http://whalegeek.com Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:44:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are ongoing efforts to reduce whaling around the world, which is terrific. What's bizarre about the nations who still whale are some of the arguments being used to justify whaling. Yeah, because whales eat all of the fish. *rolling my eyes* Say what? In a recent meeting ... http://whalegeek.com/2008/sample-post It isn't easy. Recently in Australia, officials decided to "euthanize" a sick whale that had stranded. Despite the fact that mother nature has been taking care of whales in all respects for millions of years, despite loads of empirical evidence that there is no humane way to kill ... http://whalegeek.com/2008/sample-post There's actually a very simple yet critical way to save the whales. The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies is the only east coast U.S. organization that is federally permitted to disentangle whales from fishing gear. Yet next year, their funding will be so drastically cut as to jeopardize ... http://whalegeek.com/2008/sample-post Have just finished reading The Whale Warriors: The Battle at the Bottom of the World to Save the Planet's Largest Mammals by Peter Heller. And for anyone who is interested in what really goes on in Antarctica with Japan's whaling, this is a must read. Heller goes out with ... http://whalegeek.com/2008/sample-post It is not a secret that the current US administration is no friend to the environment, and here's just one more example. I had heard about this in May on the Earth Day whale watch, but there is now a story on CNN.com as well: Plan to save whales ... http://whalegeek.com/2008/sample-post My attention was brought today to this story about the impact of proposed legislation which is intended to protect right whales but is being challenged by ferry lines running from the southern coast of Massachusetts to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. The story is really an interesting example of how to balance ... http://whalegeek.com/2008/sample-post Yes, it happened a little while ago, May 3 to be exact, but I've been busily getting this site set up so have some post-catching up to do! On to the good stuff. I went out for my first trip of the year from Gloucester, MA on an Earth Day ... http://whalegeek.com/2008/sample-post Within the last 5 years or so, after going out on countless whale watches from Provincetown, MA, I came to realize that this "whale thing" was more than a passing fancy. I started going out on more whale watches from additional locations (still in the Northeast US) and taking ... http://whalegeek.com/2008/sample-post