Another whale death off Virginia sparks call for action

The Stranger

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Tue Dec-14-04 06:40 PM
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Another whale death off Virginia sparks call for action

http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=78730&ran=79710

Another whale death off Virginia sparks call for action

For the second time this year, a pregnant right whale has been killed by a ship off the Virginia coast.

The loss of two breeding females and two near-term fetuses is so damaging to the survival of the critically endangered species that whale biologists are asking for protective measures in the mid-Atlantic.

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Northern right whales were overhunted in the 19th and 20th centuries. Only about 300 are thought to exist.

�At the rate we�re killing them off, we�re really looking down the curve at extinction,� said Scott Kraus, vice president for research at the New England Aquarium.

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NC_Nurse

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Tue Dec-14-04 06:45 PM
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1. That is so sad....

whales are such beautiful, graceful creatures.

I hope there is some action to help them. :(

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