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Shipping giant MSC changes course to save Sri Lanka whales A blue whale swims in the deep waters off the southern Sri Lankan town of Mirissa. Animal rights activists yesterday cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course to avoid collisions with blue whales, the world’s largest mammals, in Sri Lankan waters – AFP Source:FT AFP: On Friday, Animal rights activists cheered a move by a shipping giant to alter course in Sri Lankan waters to avoid collisions with blue whales, the world’s largest mammals.   The island’s southern coast has an unusually high density of blue whales, classed as endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, and is one of the world’s busiest international shipping lanes. Campaigners believe more than a dozen of the gigantic animals – the largest ever to have lived on Earth at up to 30 metres long and 150 tons – have been ...