A Dozen Whales Die as Online Shopping Increases
- New York Post
While NOAA has proposed speed limits that give whales time to get out of the path of oncoming ships, the fact remains that whales will always follow their food.
Collisions with ships can cause internal injuries from blunt force trauma, and their propellers can inflict large wounds. Two whales that washed up dead along the Atlantic Coast this month were found to have been struck by ships.
This is not the first time experts have warned about ships endangering whale populations. A year ago, scientists began asking cargo ships to start rerouting to protect endangered blue whales living off the coast of Sri Lanka.
The Mediterranean Shipping Company, the world's largest container line, complied with the request, and animal welfare groups said at the time if other companies followed suit, it could reduce ship strikes by 95 percent.
Indonesia Will Not Beg for Trade Deals, Anindya Bakrie Says
"Indonesia has a choice. If the demands are reasonable and worth fulfilling, the government will consider them — as long as they still protect our local industries,"
