Canada Put up says it hopes its newest collection of stamps will make letter-writers and card-senders suppose earlier than they drop their envelopes within the mailbox.
The brand new set, unveiled in Vancouver Monday, reveals 5 whale species which have been acknowledged as endangered.
The whales featured embrace orcas. Whereas not all orcas are designated by the Committee on the Standing of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, a inhabitants within the Northeast Pacific Ocean referred to as southern resident killer whales does meet the standards.
Likewise, belugas are featured for his or her populations within the St. Lawrence Estuary, Cumberland Sound and Ungava Bay.
A inhabitants of northern bottlenose whale that lives on the Scotian Shelf can also be featured.
Blue whales are one other species on the stamps, with populations endangered in each the Atlantic and Pacific ocean.
The North Atlantic proper whale is the fifth species.
"Canadian waters are house to a exceptional variety of whales, with greater than 30 species," Canada Put up stated in an announcement.
"Sadly, some whale populations are in danger."
Endangered whales are featured in a brand new Canada Put up stamp collection unveiled in Vancouver on Monday, Might 16, 2022. (Canada Put up)
Responsible are air pollution and local weather change, Canada Put up stated, in addition to ocean noise and ship strikes. Whales are additionally killed by fishing gear and particles, through which they are often entangled.
A biologist who spoke on the unveiling of the stamps illustrated by artist David Miller stated the popularity of those 5 species as endangered can result in authorized protections.
"It may well additionally lead organizations and folks to behave voluntarily to cease actions that hurt the whales," Dalhousie College professor Hal Whitehead stated.
"Thirdly, it raises consciousness that we've an issue right here, and we have to do one thing about it."
The stamps will probably be obtainable at Canada Put up areas beginning Friday, or could be ordered on-line.
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