Costa Rica Bans Whale and Dolphin Hunting
Costa Rica -- January 22, 2008: Whales and dolphins join the ranks of the free in Costa Rica, following a decree signed Saturday by President Oscar Arias protecting these marine mammals in all of Costa Rica's expansive ocean territory. The decree forbids the "pursuit, capture, injury, netting or commercialization" of all whale and dolphin species on the country's expansive, 640,000 square-kilometer marine territory, the largest in Central America.
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