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Endangered Marine Mammals and the Legislation That Will Save Them

PROGRESS MADE

MONDAY MAY 16-- Background research on the vaquita and the weaknesses in the legislation passed to protect it

TUESDAY MAY 17-- Created this blog, background research blue whale and the weaknesses in the legislation passed to protect it

WEDNESDAY MAY 18-- Background research on the hawksbill turtle and the weaknesses in the legislation passed to protect it

THURSDAY MAY 19-- Background research on the Endangered Species Act and how it protects endangered species

FRIDAY MAY 20-- Background research on the Convention on International Trade for Endangered Species and how it protects endangered species

SAT-SUN MAY 21-22--Created the get involved page, launched a petition to eliminate gillnetting in the US

MONDAY MAY 23-- Created t-shirts to save the marine animals for people who sign the petition throughout the school, $20/shirt, proceeds go to environmental agencies working to save endangered marine animals

TUES-THURS MAY 23-25-- Began writing letter to politicians, completed my first draft.

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Addie is a junior at Wilton High School

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Hawksbill Turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

Basics They have narrow, pointed beaks They have a unique pattern of overlapping scales on their shells The colored and patterned shells...

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

Basics Weighs as much as 200 tons (about 33 elephants) Blue whale has a heart the size of a Volkswagen Beetle Largest animal on the...

Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)

Basics Was not discovered until 1958 As few as 30 species left Newborns have darker coloration and a wide gray fringe of color that goes...

Endangered Species Act

Basics Enacted by Congress in 1973 States that the national government has to protect endangered species, threatened species, and...

Gillnetting

In gillnetting, a net is dropped to the bottom of the sea floor, and it stays there for a period of time until there is a big enough...

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

What is it? Created in the 1960s An international agreement between governments to eliminate the ability of international trade of wild...

Get Involved

In order to begin saving endangered marine animals like the vaquitas and the hawksbill turtles, stricter legislation needs to be made and...

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