FIRST -- Government to Protect Elephant Seals - San Simeon, CA
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N 35° 39.814 W 121° 15.507
10S E 657634 N 3948031
One of a few interruptive signs at the Point Piedras vista point, home of the Elephant Seals.
Waymark Code: WMWW4B
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2017
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The sign says, "In the late 1800s whalers discovered elephant seal blubber yielded extremely high quality oil. Hunted by the thousands for several decades, these animals were thought to be extinct until a small group was found on Gaudalupe Island off the coast of Baja California. All northern elephant seals today are descended from that remnant population.
In 1992 Mexico became the first government to protect elephant seals, followed by the United States. Today elephant seals are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1922
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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