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How can we help save whales?
Save the whales, save the world.
- Adopt. Adopt a whale and help us protect these amazing creatures.
- Join. You can join our team and help us save whales and dolphins.
- Donate. Your gifts help us take action for whales and dolphins.
- Shop. Support WDC by shopping for yourself or a friend.
Why should we protect humpback whales?
Whales play a vital role in the marine ecosystem where they help provide at least half of the oxygen you breathe, combat climate change, and sustain fish stocks. Different species of whales feed on a range of marine creatures, including krill and fish, in the dark depths of the world’s oceans.
What saved the humpback whale from certain extinction?
Humpback whales are also protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Thanks to global conservation efforts including the Endangered Species Act, the current population has rebounded to nearly 80,000 Humpback whales up from a low-point of 10,000 to 15,000.
What does save the whales mean?
(wā′lĭng, hwāl′-) The business or practice of hunting, killing, and processing whales.
Why we should care about whales?
Like all living beings, whales occupy a role in the food chain and thus contribute to the balance of the marine ecosystem. As predators, they feed on fish and invertebrates; as prey, they may be hunted by other predators (sharks, whales, etc.) and by Man. Whales are sentinels of the health of marine environments.
How can we save blue whales?
Buy sustainable seafood. Look for the blue Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) logo on packaging to guide your purchases. Your choices will guide responsible fishing, making the oceans healthier and preventing bycatch of species like false killer whales.
How can we save beached whales?
How to save a beached whale
- 1) Call for help. First, call for help straight away.
- 2) Don’t put it back in the water.
- 3) Keep it cool and wet.
- 4) Do not cover its blowhole.
- 5) Protect it from sunburn.
- 6) Be calm and careful.
- 7) Be prepared.
What can I do to help save whales?
Do your best to buy local to avoid excessive shipping. NOAA has a variety of protocols in place to try to mitigate ship strikes on whales (spotlighting blue, fin, humpback and right whales), including tracking vessel strike occurrence through examinations by the Marine Mammal Stranding Network, a network that PWF Research is proud to be a part of.
Is it illegal to use a humpback whale?
Unauthorized use is prohibited. A humpback whale breaches far in the air above the Pacific Ocean. A strategy to divide humpback whales into distinct geographic populations was crucial to preventing their extinction. But the job isn’t done.
Where is Greenpeace going to save the whales?
But there is still work to be done to save the whales. A humpback whale is breeching in the Gulf of Alaska during the Greenpeace USA Bering Sea expedition.
How did Tom Kieckhefer help save the whales?
Save The Whales thanks Tom Kieckhefer, a marine biologist/educator – Save The Whale, for finding the formula for feeding baby whales and dolphins sent to Australia. He was involved in the rescue of a young baby humpback in Hawaii more 27 years ago. The baby was stranded at Punalu’u.