Australia wants to murder cuttlefish!

This is tragic. A unique site where the giant cuttlefish migrates and breeds is under threat by the construction of a desalination plant that would render the local waters unsupportable to cuttlefish life. This must be stopped!

There is a petition: sign it.

(via Cuttlefish, of course)

(Also on FtB)

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