Wildlife Conservancy

  • Tobacco litter is toxic, non-biodegradable and devastating to marine wildlife.
      • According to the United Nations International Maritime Organization, 177 species of marine animals and 111 species of shorebirds are affected by tobacco litter.
        • Causing unnecessary malnutrition, starvation, and death.
      • Cigarette filters have been found in the stomachs of fish, birds, whales and other marine creatures who mistake them for food.
Very young shorebird with a cigarette butt in its mouth.

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