The moving of Europe's biggest military exercise to the outer Moray Firth poses a threat to bottlenose dolphins, conservations have claimed.
The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS) said noise from warships' sonar could harm the animals.
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Monday, October 12, 2009
European Military Exercises May Threaten Dolphins
According to the BBC....
Monday, October 13, 2008
National Security or Whale Protection? Supreme Court Says Whales Lose
Not surprising.
On the one hand, there is “the potential for harm to marine mammals,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said Wednesday at a Supreme Court argument over the Navy’s use of sonar in training exercises off the coast of Southern California.
On the other, the chief justice continued, there is “the potential that a North Korean diesel electric submarine will get within range of Pearl Harbor undetected” if Navy personnel are not properly trained in the use of sonar.
“Now, I think that’s a pretty clear balance,” Chief Justice Roberts said.
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