Plan to tag Puget Sound orcas raises concerns

25 January 2012, 9:39 am

Federal biologists plan next month to attach tiny satellite devices on Puget Sound's endangered orcas off the West Coast to better understand where they go during winter. But some whale experts worry the tags - about the size of a 9-volt battery with two darts - could injure the orcas.... Read More »

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