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Vol. 7 / No. 1 |
Published by Friends of the Monk Seal |
June 2004 |
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Guest Editorial: Add biopolitics to the monk seal’s deadly foes by Manel Gazo Including – Monk Seal voted ‘Europe’s Cutest Critter’ but opinion poll reveals squandered opportunities as well as hope. Including – KAHEA launches online petition to save the Hawaiian monk seal. Including – Well-wishers bid farewell to Dimitris, Greece’s famous orphaned seal… – Turkish government pledges 5 new protected areas for the Monk Seal, by Cem Orkun Kiraç. Cover Story: Arab the Pilgrim New insights into monk seal migratory behaviour on Turkey's Mediterranean coast, by Ali Cemal Gucu and Meltem Ok. In Focus: One pup – three “mothers” The role of mothers and “aunties” in rearing a monk seal pup, by Rosa Pires Perspectives: Sensitive Sea Areas and the Mediterranean monk seal by Costas Marcus Triantafillou Including – Pup catching plans draw fire, by Harun Güçlüsoy. |
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International News: Voted Europe’s Cutest Endangered Species, but will protection ever follow? 
Mediterranean News: Dimitris the orphaned monk seal receives a big send off on Alonissos. 
Cover Story: “Arab”, and others like him, may provide important clues to seal movements along Turkey’s Mediterranean coast. |
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