Pro Bono
Nov. 30, 2006
In Deep Water
It took serious legal muscle to force the United States Navy to consider the plight of the whale.
By Drew Combs
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Two summers ago, 200 melon-headed whales were spotted in Kauai's Hanalei Bay. Marine biologists were immediately concerned; the creatures are known to prefer deep waters more than 20 miles offshore.
An explanation for the whales' dangerous excursion - a calf was later found dead on shore - soon surfaced. Several U.S. naval vessels in the vicini...
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Two summers ago, 200 melon-headed whales were spotted in Kauai's Hanalei Bay. Marine biologists were immediately concerned; the creatures are known to prefer deep waters more than 20 miles offshore.
An explanation for the whales' dangerous excursion - a calf was later found dead on shore - soon surfaced. Several U.S. naval vessels in the vicini...
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