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Man touching whale off Dunedin coast not OK, DOC says
Topic Started: Aug 12 2016, 03:32 PM (90 Views)
Kahu
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Man touching whale off Dunedin coast not OK, DOC says

http://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/83092803/man-touching-right-whale-off-dunedin-coast-not-ok-doc-says

Two men who paddled out to whales of Dunedin's coast could be fined up to $250,000 for disturbing wildlife.
Dunedin men Sam Todd and Craig Latta went out on a surfboard and paddleboard after the Southern right whales were spotted off St Clair beach on Thursday.
Todd, a member of St Kilda Surf Life Saving Club, told the Otago Daily Times at one stage he left his board and "floated on top of one of them".

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Trotsky
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How preposterous.

Governments tolerate whales being harpooned but fuss over playing with them.
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blizzard
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No touching, no harpooning. If the fools had been mistaken for a source of food would there have been an outcry to rid the waters of 'predatory' whales? In BC bears and cougars have been killed for the safety of the human population. Whales are watched from boats - I tend to consider these intrusive.
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Aug 13 2016, 12:34 AM
Governments tolerate whales being harpooned but fuss over playing with them.
Fair enough criticism ... we were, once upon a time, a whaling country like Norway.
Malborough Sounds Whaling but no more ...
With our experience of dolphins, orca, and whales ... we know human hands do cause damage to the mammal's skins and can open them up to infections which they can't fight.

Pelorus Jack ... https://youtu.be/AgFQul3rlLk

Pelorus Jack and Opo ... https://youtu.be/3R1Ih-QFWxw

How Moko the dolphin became an international hero and whether his human friends loved him to death.
Moko the dolphin hit headlines all over the country with his playful antics. But after he guided two stranded pygmy sperm whales to sea, he captured the imagination of people all over the world, among them film-maker Amy Taylor. Her documentary looks at Moko's remarkable life, his sexual shenanigans and his untimely end.

Moko a dolphin in danger ... https://youtu.be/VeXIDoVgfJ8

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Hector’s dolphins are among the world’s smallest marine dolphins. They are found only in the inshore waters of Aotearoa/New Zealand.
Two sub-species of Hector’s dolphins exist: the South Island Hector’s dolphin which is found around the South Island of New Zealand, and the Māui dolphin which is found off the west coast of the North Island.
http://Hector’s and Māui dolphins

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