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Animal People, Inc. posted an update 8 years, 11 months agohttp://earthjustice.org/blog/2015-september/navy-sonar-settlement-brings-historic-win-for-whales
Navy Sonar Settlement Brings Historic Win for WhalesThe blue whale is one of the largest animals ever known to have lived on Earth, but despite its heft, this magnificently oversized marine mammal can’t withstand the biological blows caused by Navy sonar training and testing. Today, the blue whale got a break from these harmful sounds. For the first time ever, the U.S. Navy has agreed to put vast swaths of important habitat for numerous marine mammals off limits to dangerous mid-frequency sonar training and testing and the use of powerful explosives.
