Say No to Proposed Liquid Natural Gas Project

October 4, 2024

Screenshot 2024-10-03 at 10.34.31 AM_1.pngI am writing to share with all of you my complete objection to a planned project that would greatly harm the Gulf of California ...

Letter to Russian Government re. Ban on Capture of Cetaceans

May 31, 2020
Screen Shot 2020-05-31 at 10.15.57 AM_1_0.pngCharles Vinick of the Whale Sanctuary Project and I have sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to support a ban on the capture of cetaceans for cultural and educational purposes ...

Ruben Arvizu's letter to the President of the United Mexican States

It has been brought to our attention that in the 2020 Budget, your administration proposes a 7.7% cut for the resources of the vital SEMARNAT ...

The Burning of the Amazon Forest

September 6, 2019
Screen Shot 2019-09-03 at 1.41.18 PM_1.pngI have been watching the images of fires burning in the Amazon with horror ...

Jean-Michel Cousteau's statement on release of captive whales

June 28, 2019
Screen Shot 2019-06-28 at 9.18.09 PM_0.jpgThe video and photo images that are circulating from Thursday’s release of 2 orcas and 6 belugas raise serious questions about the welfare of the orcas and beluga whales who are being returned to the ocean in Far Eastern Russia ...

Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Letter to President Putin

June 17, 2019
safe_image.php__0.jpgOn behalf of the Jean-Michel Cousteau/Whale Sanctuary Project team, Jean-Michel Cousteau submitted the following to President Putin for consideration of a public response during President Putin's annual hotline Q&A with the Russian people ...

Russian Whales Press Conference

April 4, 2019
Screen Shot 2019-04-04 at 6.55.52 PM_0.jpgPlease watch the press conference: Jean-Michel Cousteau and The Whale Sanctuary Project together with Russian Minister of Natural Resources!....

Jean-Michel Cousteau leads team of experts from The Whale Sanctuary Project to Russia

April 3, 2019
whale-jail-6-siberiantimes-crop-640_0.jpgOn Tuesday April 2nd Jean-Michel Cousteau and the Whale Sanctuary Project Team received their Russian VISAs in Washington DC and embarked for a stop in Moscow before heading to Srednyaya Bay, Russia....

Keiko Experts Offer Help to Free Russian Orcas and Beluga Whales

February 6, 2019
The following letter was sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin, offering the expertise of several leaders of the Keiko/Free Willy Project that successfully returned the orca Keiko to his home waters in Iceland......

Jean-Michel Cousteau's Statement on the Japanese Government's decision to withdraw from the IWC

January 5, 2019
The Japanese government announcement of their decision to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission and resume commercial whaling is very disappointing, but it is not surprising ...