Friday, April 20, 2007

Whales already endangered?

Agency wants whales listed as endangered (AP)

This photo provided by the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration shows NOAA fisheries biologists, Matt Eagleton, Dan Vos, Greg O'Corry-Crowe and Rod Hobbs, from left, placing a satellite transmitter onto a female beluga whale in Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska, in 2000. The National Marine Fisheries Service is proposing the Cook Inlet beluga whales be listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act. (AP Photo/NOAA)AP - Beluga whales have long delighted residents and tourists alike when spotted swimming the silty waters off Alaska's biggest city, but now the gregarious white whales are in danger of becoming extinct.


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