I've recently been thinking about holidays, and where I could go to combine the usual requirements of nice food, stunning scenery and some peace and quite, with some whale watching. When you start searching around for the world's best whale and dolphin watching spots, its amazing how many species can be seen around the UK.
I've been lucky enough to see minke whales off the coast of the Isle of Mull, and although I've not seen them myself, I know that the resident bottlenose dolphins in the Morray Firth are a huge tourist hit - our very own scottish flippers!
In fact, the bottlenose dolphins are so special that most of their home was created as a Special Area of Conservation in 2005. Brilliant! Dolphins right here in the UK, and they're protected.
.... or at least they should be.
But the government is currently seriously considering allowing new gas and oil exploration, in the Morray Firth, where our dolphins live. What's the point of protecting an area, and then just ramroading that protection by going ahead with new industry developments without properly assessing the impact on the animals that are meant to be protected? Under EU law they should have done this assesement, but they haven't.
take action!
Sign the WDCS petition to keep the oil and gas out of the dolphin's home
Wto your MP to get them to put your views to the Gov'ts consultation
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