This is cruel to impacted mammals, whether or not they belong to an endangered species.
https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...y-training-and
https://www.opb.org/article/2020/07/...testing-orcas/
Offshore oil exploration is damaging, too.
https://us.whales.org/2014/07/21/oce...us-east-coast/
https://www.federalregister.gov/docu...y-training-and
https://www.opb.org/article/2020/07/...testing-orcas/
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee slams Navy testing’s impact on orcas, other marine mammals
By AP (AP)
SEATTLE July 30, 2020 10:01 a.m.
The governor of Washington and other state officials have criticized a Navy military testing program that would potentially harm endangered orcas if approved
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The program would not allow any southern resident orcas to be killed but would subject several other marine mammals to a wide range of disturbances and harm, including death. That could include seals, humpbacks, gray whales and others, according to Navy estimates....
By AP (AP)
SEATTLE July 30, 2020 10:01 a.m.
The governor of Washington and other state officials have criticized a Navy military testing program that would potentially harm endangered orcas if approved
...
The program would not allow any southern resident orcas to be killed but would subject several other marine mammals to a wide range of disturbances and harm, including death. That could include seals, humpbacks, gray whales and others, according to Navy estimates....
https://us.whales.org/2014/07/21/oce...us-east-coast/