(Elaine Thompson/AP)Canada has banned the practice of keeping dolphins, whales and porpoises in captivity after a long-fought-for piece of legislation passed resoundingly Monday. The Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, first introduced in 2015, outlaws the practice, as well as the trade, possession, capture and breeding of cetaceans. In 2015, the California Coastal Commission banned the breeding of orcas in captivity. He told The Washington Post that he did not believe that keeping whales in captivity was ethical. Orcas are social animals too, he said, forming societies along matrilineal lines.

Source: Washington Post June 11, 2019 02:15 UTC