Dolphin Alert Update

Dolphin Death Act Stopped

Thanks to activists, Senator Barbara Boxer and environmental organizations, including REEF RELIEF and Earth Island Institute, the "Dolphin Death Act" H.R. 2823 and S.1420 was stopped in the Seante and will not become law. This act would have removed the current U.S. ban on import and sale of tuna caught by methods known to slaughter thousands of dolphins annually. "Dolphin Safe" would have allowed the chase, harassment, encirclement and capture of dolphins with deadly nets. Your activism counts. So keep informed, keep writing and calling your legislators to let them know what you want.

Today, only tuna caught by methods that do not kill or injure dolphins is allowed to be sold in the U.S. . But new legislation proposed to repeal the ban and change the legal definition of "dolphin safe" to allow chasing, injuring, harassing and encirclement of dolphins, as long as no dolphins were observed dead in the nets. Of course, many dolphins drown in the mile-long nets, without being observed and the new definition invited cheating.