A couple of days ago, SCMP were reporting that a dead fin whale was spotted on the bow of a cruise ship as it arrived in Vancouver last Saturday. An investigation is now under way to try and find out if it was killed by the ship, or whether it was already dead when the vessel hit picked up its unexpected passenger.
The Princess Cruise Line, owner of the Sapphire Princess which is the ship involved, claim to have a strict whale avoidance policy, and the company said that there were not reportings of whale sightings as they came into Vancouver.
The photo above comes from the SCMP’s website, and if you are a subscriber you can read the article here.
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We must bare in mind that whale population are decreasing so why not watch our doings to avoid hurting those whales.