Posted by Page (in Amsterdam)
 Small group of beluga whales swimming near ice. Photo by Robyn Angliss, NMML. Click for larger. |
A couple of weeks ago, there was a really great editorial by Michael Jasny on the BBC News website. It was called “Beyond the harpoon – whale saving begins at home“. It’s about the big picture, i.e. commercial whaling isn’t the only threat to whales, and that anti-whaling countries should do the right thing and address the other dangers.
These include deadly physical harm to whales and other cetaceans from ships and fishing nets, bioaccumulation of toxic pollutants in whales’ systems, a cacophony of ocean noise such as military sonar, and, of course, climate change.