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Reddit Animals
JANUARY 5, 2024
People in North America began using the term “right whale” in the early 1700s, and originally “right” may have meant “typical,” as these whales were considered common and ordinary. However, over time, the term evolved to refer to how they were hunted—they were considered “the right whales to hunt.”
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 11, 2010
We recently got an email about the dangers currently being faced by our whale population as a result of a recent proposal to legalize commercial whaling. As whale lovers, and people who hope to one day be able to see them in the wild, we wanted to share this information with you in case you would like to get involved.
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Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
I seriously doubt it, despite the Greenpeace report in Wildlife Extra News. Tags: Japan hunting greenpeace whaling. It's too much a matter of international pride. (I I know, I know, I'm always a pessimist.but I'm so good at it!)
Critter News
JULY 12, 2009
From Wildlife Extra. Of 679 whales reported to have been killed during the 2008-2009 whale hunt in Antarctica, 304 were female. Four of the female whales were lactating, and 192 were pregnant at the time of death. Tags: whales Japan hunting whaling. Leave it to the Japanese. Always classy.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 1, 2009
The Inuit harvest, or hunt, polar bears in Canada. "In s director of wildlife, Gabriel Nirlinguyak} said, recalling that the two had cooperated on bowhead whale management issues. Tags: indigenous hunting canada inuit polar bear. In the past, Inuit always considered the WWF Canada as our friend," {Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.'s
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2013
What put this once small fishing town on the map was not birds but mammals, specifically whales and dolphins. The reason Kaikoura is such a great place to see albatrosses and whales is one and the same, and the same reason indeed that Monterrey in California is a great place to watch whales and albatross.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
To that end please enjoy this quick guide of where to go birding and wildlife watching when based at any of the many World Cup locations. Don’t forget you can also see some wildlife on the road as you go ! At sea there are also New Zealand Sea Lions and Southern Right Whales. You really are spoiled here.
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