Ocean Sentry
(From guardian.co.uk)- This week the world welcomed news that humpback whales have made a remarkable recovery, following four decades of protection from commercial whaling. But is this really a turning of the tide in the battle to save the world”s magnificent whales from extinction?
The red list should serve as a reminder of the challenges facing all the whale species still struggling to recover from more than three centuries of commercial whaling.
The largest animal ever to have lived, the blue whale, is still so rare that it remains on the list as “critically endangered”, the highest category of threat.
Today, our planet’s great whales face more threats than at any time in history.
In addition to commercial whaling, which is cruel and unnecessary, whales and dolphins are threatened by ocean noise pollution, ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear and climate change.
(By Robbie Marsland)
