{"id":11215,"date":"2019-06-08T10:27:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T07:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/?p=11215"},"modified":"2019-06-08T10:27:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T07:27:10","slug":"saving-or-destroying-whales-and-dolphins-on-western-crete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/saving-or-destroying-whales-and-dolphins-on-western-crete\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving or destroying whales and dolphins on western Crete"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>From sperm whales to dolphins, marine mammals in the eastern Mediterranean face a lethal threat from oil and gas exploration<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the giants of oil and gas joined the litany of threats facing Greek sperm whales, the plight of the world\u2019s largest-toothed animal was little known.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like the Hellenic trench, which was discovered only two decades ago and is the habitat most associated with the species, the mammals were once the preserve of dedicated oceanographers. Now international eco-warriors, bent on stopping oil companies drilling for underwater reserves, are determined to put both the region and its unique species on the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At stake is an unusually endangered zone. One of the world\u2019s most significant marine mammal areas, it is home not only to the sperm whale, Greece\u2019s chief predator, but fin whales, Cuvier\u2019s beaked whales, fast-vanishing common dolphins, Mediterranean monk seals <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">and<\/g> loggerhead sea turtles. All face mortal danger if, as planned, exploration for hydrocarbons is conducted off the country\u2019s western coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the whole article in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2019\/jun\/07\/why-replace-dolphins-with-oil-drilling-battle-for-greece-marine-life-hellenic-trench?fbclid=IwAR2wsBhF6DzQ2YMnn2l9mC5w4ossmFRQZX7wLcve1LTMeev9z31_qW6UoRc&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=no-oilwave2&amp;utm_content=no-oil-may-jun-19-engagement-environmentalists-post-7-6-19\">The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From sperm whales to dolphins, marine mammals in the eastern Mediterranean face a lethal threat from oil and gas exploration. Before the giants of oil and gas joined the litany of threats facing Greek sperm whales, the plight of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[227,156],"tags":[812,814,813,811],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11217,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11215\/revisions\/11217"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inaxorio.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}