Conclusion

National security is extremely important, especially after September 11, 2001, to not only the United States, but all other countries around the world. Because of the way war is conducted has now changed, so has the means and equipment to protect one’s country. In one particular instance, even though sonar has been used by the United States since World War II, the practice of it has changed from being used in deep, off-shore water to as close as four miles off shore. Unfortunately, innocent marine life, particularly species of whales, are being severely harmed and even killed because of the use of sonar.

The feeding, mating, and daily communication functions are being severely affected, causing some whales to leave their normal area all together or beaching themselves and dying onshore.
Since sonar is so widely used more and more frequently whales are beaching themselves and after further studies, have been found to have sever bleeding and around the brain. However, the members of the United States Navy have been doing their part to protect the whales by turning the sonar completely off and halting training exercises when whales are in the area. The Navy is also the largest fonder of whale research in the country. Since their most likely will never be a time where sonar becomes obsolete, the Navy and other marine biologists are each doing their part to reduce the number of whale fatalities. Whales should be respected kept off the endangered species list, but at what point are whales live more important than humans?