August 16, 2007          www.wildsidenews.com  

The Right Whale 

for All the Wrong Reasons

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 Segment 1

 

 

Weekly Earth Summit  participants this week include:

  • Dr. Marc Bekoff

    author and renowned ethologist

  • Dr. Charles Kennel

    Former Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography / Member of the Pew Commission on the Oceans

  • Emma Sleeth: Wheaton College


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  Segment 2

 

Then we go in-depth with

Dr. Alex Zerbini

Whale Researcher

    National Marine Mammal Laboratory

The Right Whale is one of the most endangered species on earth. Recent sightings in the Bering Sea of mothers and their calves raises a particularly difficult challenge to its survival as oil and gas leases have recently been approved for their wintering areas. Dr. Zerbini is assisting with a recently launched 4-year study to learn more about this most threatened species.