The survival prospects of the humpback whale are looking more promising as a result of a 40-year hunting ban. Whether the moratorium stays in place remains to be seen though. Four decades after their hunting was banned in 1966, the humpback whale seems to have finally swum clear of the danger zone. On the newest compilation of the Red List of Threatened Species, humpbacks are no longer classed ... Read full entry
Humpback whales safe from extinction, for now
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 14 August, 2008 to the comment subset
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