The most mesmerizing mammals in the ocean.

How can they look so graceful with such weight and force on and in them?

Natures greatest genetic, makeup,  beauty trick.

I don’t know if you have heard that Whales too are being driven to extinction.

 

IT IS NOT A JOKE

 

Here is three reasons why.

(Finally catching up with this challenge)

# SHIP COLLISIONS

 Whales including  Pregnant whales migrate in the winter from the Atlantic ocean and have to pass some of the busiest port docks in the world -two being New York and the Chesapeake Bay.  Females rather than males usually get hit and end up dead.

Is there a solution?

Obama Administration Praised for Slowing Down Ships, Protecting Endangered Whales from Deadly Strikes

Humane Society

#ENTANGLEMENT OF THE WRONG KIND

Commercial fishing nets to trap crabs and all types of marine life are the second cause of death in Right Whales. When they become entangled they can drown or if they manage to escape they are usually wounded. They end up dying from starvation or infection from the nets hooked into their skin. This goes back to the first highest cause of whale death, chronic entanglement usually ends to ships colliding with whales again.

Read the story of CHURCHILL THE TRAGIC WHALE who in spite of many attempts to disentangle him from fishing nets. He ended up dying a drawn-out and painful death by infection.

 

CHURCHILL SAVE ATTEMPT 100

 

“On Sept. 16, 2001, the team stopped receiving satellite signals. Somewhere off the New Jersey coast, Churchill slipped beneath the waves for the last time.”

https://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=14938&tid=3622&cid=28530

The Humane Society of the United States sued the American government to address the heavier fishing lines and marine marker buoys that kill so many of these lovely mammals.

#CLIMATE CHANGE

Did you know that whales only start getting pregnant and giving birth in their teens?

Did you know that they only have one baby/ calf every 3-5 years?

How is climate change affecting the growing population of whales? warmer waters mean it is harder for whales to find food.

We all know that in order for life to thrive and grow, it needs to be nourished from the inside. A pregnant whale losing weight is not a great place for a baby to grow.

What is being done?

The humane society in the U.S.A. has sued the government to make sure that Right Whales have more area and living space ( critical habitat) to survive.

Designated zones that protect whales from as little interaction from humans and pollution are the key to helping the whale population succeed and have as fair a chance as possible to survive.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT.

Do you bit

check out SAVE THE WHALES WEBSITE 

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