porpoise

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In 2019, Canada passed a bill making it illegal to hold a whale, dolphin or porpoise captive.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

The goal now is to stop the Yangtze finless river porpoise - 1,200 of which remain in the wild, according to current estimates – from suffering the same fate.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Not only that, but over the last five years of records, porpoise numbers have gone up by nearly a quarter.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

While they would not have feasted on porpoise, a goose or pig would have been heartily consumed in a time when meat was too expensive for most people to eat regularly.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2024

"But Grandmamma," I said, "how did they know that the porpoise was actually Leif?"

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl