These photos were taken in Westernport Bay by Lisa Schonberg. Whales in Westernport are a recent happening and is largely due to the protection of Whales in recent times. We cannot relax on this, especially as some nations continue to hunt these magnificent creatures. The immediate measures we can take is to protect our own shores and hot spots have been identified around the Australian Coast.
Take a moment to read this article I am posting, and I urge you to suppport this great and worthy cause. Without Sea Shepherd these creatures may not have been swimming in Westrenport Bay this year. Thanks Lisa, for your exciting photos.
I watched these magnificent creatures from the deck of my holiday house www.manukalodge.com.au but did not have a good enough camera to capture these shots quite like Lisa did.
Right now you have an historic opportunity to prove that you are serious about protecting whales.
The creation of marine sanctuaries can help save these majestic creatures, but we need your help to make it happen!
The Australian government has recently released a proposal for new marine sanctuaries in Australia's South West region, an area home to one half of the world's whale and dolphin species and a higher level of unique marine life than the Great Barrier Reef.
But the proposal fails our whales, and other marine life.
Critical feeding areas for the endangered blue whale, the largest creature to have ever lived, are proposed to be left unprotected and subject to oil drilling and sonar blasting. In fact, of ten critical hotspots for whales, sharks and other marine life in the region, only two are proposed for protection.
However, if we all take action now before the deadline of 8 August, we can turn this decision around. Show Australia that Sea Shepherd supporters are serious about protecting whales by having your say.
It will only take a couple of minutes of your time, to enter in your details to set aside marine sanctuaries for the benefit of us all.
Take a moment to read this article I am posting, and I urge you to suppport this great and worthy cause. Without Sea Shepherd these creatures may not have been swimming in Westrenport Bay this year. Thanks Lisa, for your exciting photos.
I watched these magnificent creatures from the deck of my holiday house www.manukalodge.com.au but did not have a good enough camera to capture these shots quite like Lisa did.
Right now you have an historic opportunity to prove that you are serious about protecting whales.
The creation of marine sanctuaries can help save these majestic creatures, but we need your help to make it happen!
The Australian government has recently released a proposal for new marine sanctuaries in Australia's South West region, an area home to one half of the world's whale and dolphin species and a higher level of unique marine life than the Great Barrier Reef.
But the proposal fails our whales, and other marine life.
Critical feeding areas for the endangered blue whale, the largest creature to have ever lived, are proposed to be left unprotected and subject to oil drilling and sonar blasting. In fact, of ten critical hotspots for whales, sharks and other marine life in the region, only two are proposed for protection.
However, if we all take action now before the deadline of 8 August, we can turn this decision around. Show Australia that Sea Shepherd supporters are serious about protecting whales by having your say.
It will only take a couple of minutes of your time, to enter in your details to set aside marine sanctuaries for the benefit of us all.
Fish, sharks, whales and other marine life are in imminent danger of an unprecedented and catastrophic extinction event at the hands of humankind, and are disappearing at a far faster rate than anyone had predicted, a recent study of the world's oceans has found from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean.
Overfishing, pollution, run-off of fertilisers from farming and the acidification of the seas caused by increasing carbon dioxide emissions are combining to put marine creatures in extreme danger.
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