From an emotional standpoint, the world of conservation can often be quite difficult to navigate. Through our own activities, the state of the Earth seems to be deteriorating at tremendous speed and irreversibly. This disturbing narrative can also be observed in the world of marine mammals. Some of these animals, the Steller’s sea cow for instance or, more recently, the Chinese river dolphin, have already become extinct. Others, such as the vaquita and the North Atlantic right whale, could join this list if current trends continue.<\/p>\n
However, it is important to qualify this surge of pessimism, because, although there is no doubt that a number of marine mammal species are threatened, several others have bounced back remarkably in recent decades. It is therefore interesting to take a closer look at some of these positive stories since, in addition to filling us with hope, they are also likely to inspire us to deal with those species whose plight is less rosy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From an emotional standpoint, the world of conservation can often be quite difficult to navigate. Through our own activities, the state of the Earth seems to be deteriorating at tremendous speed and irreversibly. This disturbing narrative can also be observed in the world of marine mammals. Some of these animals, the Steller’s sea cow for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12847,"featured_media":61695,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n