Greenpeace have launched the Great Whale Trail, following the migration of humpback whales from the warm tropical waters of the South Pacific, where they breed, to the icy Southern Ocean around Antarctica, where they feed. And they’re doing it via satellite tracking and Google Maps. Nifty.
Why are they doing this? Well, it’s simple, really: whales must not be allowed to die in the thousands for needless, discredited “research,” – like that carried out by the Japanese whaling fleet, when they kill more than 900 whales every year. The satellite tracking whales in the Southern Ocean will be used to prove that non-lethal means can be used to do some real research!
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Writer, photographer, environmental campaigner and "known troublemaker" Dave Walsh is the founder of Blather.net, described both as "possibly the most arrogant and depraved website to be found either side of the majestic Shannon River", and "the nicest website circulating in Ireland". Half Irishman, half-bicycle. He lives in southern Irish city of Barcelona.