Britain is to change policy to back a scheme allowing commercial whaling to resume. The Government, which led the move to introduce an international ban on killing whales, is to allow “managed” slaughter of populations of minke and humpback whales. Its policy shift, to be announced at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) conference in London […]
Month: June 2001
Britain backs scheme for ‘managed slaughter’ of whales
Britain is to change policy to back a scheme allowing commercial whaling to resume. The Government, which led the move to introduce an international ban on killing whales, is to allow “managed” slaughter of populations of minke and humpback whales. Its policy shift, to be announced at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) conference in London […]
Whales’ deaths to be probed
The heads of two beaked whales were on their way to the Woods Hole marine institution in Massachusetts Monday for high-tech MRI examination. Researchers want to know what caused the marine mammals to run aground north of Vero Beach on Sunday. There was early speculation that Navy “shock testing” — underwater explosions — conducted earlier […]
Whales’ deaths to be probed
The heads of two beaked whales were on their way to the Woods Hole marine institution in Massachusetts Monday for high-tech MRI examination. Researchers want to know what caused the marine mammals to run aground north of Vero Beach on Sunday. There was early speculation that Navy “shock testing” — underwater explosions — conducted earlier […]
Number of Grey Whale Calves on the Decline
No dead grey whales have washed up along British Columbia’s shoreline so far this year but the number of new calves making the long journey north with their mothers continues to drop. Low birth rates and higher than usual numbers of deaths and strandings in recent years have prompted researchers to closely watch the population […]
Number of Grey Whale Calves on the Decline
Lowest Number Seen In Eight Years Of Surveys No dead grey whales have washed up along British Columbia’s shoreline so far this year but the number of new calves making the long journey north with their mothers continues to drop. Low birth rates and higher than usual numbers of deaths and strandings in recent years […]
Iceland rejoins International Whaling Commission
Iceland has rejoined the International Whaling Commission, nine years after quitting the organisation in protest, the Foreign Ministry said Monday. Even as it came back into the fold of the IWC, the government reiterated its opposition to the group’s 1986 global ban on commercial whaling. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the government […]
The Lake that is Dying
Homero Aridjis is Mexico’s most renowned contemporary poet and environmental activist, founder of the Grupo de los Cien (Group of 100). His efforts are responsible for saving the country’s sea turtles, monarch butterflies, and rainforest from destruction. Homero also led the successful fight to preserve the gray whale habitat at Baja’s San Ignacio Lagoon, from […]