Ghostlike and Vulnerable, the Manta Ray Finds a Friend

green.blogs.nytimes.com 27 Feb '13, 12pm

Ghostlike and Vulnerable, the Manta Ray Finds a Friend

On Sunday, 177 member nations will gather in Bangkok at the 16th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species to decide whether to accord international protection to a growing roster of plants and animals. If you were one of the species up for listing, it would be hard to find a better friend than Shawn Heinrichs . Mr. Heinrichs, a conservationist and underwater filmmaker based in Boulder, Colo., has devoted much of the last four years to bringing attention to the plight of the manta ray, a bat-shaped sea creature that is facing increasing fishing pressures and that some say is threatened with extinction. Working with the Hong Kong-based investigative photojournalist Paul Hilton , Mr. Heinrichs has documented the manta ray’s rapid decline throughout much of the world. Last year the two wrote a major report on how overfishing has decimated manta populations in As...

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@olsentropy » 15 Mar '13, 2pm
Mantas getting #cites protection? [link] I wrote about this recently & cool vid by Shawn Heinrichs [link]
@jackiemdunam » 05 Mar '13, 10pm
RT @Marchaxanimales: VIDEO - Les dejamos este hermoso video publicado en el New York Times, creado por Shawn Heinrichs, ambientalista y... [link]
@Marchaxanimales » 05 Mar '13, 10pm
VIDEO - Les dejamos este hermoso video publicado en el New York Times, creado por Shawn Heinrichs, ambientalista y... [link]
@CoveMovie_OPS » 05 Mar '13, 6pm
HINT: This creature might be featured in our next #film- keep in mind he's not superimposed... he's really this big! [link]
@MissionMermaids » 28 Feb '13, 4pm
RT @SueRockefeller: [link] @HannahMermaid
@SueRockefeller » 28 Feb '13, 3pm
[link] @MissionMermaids @HannahMermaid
@MissionMermaids » 28 Feb '13, 2pm
Beautiful ocean deep dance by Hannah Mermaid in homage to the mantra [link]
@Olivetti45 » 28 Feb '13, 6am
Manta Rays Need Help [link] (via @news360)
@Adorkable1487 » 27 Feb '13, 9pm
RT @Sharksavers: “Clearly this is an animal to be loved and appreciated,” Shawn Heinrichs, on Manta Rays #savemantas [link]
@Sharksavers » 27 Feb '13, 9pm
“Clearly this is an animal to be loved and appreciated,” Shawn Heinrichs, on Manta Rays #savemantas [link]
@HBrooymans_EDM » 27 Feb '13, 8pm
Chinese market develops new appetite for manta gills. Manta ray population plummets. [link]
@olsentropy » 27 Feb '13, 3pm
Mantas are cool...but they are in danger. I take a look at the work of filmmaker/conservationist Shawn Heinrichs [link]
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