Twenty years after the international community rallied around the slogan "Save the Whales," whale hunting looks ready to make a comeback. The international body governing whaling is meeting this week and pro-whaling nations are expected to gain control of the commission. Kojo explores the science of whales, and what a change to the whaling regime might mean.
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Whales - Friend or Food?
Listen Tuesday, Jun. 13, 2006 at 1:06 p.m. in Environment
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Guests
James Estes
Research Biologist, US Geological Survey; Adjunct Professor, Center for Marine Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz; and editor "Whales, Whaling and Ocean Ecosystems" (University of California Press)
William Aron
Former Director, Office of Marine Mammals and Endangered Species, National Marine Fisheries Service (1978-80); and former U.S. Commissioner of the International Whaling Commission (1977)
Joshua Reichert
Director, Policy Initiatives and the Environment Program, The Pew Charitable Trusts
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