Orca loss "worse than the stock market"

Denver Post- October 25, 2008
Concern about endangered species seems to go unnoticed when species are bugs, like lightning bugs, but large mammals get some attention. The Center for Whale Research is able to track orca populations and their findings have helped to determine that a decline in chinook salmon may be a prime factor for the orca deaths. Because of the demand for fresh seafood product and the demand for such large volumes of food, links in the food chain suffer from over farming/production. This article made me think about the 1993 movie Free Willy, not only because it was about an orca but because of how one group of people respects and understands the importance of the whale and the other group only sees profit and business. This day in age everything is about business and making a profit, and saving wild species has no place in the market place...

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_10817007