Man Caught Trying To Kill Rare Mammal That Mimics Humans (Videos)

Over 10,000 of these beautiful mammals, star of the beloved children’s song, once freely roamed the shores of Canada’s St. Lawrence River. Now, fewer than 1,000 are left.

These majuestic and gentles whales even kiss humans.

They are so smart and gentle, they love aquatic dancing with humans.

The good news is that finally, Canada’s Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has taken action to protect these rare whales. COSEWIC recently recommended that the St. Lawrence belugas be officially listed as endangered to give them immediate protections, and to criminalize hunting or harming them or their habitat.

The bad news is that Big Oil, TransCanada, the company behind Keystone XL pipeline, is pushing for yet another tar sands pipeline across Canada called Energy East.

“Energy East would create a long oil pipeline stretching across Canada to export terminals in Quebec and New Brunswick,” according to the Sierra Club in a writte statement Friday. “It would carry even more of the toxic, climate-damaging tar sands than Keystone XL would carry.”

TransCanada’s plan requires a marine export terminal on the shore of the St. Lawrence River, home to this fragile population of belugas. This terminal would further disturb their home by bringing in 175 super tanker ships carrying 1,000,000 barrels of oil each year. ^[2]

“We can’t let TransCanada kill off the last of these gentle, defenseless whales. Tell Canada’s Minister of the Environment Leona Aglukkaq to give the St. Lawrence belugas the endangered species protection they deserve, says the Sierra Club.

To make a difference for belugas and prevent the further exportation of dangerous tar sands crude, sign the petition telling Canada’s Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq to protect the St. Lawrence River belugas.