Endangered Whales of the World
The mammalian order Cetacea contains more than 70 species of whales and dolphins.
ENDANGERED WHALES
There are many species of whales that are in danger of going extinct. Most baleen whales (the huge whales targeted by commercial whalers) are listed as endangered or protected species.
Critically Endangered Whales May Be Fleeing Russian Oil and Gas Boom, Observers Fear ...
DNA Testing Finds Endangered Whale Meat in Restaurants (April 13, 2010)
Gaskin, D.E. 1982. The ecology of whales and dolphins. Heinemann, London, Exeter and New Hampshire.
Nowak, R.M. 1991. Walker's Mammals of the world, Fifth edition.
WWF safeguards hundreds of species around the world, but we focus special attention on our flagship species: giant pandas, tigers, polar bears, endangered whales and dolphins, rhinos, elephants, marine turtles and great apes.
In order to help secure the future of the world's whales, WWF is developing an ambitious conservation programme for endangered whale species and populations.
Reduce the threats to increase their numbers ...
 See also: Whale, Blue Whale, Dolphin, Right Whale, Gray Whale
  
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