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Indeed, dolphins are the second most encephalized animals on the planet, after humans. They have larger brains than humans, and the ratio of brain to body size for dolphins is greater than that for the great apes. The argument begins with the extreme intelligence of dolphins. It seems like this is a good time to revise and repost an old piece of mine that I originally published in May, 2010, on whether human rights ought to be extended to whales and dolphins:Ī recent commentary in Science argues that dolphins should be considered people.

Using the thirteenth amendment as a tool, however, is not only unreasonable, but inappropriate.

But let me be perfectly clear: the question of whether whales and other cetaceans should be kept in captivity is a discussion worth having. I am not a legal scholar, so I can not comment on whether or not such a lawsuit could be effective. According to The Guardian, the suit, which was 'filed late on Tuesday in a US district court in San Diego, lists five performing orcas at SeaWorld's parks in California and Florida – Tilikum, Katina, Corky, Kasatka and Ulises – as the plaintiffs in the complaint.' You might recall that Tilikum was the whale involved in an unfortunate incident in 2010 in which a trainer was killed. And that SeaWorld's keeping of captive killer whales violates the whales' thirteenth amendment rights. But here's where the story seems to go off the rails: the argument is that the thirteenth amendment of the US Constitution, which abolished slavery, applies to killer whales. So far, this is a fairly unsurprising story, and one that may have merit enough to debate. Their claim is that SeaWorld should not be holding killer whales in captivity. An animal rights group has sued SeaWorld.

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