The "Human Whale" Aerial Art Project Calls For Action in Response to the Escalating Threats to Whale Survival
Its time to Save the whales Again!
Aerial artist and Save the Whales Again! Campaign advisor John Quigley had a vision, an extremely large vision, to produce whale art utilizing thousands of passionate people and photographing it from the air.
The result, the migrating human whale project where images of the world's great whales including a blue, gray, humpback, and killer whale have been created by more than 7,ooo people worldwide in Baja Mexico, Los Angeles California, Victoria Canada, Anchorage Alaska, and Bondi Beach Australia.
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The purpose - to raise public awareness to the ever increasing threats facing dolphins and whales and their ocean habitat from Global Warming, Toxic Pollution, Noise Pollution, Entanglement in Nets, Collision with Ships, and Increasing Whaling by Japan, Norway, and Iceland. Joining John to help make his vision a reality are the spokespersons of the Save the Whales Again! Campaign including Hayden Panettiere, Isabel Lucas, Esai Morales, Stephen Colletti, and Jansen Panettiere.
The Human Whale Project kicked off last May in Loreto Mexico where over 1,500 school children formed a huge blue whale with the message SOS. Next it was on to Los Angeles California where over 3,ooo school children formed a gray whale carrying the same message. Then it was an orca, or killer whale, being formed by over 500 people in Victoria Canada followed by a huge humpback whale with the message "Defend" being formed at the opening of last year's meeting of the International Whaling Commission. Last December, just prior to the Australian elections, over 1,500 people formed the image of Sydney's adopted humpback whale on its infamous Bondi Beach with the message "SAVE".
Up next, the Save the Whales Again! team will be heading to Santiago Chile for the June meeting of the International Whaling Commission where John's next vision will come to life on Sunday June 22. Stay tuned for updates!
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