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INDIA BANS CAPTIVE DOLPHIN SHOWS 05/24/2013

India has, along with Costa Rica, Hungary and Chile, banned captive dolphin and orca shows. India has declared that cetaceans' high level of intelligence grants them the status of "non-human persons," which elevates the animals' rights. The new law partly stems from the fact that cetaceans do not historically fare well in captivity. India's Ministry of the Environment and Forests stated in the ban, "Confinement in captivity can seriously compromise the welfare and survival of all types of cetaceans by altering their behaviour and causing extreme distress." According to Treehugger, the statement also bans "any person / persons, organizations, government agencies, private or public enterprises that involves import, capture of cetacean species to establish for commercial entertainment, private or public exhibition and interaction purposes whatsoever."

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