Send Thanks to India for Recognizing Dolphins as Non-human Persons and Giving them Rights

India has officially recognized dolphins as non-human persons, whose rights to life and liberty must be respected. 

Dolphin parks that were being built across the country will instead be shut down. 

India's Ministry of Environment and Forests has advised state governments 

to ban dolphinariums and other commercial entertainment that involves the capture 

and confinement of cetacean species such as orcas and bottlenose dolphins. 

In a statement, the government said research had clearly established cetaceans 

are highly intelligent and sensitive, 

and that dolphins "should be seen as 'non-human persons' and as such should have their own specific rights."

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