Endangered belugas in the St. Lawrence River, Quebec, Canada Photo credit: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation cbc.ca On at least two of the key fundamentals, we’ve come a long way, and we’re beginning to make progress on a third. Where we once sought them out with whaling boats, to harvest them for their meat, blubber and oil,...
Category: <span>Protecting our Endangered Wildlife</span>
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Do what’s best for all concerned – human and nonhuman
With questions pertaining to the environment, it’s never about ‘us or them’. Beware any argument that implies this to be the case. Of course we want to do what’s best for us, or what’s best for our fellow humans, and the advocates of this argument know that. But what they don’t want you to notice...
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A Terrifying Way to Die
On any given day, your social media feed is likely to produce at least one feel-good story about divers, boaters or fishers successfully freeing a whale or dolphin from entanglement. It’s always with a palpable sense of relief that we see the victim of our ocean trash able to safely swim away. Often, he’ll swims...
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Saving our Southern Residents
J Pod’s new mom, Hy’shqa (J-37) swims with her calf, born in March, 2022.
Photo Credit: KNKX Public Radio knkx.org