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Stop The Vancouver Aquarium Captivity Expansion!
posted on March 15, 2014
The Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park started the orca slave trade and has a history of wildlife exploitation. They are planning to make their largest expansion to date. This will be with Canadian tax monies and donations that include polluters such as Teck Mining. These plans include more cetaceans!
In addition, it includes river otters (that Vancouverites voted against during a 90s referendum to close the Stanley Park Zoo), beaver (who are found living freely in Stanley Park), and suggested Arctic Foxes and other wildlife.
As of August 2012 at least 39 cetaceans died as a result of this Aquarium’s captivity. This includes 9 orcas, 7 narwhals, 10 Belugas, and 13 Pacific white-sided dolphins. They have also “loaned” 3 belugas to US Sea Worlds.
Read more at the Vancouver SADquarium Facebook. This includes the video of the Aquarium beluga hunters attacking Lifeforce volunteers. One hunter was charged.
Vancouver SADquarium.
You Can Help!
History has proven that More Pools Means Captive Cetaceans and other wildlife. Further, the ongoing expansions destroy precious park land that provides natural habitat for a diversity of wildlife. Stanley Park is a free eco classroom.
Lifeforce spearheaded the fight for the 1996 Cetacean Bylaw to phase out all cetacean captivity. We must improve this Bylaw that the Vancouver Aquarium vehemently opposed and got watered down. We must give the public a referendum vote in the November 2014 Vancouver Civic Election.
Please Email: Vancouver Parks Board Commissioners at pbcomment@vancouver.ca and Mayor and Councillors at mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca;
Boycott the Vancouver Aquarium! Support a Waterless Education Centre! Support the true Rescue and Rehabilitation Facilities in BC and WA!
More information at www.lifeforcefoundation.org
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