Keeping whales and dolphins in captivity will no longer be allowed across Canada under legislation that passed Monday, drawing celebrations from activists and politicians who called it a significant development for animal rights.
The federal bill, which now only requires royal assent to become law, will phase out the practice of holding cetaceans—such as whales, dolphins, and porpoises—in captivity, but grandfathers in those that are already being kept at two facilities in the country.
