Quake Study update: NGOs warn quake study could harm Taiwan's critically endangered Humpback Dolphins

The Matsu's Fish Conservation Union secretariat, Wild at Heart Legal Defense Association and other animal activists are calling on the U.S. government to reject a proposal by the Columbia University-affiliated Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (L-DEO) to conduct earthquake studies on Taiwan’s sea floor. The full story can be found in an article in today's Taipei Times: Group warns quake study could harm rare dolphins


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