Our long, troubled relationship with whales—the largest, oldest, most mysterious creatures on the planet. - By Philip Hoare - Slate Magazine

Our long, troubled relationship with whales—the largest, oldest, most mysterious creatures on the planet. - By Philip Hoare - Slate Magazine: "I saw my first whale in a safari park outside London—a captive orca named Ramu—back in the early 1970s. As it ran through its routine, it was clear to me, even then, that this wasn't the right way to keep a wild animal. That much was clear from the way the whale's huge six foot dorsal fin had flopped over—a detumescent symbol of its emasculated state."