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Minister opposes transfer of whales from French aquarium to Japan

An orca swims in a pool water of the Marineland theme park on the French riviera city of Antibes, southeastern France, on 17 March 2016. AFP - VALERY HACHE

France's Minister of Ecological Transition Agnès Pannier-Runacher has announced that she is opposed to the transfer of the two remaining orcas from the Marineland park to Japan due to its lack of extensive "regulations" on animal welfare.

Wikie and Keijo are the last two orcas, living in captivity at Marineland in Antibes in the south of France.

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