Whales
There are many threats to whales around the world and BlueVoice.org is working to help end these threats.
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There is a new and serious threat to humpback whales, some of the most
beloved animals on earth. The whales under the gun are those that migrate
as far as Greenland along the eastern seaboard of North America.
Greenlandic whalers killed at least eight humpback whales during the late
summer. In doing so they violated conditions of the permit from the IWC,
which had granted a quota to kill humpbacks, but was not to start until
October. [ more ] |
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World Fisheries Imperiled by Pollution of Ocean Environment
Those who consume whale and dolphin meat are not only perpetrating a crime against some of the most magnificent animals on earth, they are eating a deadly diet. This meat consumed in Norway and Japan may contain high concentrations of some of the world's most dangerous toxins. [ More ] |
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Herman Melville made the hunt for Moby Dick sound like a noble pitting
of man’s wits against a ferocious leviathan of the sea. But
the history of man’s killing of these giant creatures is a
bloody tale of persecution, greed, and stupidity. [ More ] |
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Japan claims its whale and dolphin killing practices are an important
part of their heritage, and therefore necessary. 1,035 tons of whale
meat is in the markets for human consumption. Now, in what appears
to be a desperate move to rid itself of some of 2,700 tons of unwanted
whale meat, the industry has put some of its products into pet food.
The public isn’t buying it. So it’s come to this. Whale
meat in pet food. [ More ] |
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Between 1999 and 2001 Gray Whales died in unprecedented numbers along the western coast of North America from Baja California to Alaska. [ More ] |
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Encounters with Southern Humpbacks In Rurutu
The renowned French videographer, David Martin, has just field a report to BlueVoice of his effort to identify individual humpback whales off the French Polynesian isalnd of Rurtru. [ Read article in French and English ] |
