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Mother and calf

uploaded by whitesideddolphin July 5, 2008 at 02:09 am
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NP! ID: 1256623

Title: Mother and calf

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Created: Sat, 07/05/2008 - 2:09am

Modified: Sat, 07/05/2008 - 2:09am

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whitesideddolphin

at 02:19 on July 5th, 2008

How anyone can claim that whaling is regulated and sustainable I do not understand, especially since the recent Minke whale population estimate fell extremely short of what it was expected. Adding new species to this exploitation, ones that have just recovered to approximately that of the pre-whaling era, is just plain irresponsible. Just because they have somewhat recovered does not mean we have to try to drive them back towards the endangered status.

My humpback whale pictures were taken off Boston, we had the luck to see this mother and calf breach just next to our whale watching boat, predictably my film ran out at that point but at least I had this incredible experience-something our children may not have if whaling is not more rigorously controlled.