Whales
16-25,000 whales
WCS estimates suggest there are 16,000 to 25,000 Southern Hemisphere humpback whales associated with Madagascar & the Western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Guinea.
600 calves
Six hundred southern right whale calves have died within the calving grounds surrounding Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. WCS is trying to determine why.
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