cetacean

Marineland in Ontario had hoped to offload the cetaceans on a theme park in Zhuhai, after suffering years of animal welfare concerns and financial woes.

“These findings underscore an urgent need for coordinated action,” said Kathi George, the Sausalito-based Marine Mammal Center’s director of cetacean conservation in a statement.

The area off Lincolnshire's coast is "a unique habitat for fish where seabirds and cetaceans feed" explained Mr Slater.

"I am convinced it pushed western society past the tipping point on the subject of captive cetaceans."

And it would benefit us, too, to stop wantonly crushing cetaceans with our boats.