tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53997411702049934772011-07-31T04:00:48.178-07:00Orlando Joplingnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5399741170204993477.post-51442350550318853532008-04-21T14:41:00.001-07:002008-07-02T14:54:34.629-07:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_heifu1aAn64/SA0KMgGJ50I/AAAAAAAAA2w/2lNmqfq0qLA/s1600-h/MSCwhalestomach-1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191817155318507330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_heifu1aAn64/SA0KMgGJ50I/AAAAAAAAA2w/2lNmqfq0qLA/s400/MSCwhalestomach-1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_heifu1aAn64/R_YtlH-ntXI/AAAAAAAAA2U/MPHf4FZFOi4/s1600-h/MSCwhalestomach-1.jpg"></a><br /><div><br />The stomach contents of a Minke whale washed up on the sandy Normandy coast in 2002. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Cause of death? Starvation, from ingesting plastic bags, blocking the digestive tract and leading to a slow and painful death. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We were so horrified at what we're doing by using so many plastic bags, that we wanted as many people as possible to see it.</div><br /><div><br />We'd like to see fewer whales, dolphins, seabirds, turtles and seals killed by plastic bags. So we're trying to stop giving out plastic bags in Newington Green, North London.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5399741170204993477-5144235055031885353?l=whalestomachcontents.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Orlando Joplingnoreply@blogger.com41