News Forum - Thailand to implement new law to save blue whales from extinction

[Thaiger]

In a bid to save endangered blue whales from extinction, Thailand‘s Cabinet yesterday approved in principle a draft royal decree which designates blue whales and leopard sharks as “wildlife reserves,” under the Wildlife Preservation and Protection Act of 2019. Blue whales (Balaenoptera musculus) are already protected wild animals in Thailand, but the current laws have … …

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[Thommo]

Why not just for a start, stop the illegal fishing in national parks?? 

[Vigo]

How about a word with the world's biggest environmental hypocrites, Norway? They  still hunt the most whales.  The Japanese are no better. Japan's excuse is that it is for scientific purposes, and that the appearance on  rich people's plates is a pleasant side outcome.