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Being Green - 16 August 2019

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In 1979, when South Africa decided to ban commercial whaling, the population of humpback whales in the western Indian Ocean was down to roughly 300 to 600 individuals. A new survey led by marine biologist Chris Wilkinson of the University of Pretoria’s Mammal Research Institute now suggests they have made a stunning comeback. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Professor Ken Findlay, a whale biologist at Cape Peninsula University of Technology, who was supervisor on the study.
19 Aug 2019 English South Africa Health & Fitness

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