We Are All Whalers - The Plight of Whales and Our Responsibility

"Marine scientist Michael J. Moore says we are all whalers, but we don't have to be. Eating fish leads to North Atlantic right whales' entanglement and death. Buying goods made around the world requires global shipping routes, which do not accurately consider right whale breeding and feeding sites, leading to collision. To explain this, Moore conveys to readers scenes from over thirty years' worth of fieldwork, performing whale necropsies for animals stranded on beaches, working as an independent researcher alongside whalers using explosive harpoons, and tracking injured pregnant whales to deliver antibiotics. Despite these sometimes disturbing experiences, Moore has written a hopeful book. He uses these stories to show we can change and to tell us how; the technology for rope-less fishing and tracking whale migrations already exist to protect both right whales and the people who depend on shipping and fishing for their livelihoods"--

About the author

Michael J. Moore is a veterinary scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He lives in Marion, MA. For more information on Moore's book and research, please visit his webpage at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Summary

Relating his experiences caring for endangered whales, a veterinarian and marine scientist shows we can all share in the salvation of these imperiled animals.

Product details

• Authors: Michael J Moore, Michael Moore, Michael J Moore, Michael J. Moore
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2021
• EAN: 9780226803043
• ISBN: 978-0-226-80304-3
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, NATURE / Animals / Marine Life, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Environmentalist, Conservationist & Green Organizations, Environmentalist, conservationist and Green organizations, Marine Biology, Wildlife: aquatic creatures: general interest, Wildlife: Aquatic Creatures