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KIPID Qrii§ade to Save Porpoises 



AN APPEAL FROM THE STUDENTS OP SCHOOL 



WHEREAS, each year porpoises drown by the hundreds of thousands 

 in the nets of the tuna industry; and 



WHEREAS, efforts by the Congress of the United States to protect 

 these and other marine mammals by the enactment of the 

 Marine Mammal Protection Act have been nullified hy the 

 issuance of special exemptions to the tuna industrv, and 

 by other actions in disregard of Congressional intent; and 



WHEREAS, it appears that a massive expression of public opinion in 

 the form of a boycott of all tuna and tuna products mav 

 be the only recourse if porpoises are to be saved from 

 becoming extinct; 



THEREFORE, we, as students in your charge, respectfully reouest 

 the School Board adopt. a policy that no tuna shall be 

 served in school cafeterias henceforth, until the DroHem 

 has been satisfactorily resolved so that porpoises are 

 no longer killed incidentally in the harvesting of tuna. 



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