India has taken a revolutionary step by declaring cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises, whales) to be non-human persons and thus making the commercial marine trade immoral.
Previously, countries like Costa Rica, United Kingdom and Hungary passed the same bill which sees dolphins and similar marine mammals are being highly intelligent and worthy of their own rights. As a result, no cetaceans are allowed to be kept captive especially not for entertainment purposes.
Scientists have long been trying to make people realise that cetaceans are incredibly intelligent and deserve better treatment than they receive in most captive situations. In 2010, a number of scientist wrote the Declaration of Rights for Cetaceans in which they explained their research and proposed declaring the mammals non-human persons.
Do you think we should declare cetaceans non-human persons in Canada and the United States as well?