Ocean Sentry
(From newsminer.com)- A dead humpback whale that washed ashore at Fort Abercrombie State Park last week may be there to stay. “The Marine Mammal Protection Act, and more importantly, the Endangered Species Act protects those guys, even after death. So collection of soft or hard parts, bone or baleen or blubber is illegal.”
“There are some theories bouncing around that these animals are being weakened by a toxin, and it”s increasing their susceptibility to being attacked by killer whales. The toxin isn”t necessarily killing them, but it”s weakening them enough so that they”re vulnerable.”
(Erik Wander/Kodiak Daily Mirror)
