Every year February the 13th is dedicated to the gentle giants of the ocean, the whales. World Whale Day was founded back in 1980 in Maui, Hawaii to honour the humpback whales which swim just off of its coast but it has since escalated to encompass all species of whales! With this in mind we wanted to tell you a little more about why this day is needed to help protect these incredible animals.
Whales have been considered endangered for over a century now and it is largely down to human interference. However, this isn’t the only reason they could be slowly becoming extinct. Those reasons are:
There are clearly a lot of threats against whales so we all need to get behind world whale day. The aim is to raise awareness and you can do this in any number of ways, whether it be by sharing this blog, telling your friends, or even visiting the whales in their natural habitat you can help so please don’t hesitate in doing so!
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