights!
Right now,
the main threats to dolphins' safety are mostly from
humans. Pollution and farm run-off, the reckless use
and abandonment of fishing equipment, construction,
boating vehicles, and climate change are all wreaking
havoc on dolphins' ecosystem — sometimes leaving them
disfigured, maimed, or even dead.
That's why legal
personhood is so important. If a fishing corporation,
rich person's yacht, or other group or individual
threatened dolphins' well-being, wildlife conservations
could actually sue them on the dolphins' behalf.
Action like that could make corporations and careless
individuals finally start respecting these phenomenal
animals' rights!
The
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
lists dolphins as "near threatened." That means
the animals are not quite threatened yet, but
they're on their way to becoming more vulnerable to
extinction — and we need to intervene while we still
can.
Let's stand with activists in
Korea as they fight to help these wonderful animals! Sign the petition to urge the Korean
government to list bottlenose dolphins as being "legal
persons"!
