انتبهت عام 2007 لقضّية ارتطام الحيتان حين علمنا بنفوق 4 حيتان على الأقل بعد اصطدامها بسفنٍ جنوبيّ "كاليفورنيا" خلال بضع أشهر
I first became aware of the ship strike issue in 2007, when we had at least four blue whales that were struck and killed by ships just in Southern California in a few months' period.