Petition is successful with 1,290 signatures
To: ChristchurchNZ
Scuttle SailGP Lyttelton for Hector's Dolphins
August 2024:
All our efforts for the dolphins in the face of SailGP have helped persuade the race organisers to pull their future sailing event from Lyttelton harbour. The SailGP chief executive Russell Coutts has expressed doubt the event will ever return to Canterbury, and he said dolphin advocates had a strong influence on their decision to go elsewhere in the future.
While we will stay vigilant in case SailGP returns, we say thank you to everyone who signed our petition and spoke up for the dolphins!
However, even greater threats remain - the fishing industry continues to kill dolphins as bycatch. Sign our petition calling on Environment Canterbury to protect Hector's from the fishing industry, through its regional coastal plan today:
https://community.greenpeace.org.nz/p/ecan-protect-hectors
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