The North Atlantic
right whale relies heavily on a fundamental behavior: the ability of
whales to communicate with one another using sound,» said Dr. Doug Nowacek, Repass - Rodgers Chair of Marine
Conservation Technology at Duke University.
He has donated countless amounts to many different charities including: $ 1 million to Drury University to establish a Professorship of Animal
Rights and an animal ethics course, $ 5 million to Sea Shepherd
Conservation Society to fight
whaling and $ 1 million to SHARK to fight pigeon shoots in Pennsylvania.
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Whale Wars
OSLO (Reuters)- Some large
whale species such as the humpback, minke and southern
right whale are recovering from a threat of extinction, helped by curbs on hunts since the 1980s, the world's largest
conservation network said on Tuesday.