The View From the Castle: The more we learn of whales, the more they seem like the ocean's 'people,' but they are still managed like a crop
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PrintSmithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley talks about how Americans now regard whales as rare and fascinating animals. Ripley describes present efforts by the International Whaling Commission to study and protect the decreasing population and variety of whale species.
International Whaling Commission
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Smithsonian Vol. 3, no. 7 (Journal)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
October 1972
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