Autopsies carried out on the dolphins this year by La Rochelle University's National Center for Scientific Research show extreme levels of mutilation. But animal rights group Sea Shepherd said they do not go far enough, and has already decried such measures as "useless." "The government needs to take responsibility and act — especially Macron, who said he wanted to protect ecology," Lamya Essemlali, President of Sea Shepherd France, told The Associated Press. Sea Shepherd explained the ecological crisis as stemming from unprecedented demand for low-cost fish. "Right now, the sea bass that is being caught by the trawlers that kill dolphins, you can find on the French market for eight euros-per-kilo ($9)," she said.

Source: ABC News March 28, 2019 16:07 UTC