Yesterday, this pygmy sperm whale was
washed up on the beach in Lekki in Lagos and sadly, our people did not
give one thought to conservation or ask themselves if it was an
endangered specie. they took their knives to it and butchered it for a
feast.
The pygmy sperm whale is covered by the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas and the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area. In addition, the species is further included in the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Conservation of the Manatee and Small Cetaceans of Western Africa and Macaronesia and the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region.
So, technically, what happened yesterday was poaching, punishable under international law!
The pygmy sperm whale is covered by the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas and the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Contiguous Atlantic Area. In addition, the species is further included in the Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Conservation of the Manatee and Small Cetaceans of Western Africa and Macaronesia and the Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region.
So, technically, what happened yesterday was poaching, punishable under international law!
Yess if its in sm parts of dis world they ll evn go 2 jail apart 4rm it being an endangerd specie its nt all sea creatures dat r edible b it fish or wateva
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