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Tonight I attended the inaugural "Whale School" public lecture at #DalhousieU in Halifax, given by Canadian wildlife pathologist Dr. Pierre-Yves Daoust on the 2017 #RightWhale Mortality Crisis. Thread:
For context, 2017 was a year of unprecedented North Atlantic right whale mortality, with 12 confirmed deaths in Canada and an additional 5 in the USA. Most of these deaths were known or assumed to have been caused by human activity, namely entanglement and ship strikes.
For such a small population (about 450 animals), losing 17 individuals is a huge blow. Especially when there were no calves born in the 2017 calving season. In response, there has been a huge increase in conservation efforts in 2018.
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