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Fiscal 2013<br />

AUGUST<br />

55 Dolphins<br />

in the wild<br />

Petition launched to save Maui’s dolphins<br />

Only about 55 Maui’s dolphins remain in New Zealand’s shallow coastal waters—the only place<br />

they live. In August, <strong>WWF</strong> launched an advocacy campaign urging the country’s prime minister<br />

to protect the small dolphins from extinction by prohibiting dangerous fishing gear, establishing<br />

a protected ocean corridor, and safe- guarding against sand mining and oil and gas exploration.<br />

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