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Canada: Local authorities to ban acquisition and sale of killer whales

By  |  January 27, 2015

The Ontario government announced Tuesday a massive overhaul of conditions for captive marine mammals that include an outright ban on the acquisition and sale of killer whales.

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    The overhaul, to be announced by Community Safety Minister Yasir Naqvi, is based on a 125-page report by a team of scientists led by David Rosen from the University of British Columbia.

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    “There is a perception that a lack of transparency exists in the way that marine mammals are managed within display facilities, which contributes to concern for their well-being,” said the report.

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