To the Editor:
Did anyone note the irony in the photo of the Hand’s Store’s doomed wall mural, headlined “Iconic Mural Is No More,” of the North Atlantic right whale in the March 30 edition of The SandPaper?
That mural’s destruction is exactly what is happening to the extremely endangered North Atlantic right whale population. There are less than 360 remaining and much fewer than half of those are reportedly female. Their migratory patterns conflict with busy shipping lanes.
April 6, 2022
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