The Biden administration has refused an emergency petition to safeguard the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from being killed by vessels in calving grounds off the southeast coast of the US.
North Atlantic right whales are one of the world’s most extraordinary at-risk marine mammals. They give birth only every three to 10 years. Now, the population is down to only 70 reproductive females.
In November 2022, well-known conservation groups, including the WDC, filed a petition for...