ALEXANDRA MA: ‘Wikie, a 16-year-old orca in France, made headlines… after audio was released showing that she’d learned how to mimic human speech. But while many were amazed by the sound of an orca recreating words including “hello,” “bye bye,” and “one, two, three,” animal rights activists were furious. Four animal rights organisations told Business … Continue reading Whale learning to speak human words is a ‘circus act’ to distract from the cruelty of her captivity