On #WorldOceanDay, you’d expect us to celebrate our favorite friends of the ocean, but protecting them is more important. In the last 3 years, my family and I have picked out over 1,500 balloons from the Pacific Ocean in Southern California. We’re just one boat that goes out ~ once a week. 💨Balloons filled with helium ⋮ a finite resource ⋮ travel hundreds to thousands of miles & land as litter on beaches, rivers, lakes, oceans, forests & other natural areas - putting wildlife in danger. 🐋Balloons are ingested by whales, dolphins, turtles, seals, fish & waterfowl who innocently believe they are food, like jellyfish or squid. Balloons and their strings cause entanglements, choking, blockage of intestinal track and … death. ⚡️Unexpected power outage? Cause: 🎈 🚫 balloons are NOT biodegradable ☠️ & just in case you didn’t know, your balloons don’t actually end up in the hands of the dead. 🤷🏻‍♀️ A lot of you say “I’m not going to release my balloon” or “we tie them down” most ...