Congress Otter Help These Critters
These playful marine mammals are now protected, but disease, food shortages and other threats could derail their recovery of these furry marine mammals.
Congress could provide much-needed funding for sea otter research and conservation with new legislation to keep these marine mammals on the road to recovery -- but your representative needs to hear from you today.
California’s sea otters have been slowly recovering over the last seventy years. But recently, sea otter populations have stagnated, prompting concern among conservationists and scientists.
In order to help save these beloved animals, biologists need to be able to study causes of sea otter deaths -- and the Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act will provide vital funding to do just that.
Sea otters play an important role in the entire near-shore habitat where they live -- including the economies of nearby coastal communities and beyond. They control sea urchins and other creatures that would otherwise devastate their kelp forest habitat, spelling doom for a variety of marine life -- including several commercially important species of fish and crab.
And tourists who come to see these marvelous mammals bobbing in the kelp, bring millions of dollars annually to local economies.
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Sincerely,
Jim CurlandMarine Program Associate Defenders of Wildlife |
Will Your Representative Help Sea Otters?
Sea otters need help to stay on the road to recovery.
Fast fact: Sea otters eat approximately 25% of their weight in food each day.
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