Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act | |
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Parliament of Canada | |
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Citation | S.C. 2019, c. 11 |
Enacted by | Parliament of Canada |
Royal assent | 2019-06-21 |
Effective | 2019-06-21 |
Legislative history | |
Bill title | S-203 |
Introduced by | Wilfred Moore |
First reading | 2015-12-08 |
Second reading | 2016-11-23 |
Third reading | 2018-10-23 |
First reading | 2018-10-29 |
Second reading | 2019-02-01 |
Third reading | 2019-06-10 |
Amends | |
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Status: In force |
The Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act (French: Loi visant à mettre fin à la captivité des baleines et des dauphins) is an act of the Parliament of Canada. Passed into law in 2019, the Act bans the capture and keeping in captivity of cetaceans (the biological taxon comprising whales, dolphins, and porpoises). There is a grandfather clause for cetaceans in captivity when the law first came into force, and other exceptions, such as where a provincial government has issued a licence to keep cetaceans for research purposes.