For the Birds Radio Program: Tragic Albatross News
Original Air Date: June 14, 2005
BirdLife International and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds banded some albatrosses and tracked them through migration to publicize longline fishing methods that kill albatrosses and how fishermen can prevent and mitigate the losses. Last year’s race was a great success, but this year every one of the birds died along the way.
