Cook Inlet Beluga Whale protected at last

By Charlie • October 20, 2008 • No comments yet

The genetically distinct (and rapidly declining) population of Alaska’s Cook Inlet Beluga has finally been listed as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act. It’s only taken eleven years incidentally - delays caused not only by the stonewalling Bush administration, but the governor of Alaska …

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Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?