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BUT SO DEFENSELESS

what threatens the whales, and how we humans can help them

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dolphin
length 2,5 meters

grey whale
length 15 meters

humpback whale
length 19 meters

orcas
length 9 meters

blue whale
length 30 meters

WHALES ARE LIKE PEOPLE:
FALLING IN LOVE, HAVING FAMILIES, AND TAKING CARE OF CHILDREN

THIS IS IT!

Did you know that...

The blue whale is the largest animal that ever existed on Earth (including dinosaurs)

A baby blue whale is born weighing 2.5 tons. It drinks up to 570 liters of milk daily, grows at a rate of 4 cm a day and gains 3−4 kg of weight per hour

One whale absorbs as much carbon dioxide as hundreds of trees

WHALES HELP TO CONSERVE COMMERCIAL FISH

whales are good for the planet

Whales are vital to the ecosystem.

They fertilize the ocean, which helps grow algae that absorbs 40 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions and produces more than half of the world’s oxygen.

The whales stir up the plankton with their movements, promoting its growth.

For many fish, including commercial fish, plankton is an essential food source. Thus, whales help in preserving food chains in the ocean.

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Vladimir Latka, cetologist and scientific director of the Whale Protection Foundation

FOR US TO HAVE WHALES, WE HAVE TO BE REALLY POLITE TO THEM

Commercial trade

90%

95%

Commercial whaling, or simply the mass killing of whales, continues today in three countries of the world, and right at Russia’s borders — in the Barents Sea (Norway) and in the Far East (Japan).

all whales on the planet have been wiped out by whaling

the blue whale population has disappeared because of man. Now there are only a few thousand of them left.

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IN SPITE OF THEIR SIZE, WHALES ARE NOT ABLE TO STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES

575

whales were killed by Norwegians in 2021. And in Japan, 547 dolphins were killed in one year in the town of Taiji alone!

WATCHING AND SWIMMING WITH WHALES

Because of the noise generated by motorboat engines, cetaceans often lose the ability to find mates, make social contact with other whales, and communicate with their offspring.

To understand how whales feel, imagine yourself with children in a quiet, peaceful park where you are joyfully and respectfully enjoying what nature has to offer. But suddenly you hear the sound of a rocket taking off. From the rocket, strange creatures are looking at you. Although you are curious, fear begins to choke you. You run and try to hide, but the rocket chases you.

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OCEAN POLLUTION

Bags, packaging, bottles and other plastic products are now not only in the seas and oceans, but also in the stomachs of animals and birds.

They accidentally swallow plastic, get tangled up in trash, suffer painfully, and death.

million tons of plastic trash, according to various estimates, ends up in the world’s oceans every year.

Up to 4,000 dolphins die in the Black Sea every year because of discarded fishing nets.

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Do you still think whales in delphinariums are happy?

whale prisons

In Russia, it is still allowed to catch whales for holding them in oceanariums and delphinariums.

A whale jail is a holding facility for sea mammals to assess their stress tolerance. Some captured cubs cannot withstand being in wild or separated from parents and die. And those who survive and get used to eating fish from human hands are sold to delphinariums.

Because of the constant stress, the whales are forced to live several times shorter lives.

The destruction of whales can lead to an acceleration of global warming, and this means these consequences:

reduction in the volume of drinking water

abnormally cold winter and hot summer

desertification, land dehydration, reduced yields

frequent destructive natural disasters (tornadoes, typhoons, etc.)

the death of many animal and plant species, which simply will not be able to adapt to the new living conditions

WHAT WILL BE,
IF THE WHALES DISAPPEAR

HOW WE CAN HELP THE WHALES

To be knowledgeable in this subject

it can be done by all of us:

Sharing information with others

Not to pollute the seas and oceans, not to harm whales

for those who want to help with real action:

The "Whale Protection Fund" defends the right of whales to life, demands from countries a total ban on whaling, organizes events to attract the attention of Russian and world community, organizes forums, "round tables", scientific and volunteer expeditions, charity auctions and competitions.

A special fund has been organized in Russia, which is fighting to save these amazing animals

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current FUND PROJECTS

The Faroes -from red to green project to stop the brutal tradition of the mass slaughter of hundreds of whales on the Faroe Islands

Protecting harp seals in the fallow haulouts

Developing rules for safe whale watching

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To learn more about the project and to sign up for volunteer groups, visit the group on VK

Thanks to the volunteer expedition it was possible to collect and take away from remote beaches 69 large bags with trash with a total volume of 13.8 cubic meters and weight of 1284 kilograms. Twenty-nine volunteers and two leaders took part in the three stages.

"Clean Teriberian Shore - Battle Reconnaissance."

Some dropped fishing line with a couple of hooks or a plastic ring pack that weighs nothing at all could easily kill a dolphin or seal

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for those who want to contribute to saving the whales

FUND IN SOCIAL NETWORKS

Ulyana Latka, coordinator of youth projects of the Whale Protection Fund, author and organizer of the expedition

Any help, even the smallest - makes a big difference. You can support the foundation by sending a donation.

This will enable you to plan the activities of the foundation, help needy mammals, purchase equipment, and fund charitable programs.

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What to do for those who dream of seeing whales in the wild

The Whale Conservation Foundation has developed regulations for monitoring whales and dolphins, taking into account the latest scientific data on the effects on marine mammals of various types of anthropogenic impacts.

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Dmitry Grachev

Alyona Akhmadullina

Alexander Pushnoy

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Nadezhda Mikhalkova

Lina Dembikova

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