Thank Canada for protecting right whales - 生態環境討論

THANK CANADA FOR PROTECTING
RIGHT WHALES

Dear Sean,

Here's your chance to recognize and appreciate good environmental stewardship
by thanking the Canadian government for changing the commerical shipping
lanes in the Bay of Fundy, where most of the world's remaining North Atlantic
right whales spend the summer. The move marks the first time shipping lanes
have been altered to protect an endangered species.

The change was made after a 4-year effort by World Wildlife Fund and other
conservation groups to convince decision makers that moving the lanes would
reduce the risk of ship-whale collisions by 80 percent and would not
compromise ship safety. The lane-change effort was bolstered when Irving
Oil, which owns the largest tanker fleet using the bay, threw its support
behind the move.

大意是說加拿大政府同意改變商業海洋運輸航道以保護北方露脊鯨
(或右鯨 Right Whale, 因早期捕鯨人將他捕殺後都是右側朝上浮起 故名)
除了四年來WWF和其他保育組織的努力外 同時要感謝Irving-Oil的支持
如此可將鯨船相撞事件的發生降低80 percents

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