| The gray whale is the only living member
of the baleen whale family Eschrichtiidae. The gray whale differs from
the other two baleen whale families primarily in its feeding behavior –
it is a bottom feeder.
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, whalers hunted gray whales to the brink of extinction – twice. Legally protected since 1946, gray whales have made an astonishing comeback. The current population is about 22,000 individuals, a figure believed to match or exceed pre-whaling numbers On May 17th 1999 The Makah harpooned a young gray whale in the early hours of the morning Thus ending the whale hunting ban.A few days earlier a dead gray whale washed ashore believed also to have been harpooned and wounded by the whalers If you think this is wrong please write your VicePresedent |
