Since 2001, the Wildlife Trust of India has educated fishing communities about whale sharks, once hunted for oil and meat. Fishers are trained in safe disentanglement and provided compensation for damaged nets. More than a thousand whale sharks have been freed from entanglements off India’s west coast.
(c) Jeremiah del Mar

Mga mangingisdang Indian, sinanay para iligtas ang mga butanding

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Mula noong 2001, nakikipagtulungan ang Wildlife Trust of India sa mga mangingisda upang protektahan ang mga butanding. Ang mga dambuhalang ito na dati ay hinuhuli ay ligtas nang pinalalaya mula sa mga lambat. Mahigit isang libong butanding na ang nailigtas sa kanlurang baybayin ng India habang binabayaran ang mga sirang lambat.

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