marine mammals

George Bush has declared he is exempting the US Navy from laws prohibiting the use of sonar in its training off Southern California. But many environmental education groups and marine mammal experts like Yvonne Miles of Scanning Ocean Sectors think this move could be a very dangerous mistake.

Scientists have raised the alarm that less than two years remain before it's too late for saving a rare North American porpoise from going extinct. Only 150 vaquitas, the world's smallest porpoise, remain. They're being decimated by fishing nets in the Gulf of California that accidentally trap and kill the sea mammals. This news story summarizes a newly published journal article where scientists urgently call for immediate action to save the vaquita.

Greenpeace, once considered a savior of whales and dolphins, has launched a $40,000 ad campaign that may prove to cause permanent and irreparable harm to these endangered marine mammals.

According to The Whale and Dolphin Society new studies show off shore wind farms pose potentially devastating threats to whales and dolphins during and after construction.

Whaling has been banned in this country but threats to their survival continue to exist. Whale watching, happily, has replaced hunting and this not only affords people a chance to see these magnificent animals in the wild but helps in their protection as well.