My thanks go out to all the people who’ve cared about, assisted, contemplated and appreciated whales in general. Also to those who’ve had the sensitivity to wonder what the whales want or need – taking a moment to pause automatic human-doing and instead wish to know the animals’ wishes.
Japan's fisheries agency says it has temporarily suspended its Southern Ocean whale hunt after clashes with anti-whaling activists.
Last Thursday, members of the SA Whale Disentanglement Network were called in to help free a 9m humpback whale that was entangled in fishing ropes north of Cape Town. The fact that there even needs to be such a team speaks volumes about the wastefulness of SA fishermen.
Last month in Hobart, Tasmania, members of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources met to discuss several proposals to create marine protected areas extending from the Antarctic continent well out to sea.
Ding dong the bell rang “Several whales dead ahead …several whales dead ahead!” All work stopped and we all ran to the deck.
There is a war going on in Antarctica, and South Africa's Rosie Kunneke is one of the soldiers fighting the good fight. She recently returned to the country after 94 days at sea, participating in the world famous reality television series Whale Wars.
Anna Breytenbach is one of our country's foremost animal communicators and a teacher in animal communication. She went to Kommetjie during the whale beachings and listened to what they had to say.
