U.S. Navy was banned from using mid-frequency active sonar.Despite an exemption from the Marine Mammal Protection Act The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 prohibits, with certain exceptions, the taking of marine mammals in United States waters and by U.S. citizens on the high seas, and the importation of marine mammals and marine mammal products into the U.S. by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Navy was banned from using mid-frequency active sonar during Pacific warfare exercises in July. Many scientists believe the powerful sound waves emitted by underwater sonar disturb, injure To interfere with the legally protected interest of another or to inflict harm on someone, for which an action may be brought. To damage or impair. The term injure is comprehensive and can apply to an injury to a person or property. Cross-references Tort Law. , and even kill many marine species, including mammals The class Mammalia (the Mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the Monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the marsupials); and the placental mammals. . Environmentalists successfully obtained a restraining order restraining order: see injunction. from California District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper. Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist. |
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