![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
||
![]() |
||
Introduction
![]() North Atlantic right whales have been roaming the ocean for thousands of years. Over 800 years of extensive hunting for their valuable baleen and oil resulted in a significant decline in their population. Despite being protected internationally since 1935, the species is still hovering on the brink of extinction - only about 400 remain. Along the eastern seaboard of Canada and the United States, North Atlantic right whales are now facing a new threat: the urbanization of the ocean where they feed, socialize, mate, migrate and give birth to their calves 1. Some businesses we knowRotondi Mold Assessors Adelaide Barks Dog Daycare and Boarding The Resurfacer Barn Painting Cremation & Celebrations London Uptown Yonge Dental Boutet Family Law & Mediation Glenn D. Godfrey & Co. LLP Scarfone Hawkins Law Firm TPI Personal Injury Lawyers Atlantis Pools & Spas Trinity Family Dental Clinic Whitby Purple Bean Media ![]() 1 Kraus, S. D. and R. M. Rolland (eds.). 2007. The Urban Whale: North Atlantic Right Whales at the Crossroads. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, MA. |
||
![]() ![]() |
||
Copyright © 2007-2012 Canadian Whale Institute
Maintained by [email protected] |