A Ship to Fight for Whales

Photo: Gerard Wagemakers / Sea Shepherd Global

They have taken the controversial rout of “direct action”. They said enough is enough; no preaching is not going to change the heart of the heartless whalers. So, the anti-whaling activists of “Sea Shepherd” have built a custom war ship to fight off the killers.

A resolution in 1986 by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has banned killing whales for “commercial profit”. There are loopholes in that resolution which allows whalers from Iceland, Japan, and Norway etc kill whales. The Japanese do it for “research”.

It may sound odd to you but yes, it has been proved recently that sunscreen lotions can harm the coral reefs. You find it hard to believe but it is already happening in many places around the globe.

Seaworld Entertainment, the chain of famous marine mammal parks, has announced that they will stop their Orca breeding program immediately. The shows with Orcas will be phased out gradually as there will be no new Killer Whales as replacements. The organization is compelled to take this decision due to the ever increasing pressure from the environment protection groups.

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What is Ocean Acidification ?

 
Ocean Acidification is the process of increasing of acidic contents in the water of our oceans. In more technical terms, it is the continuous reduction of pH of the oceans. It also means continuous rise of the number of H+ ions in the sea water.

Albatross killed by plastic of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch By Chris Jordan CC BY 2.0 [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons