Atlantic Right Whale Extinction

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According to the authors, Kraus, Brown, Caswell, Clark, Fujiwara, and Hamilton, the “North Atlantic right whale” is considered endangered animal facing killing for business purposes although the global preservation since 1935. Also, the population growth rate of the right whales has fallen since 1980. Moreover, the total number of its population nowadays seems to be getting smaller in size. Recent mortalities prove that the “North Atlantic right whale” is facing extinction. In fact, losing a huge number of reproductive females of this specie in a very tiny period of time has never occurred for 25 years. According to the authors of the article “North Atlantic Right Whales in Crisis”, the most updated evaluation of right whale durability predicts

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