Navy Training Could Harm Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales

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By Olivia RosaneNov 13, 2020, 2:09 pm263 pts
The U.S. Navy has secured permission for exercises in the Pacific Northwest that could harm endangered orcas and other marine mammals. The new rule, published in the Federal Register Thursday, would allow the Navy to increase the number of Southern Resident killer whales it could "take"—or potentially…

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