Guest guest Posted May 14, 2000 Report Share Posted May 14, 2000 WORLD WHALE POLICE \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday / May 13, 2000 WHALE POLICE GROUP CALLS FOR 'IMMEDIATE HALT' TO MAKAH WHALE HUNT NEAH BAY, WA - A whale monitoring organization is calling for an " immediate halt " to the hunt for gray whales here after a longtime whale researcher confirmed this week that the " majority " of migrant gray whales have passed, leaving only a few calves and cows and resident whales. As a result, Bill Moss and Julie Woodyer of the anti-whaling group World Whale Police are now questioning why National Marine Fisheries Service has not called a halt to the Makah Gray Whale Hunt. " The odds are increasing that once this wave of calves and cows are past, the rest of the whales left in the Makah hunting area are residents, " confirmed Dr. Jim Darling of West Coast Whale Research in Vancouver, B.C. Dr. Darling has been studying gray whales of Vancouver Island for the past 20 years. The agreement between the Makah whalers and National Marine Fisheries Service prohibits the hunting of suckling calves, cows traveling with calves and resident gray whales. " We are calling for an immediate halt to this hunt, until researchers are able to determine the status of the migration and a detailed analysis of remaining whales is complete, " said Woodyer. -30- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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