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Military’s bomb plan could hurt ocean life

  • JO KERNS / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

    A total of 36 animals could sustain permanent hearing loss, the Air Force said, based on density estimates for various marine species. The humpback whale, sei whale, minke whale, pygmy sperm whale, dwarf sperm whale and Fraser’s dolphin are some of the mammals listed that could be harmed.

The Air Force is proposing to conduct live-fire tests of missiles and other ordnance in and above the ocean about 50 miles west of Kauai. Read more

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