※ [本文轉錄自 Ecophilia 看板] 作者: HeyYoNigga (金夜子銀海豚) 看板: Ecophilia 標題: Thank Canada for protecting right whales 時間: Wed Aug 20 04:23:41 2003 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 -- Think, talk, feel. And life will be different. --

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