Speeding fossil fuel vessels are shredding whales in their habitat.
"Whales on Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ are at growing risk of injury from boat and propellor strikes. Gruesome images of adult and juvenile humpback whales along Australia’s east coast with slash and gouge injuries from boat and propeller strikes highlight what experts say is a growing problem, as the population booms 60 years after the ban on whaling."
"One in 10 Australians have a boat licence and of the more than 970,000 registered boats, more than half a million are in Queensland and New South Wales...Globally, most collisions go unseen and unreported”."
"Experts say cutting speed limits for all vessels moving along migration routes, and making boats and ships more aware of the riskiest places and times of the year, would help." >>
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Whales on Australia’s ‘humpback highway’ are at growing risk of injury from boat and propellor strikes
Exclusive: Images show deep cuts and damage to tails and fins, as experts warn the migrating species often aren’t able to avoid a collisionGraham Readfearn (the Guardian)
