Singapore warned on dolphin imports

Solomon Stars, 31 Dec 2008

SINGAPORE has been cautioned not to accept the bottlenose dolphins exported from the Solomon Islands.

Chairman of the Mexican Congress, Committee of Environment, Natural Resources and Fisheries Senator Jorge Legorreta wrote to the Singapore Minister for National Development Mah Bau Tan on this.

This was after the recent shipment of bottlenose dolphins from here to the Philippines, which will be later transferred to Singapore. Another consignment is reported to be shipped from here soon.

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