“There’s never been a number this high,” said Willy Daubin, a member of La Rochelle University’s National Center for Scientific Research. Autopsies carried out on the dolphins this year by La Rochelle University’s National Center for Scientific Research show extreme levels of mutilation. “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-per-kilo),” she said.

Source: National Post March 28, 2019 16:07 UTC