Human Activity Is Killing Gray Whales

[discocrisco01]

According to the AP, there has been four gray whales that have died this week.

Four dead gray whales have washed ashore San Francisco Bay Area beaches in the last nine days, with experts saying Friday one was struck by a ship. They were trying to determine how the other three died.

“It’s alarming to respond to four dead gray whales in just over a week because it really puts into perspective the current challenges faced by this species,” says Dr. Pádraig Duignan, Director of Pathology at The Marine Mammal Center.

The excerpt below describes the reason why they have died

Malnutrition, entanglement in fishing gear, and trauma from ship strikes have been the most common causes of death found by the center’s research team in recent years.

Human impact is definitely kill our beloved whales that people flock to Southern California where I live. Is there going to be day where whale watching in So Cal during becomes no longer possible. Perhaps so, if we don't get our act together in this area.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. Human activity is killing most other living creatures... including themselves.

[Bayard]

2. Holy Crap!!

Malnutrition...... Does that mean we are killing off their food sources in the area? As for ship strikes, how can you not know you've hit a whale? Are there ocean liners in that area?

"Nearly one in four gray whales migrating along the U.S. West Coast has died since the last recorded population assessment in 2015 and 2016, according to NOAA."

And:

"Experts estimate the washed-up whales represent just 10 percent of the total number of the dead, with the rest sinking into the sea unnoticed by humans."

Horrifying....