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DEFEND WITH A PEN ORIGINAL SONG/POEM "HAIL TO THE WHALE" SAVE THE WHALE & THE OCEAN BEFORE TOO LATE!

WHALES ARE IN DANGER AND SO ARE THE WORLDS OCEANS, AND POLLUTION AND CLIMITE CHANGE ARE THE CAUSE!!! (PLEASE DONATE - SAVE THE WHALES ORG.) A MESSAGE FROM THE SAVE THE WHALES ORG. (COPIED AND PASTED HERE FOR YOU TO READ! IT HAS BEEN SHORTENED TO FIT IN THE DESCRIPTION BOX!) Threats to Whales A century ago parts of the sea were teaming with whales. But human intervention changed this. The commercial whaling era killed millions of whales and made them into lamp oil, lubricants, cosmetics, and meal. Today, whaling continues in Iceland, Norway, Japan and the Faroe Islands. Some whales are barely recovering from the whaling industry, while others have increasing numbers. But they face so many dangers other than whaling: pollution, loss of food sources, loss of habitat, climate change, toxic substances, being entangled in or ingesting plastic, sonar testing, net entanglement, trapped as incidental by-catch of the fishing industry, and ship strikes are some of the dangers maiming and killing whales. No marine species remains unaffected by human activities. A viable population depends on the health of the ecosystem in which it exists, and the many forms of pollution extend to all the world’s oceans threatening all species. Low-level contamination of the smaller prey species becomes concentrated in the tissue of larger marine predators and marine mammals. Planktonic organisms are carried great distances by winds and sea currents and larger nektonic creatures travel large expanses of oceans on their own accord. Both carry pesticides, heavy metals, and disease causing organisms to all sea areas. Contamination levels in toothed whales and dolphins are high. How this affects their individual fitness or their ability to reproduce is still largely unknown. The beluga whale population of the St. Lawrence in Canada has been declining since protection in 1979. Through autopsies, researchers have discovered high concentrations of PCB and DDT, which are stored in the fatty tissues of mammals. Dead belugas have revealed bladder and liver cancer which has never been seen before in marine mammals. Other diseases found in belugas are hepatitis, splenic tumors, pneumonia, herpes, skin diseases, ulcers and blood poisoning, all of which suggest suppression of the immune system. In addition to chemical pollution, oil slicks are commonplace in the oceans. Some whales and dolphins in the Western North Atlantic have been surfacing repeatedly through oil-slicked areas. In contrast, gray whales studies off of the Southern California coast changed their migratory path and their swimming and diving behavior when coming into contact with oil patches from seepage. Gill nets and fish traps kill thousands of marine mammals annually. Whaling continues today in Iceland, Norway, Japan, and the Faroe Islands. Noise pollution also threatens the existence of cetaceans. Large ships and boats make a tremendous amount of noise that falls into the same frequency range of many whales. This could be a contributing factor to the noticeable shift in the migration route of some California gray whales. Some are making a detour around the west side of the Channel Islands, possibly to avoid the noise pollution of Southern California sea traffic. Recent studies done in Newfoundland reveal that humpback whales entangled in gill nets have damaged ears. Since sound plays a vital role in the life of whales, dolphins and porpoises, noise pollution must be considered a significant cause of death as increasing numbers of whales are stranding where sonar testing is being conducted. This is one of the most prevalent dangers facing whales, large and small, today. Whaling Continues to Threaten Whales Iceland is one of three countries including Japan and Norway that are currently whaling. This is in violation of the 1986 International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium on whaling. Recently, a whaling company in Iceland called Hvalur hf. killed one or two endangered blue hybrid whales, believed to be a mix of fin and blue whales (two very endangered whale species). Whaling is not done by traditional methods but with exploding harpoons that kill these mammals in a painful way. Whale meat that is processed in Iceland is shipped to Japan for consumption. Many tourists will not travel to Iceland due to their whaling practices. A sustainable and profitable alternative to whaling is whale watching or ecotourism. People are fascinated by whales. and Iceland whalers could educate the public with their local knowledge of whale species and the ocean environment as a positive alternative. Email or write respectful letters asking Iceland to become a sustainable ecotourism destination for people to watch whales, instead of killing them by whaling. Teachers Around The World: We ask that you have your students participate in a global letter writing campaign as a class project. Students have so much influence when they raise their collective voices.