Save Sea Turtles from Extinction

TATA corporation of India is in the global spotlight as they launch the Nano, the world's cheapest car. But the spotlight ought to be on a costly little secret: TATA's giant port at Dhamra, which threatens the nesting grounds of an endangered turtle species.

Even as you read this, construction continues day and night on Tata�s port in Orissa, India, pushing the endangered Olive Ridley turtles closer to extinction.

You can help stop the ecocide by sending Mr. Ratan Tata the letter below. It costs you nothing, it takes just one click and it�s instant.

When a reputed company finds that its own customers are upset, it acts. Make the Tatas act now!

Step 2: Read the letter we've provided. Feel free to edit it.

Dear Mr. Ratan Tata,

I am disappointed that despite the appeals of conservationists and fishing communities, over 200 scientists (25 of them from IUCN�s Marine Turtle Specialist Group), and nearly 100,000 of your own customers, TATA has not seen fit to suspend construction, specifically dredging, at the Dhamra port in Orissa, which might have irreversible effects on the ecology of the area and the sea turtles that nest at the nearby Gahirmatha beaches.

I know that while TATA has expressed its agreement to a fresh assessment, it has refused to suspend dredging in the interim. This suspension is indispensable if any assessment is to have meaning.

As we are in the middle of the turtle nesting and breeding season, it is critical that dredging be suspended immediately pending an independent and comprehensive assessment of the environmental threat that the port poses. This assessment should then determine the future of the port.

As part of the 98% of your own customers recently polled who oppose continued port construction, I ask you once again to heed the calls of thousands of us who believe that the TATAs must put environmental concerns on par with profitability.

"Sincerely," and your name and contact information will be added to the end of the letter.

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