There were no words we could share
These are the words Michael Fishbach speaks in his narration of a movie filmed of an encounter with a humpback whale entangled in a deadly gillnet earlier this year. The video following tells the story.
If you want to see unbridled joy stay with it to the end! And here the link since LJ is not cooperating: http://youtu.be/EBYPlcSD490
Last year at this time, while visiting Vancouver Island we came across a dead porpoise who died in one of these nets. A re-visit to my LJ post at that time: http://kathyrene.livejournal.com/136232.html
I understand this video is being circulated widely. Not enough people know or understand the horrors of these nets and other commercial fishing industry junk left behind in our oceans. Nor do they know or understand how horribly creatures caught in them suffer and ultimately die.
Imagine the strength of these nets to ensnare and hold hostage a creature the size of a young humpback whale. Also called 'ghost nets' these contraptions drift through ocean waters unseen and undetected by animals. After the nets are weighted down with the bodies of a number of animals they sink to the bottom where their captured remains are either eaten by other creatures or decompose. After a time and once again weightless the nets rise up and resume their ghostly and murderous journeys anew.
This could all be changed if we learn the truth, the seriousness, spread the word and support all ocean clean-up efforts. If you've ever seen a humpback breach in real life it's not forgettable. There are no words...
If you want to see unbridled joy stay with it to the end! And here the link since LJ is not cooperating: http://youtu.be/EBYPlcSD490
Last year at this time, while visiting Vancouver Island we came across a dead porpoise who died in one of these nets. A re-visit to my LJ post at that time: http://kathyrene.livejournal.com/136232.html
I understand this video is being circulated widely. Not enough people know or understand the horrors of these nets and other commercial fishing industry junk left behind in our oceans. Nor do they know or understand how horribly creatures caught in them suffer and ultimately die.
Imagine the strength of these nets to ensnare and hold hostage a creature the size of a young humpback whale. Also called 'ghost nets' these contraptions drift through ocean waters unseen and undetected by animals. After the nets are weighted down with the bodies of a number of animals they sink to the bottom where their captured remains are either eaten by other creatures or decompose. After a time and once again weightless the nets rise up and resume their ghostly and murderous journeys anew.
This could all be changed if we learn the truth, the seriousness, spread the word and support all ocean clean-up efforts. If you've ever seen a humpback breach in real life it's not forgettable. There are no words...