Comments: Evolving rules in San Juans may change how visitors go whale watching
Seattle Times staff reporter
First, the orcas may be the most intelligent animals on the planet after us. The pods here have remained in family groups for who knows how long–hundreds of years? Very possibly their family lineages go back thousands of years. Some of these whales being chased daily are 80 and 90 years old. Can we not allow them even ONE SMALL SPACE which they can have to themselves? Humans are the most self-centered monsters. Eighty-five animals in a population is on the brink of extinction. We have something here that is really magical and special, that’s obvious. Let’s make sure we don’t love them to death, or put our profit over their lives. Let them have a space where they can rest with their babies and play without the sounds of boat engines following them.It’s the least we can do–show these incredible sentient beings some respect instead of treating them like a circus or commodity that solely exists for our pleasure.
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