THANK CANADA FOR PROTECTING RIGHT WHALES Dear Sean, Here's your chance to recognize and appreciate good environmental stewardship by thanking the Canadian government for changing the commerical shipping lanes in the Bay of Fundy, where most of the world's remaining North Atlantic right whales spend the summer. The move marks the first time shipping lanes have been altered to protect an endangered species. The change was made after a 4-year effort by World Wildlife Fund and other conservation groups to convince decision makers that moving the lanes would reduce the risk of ship-whale collisions by 80 percent and would not compromise ship safety. The lane-change effort was bolstered when Irving Oil, which owns the largest tanker fleet using the bay, threw its support behind the move. 大意是说加拿大政府同意改变商业海洋运输航道以保护北方露脊鲸 (或右鲸 Right Whale, 因早期捕鲸人将他捕杀後都是右侧朝上浮起 故名) 除了四年来WWF和其他保育组织的努力外 同时要感谢Irving-Oil的支持 如此可将鲸船相撞事件的发生降低80 percents -- Think, talk, feel. And life will be different. --

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