So what's your favorite critter?  If it lives in the wild, there's a good chance it's endangered or threatened.

  

With 100's of plants and animals listed as Endangered or Threatened, there are more endangered species per square mile around the Hawaiian Islands than any other place on the planet.  This makes Hawaii the endangered species capital of the world.  Which is one reason why American Reef Coalition is based here.

The Hawaiian Monk Seal, Humpback Whale, Sea Turtles, are all on the endangered species list and those are just a few of the sea critters. 

Read on to learn more about them, why they're on the Endangered species list and what we are doing to help them survive.

Click on a Critter to Adopt:
Hawaiian Monk Seal $100
With approximately 1,000 left in the wild, the Hawaiian Monk Seal is the most endangered pinniped in the Americas.  We have placed the Hawaiian Monk Seal at the top of the list because of the low numbers of breeding females.  Abandoned fishing nets are responsible for many deaths.  With our marine debris program, we patrol 1,000 square miles of ocean removing floating debris and abandoned fishing gear.  We participate in the annual NOAA sponsored Hawaiian Monk Seal Count.  We also help the Marine Mammal Center to raise funds for a Hawaiian Monk Seal rescue center to help our monk seal pups make it through their first 3 years of life.  If they can make it past 3 years, their survival rate goes from 20% to 70%.     

Humpback Whale $75 
With their population up to around 7,000, the Hawaiian Humpback Whale has made a rebound from numbers of less than 2,000 from 40 years ago.  Not out of the woods yet, they're still on the Endangered Species List.  Entanglement in abandoned fishing gear is responsible for approximately 100,000 cetacean deaths globally every year. Our marine debris program locates and removes floating debris and fishing gear from 1,000 square miles of ocean including the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.  

Green Sea Turtle $50 
Once numbering in the hundreds of thousands, there are now approximately 350 nesting females left in the wild.  This keeps the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle on the Endangered Species List.  Globally, entrapment in abandoned fishing gear kills many thousands of sea turtles annually.  Ingesting plastic, that looks like their food source, kills thousands more.  Our marine debris program locates and removes abandoned fishing gear and man-made debris, mostly plastic, from 1,000 square miles of ocean.  We also perform turtle surveys and repair turtle fencing around known nesting areas. 

Your donation and symbolic adoption will ensure our efforts to protect these and many more endangered and threatened creatures from becoming extinct.  

Thank You!