Whale-watching vs. whale-whacking
It’s been a bad week for whales. First, a proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic was rejected at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) conference in Panama. Though there were more votes to create a sanctuary than there were against the measure, a three quarters majority is needed for it to pass. Latin American countries are in favor of creating the sanctuary due to the dual benefits of conservation and tourism. Brazil’s commissioner to the IWC, Marcos Pinta Gama, is quoted by the BBC: We believe that the sanctuary is a veryimportant initiative in order to…
