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News cycles are weird faddish things. Don't mistake news for any sort of reality.
Back in 1988, multiple countries sent ice breaking boats to the arctic to save 3 whales. It was a whole news cycle very similar to this.
Was that concern translated to concern and action to help whales in general? Nope. People only cared about those specific 3 whales.