Initiative saves Eastern Pacific Gray Whale

1,035 views · Published 6 April 2014 · 2:10 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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Once nearly hunted to extinction, the Eastern Pacific Gray Whale is back from the brink thanks to a programme involving the local community to protect its kind.  Nearly a thousand calves have been born in the warm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon in Mexico in the few months that followed.  Al Jazeera's David Mercer visited a breeding ground in Baha, California to find out more.

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