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We Need Your Help!
posted on March 27, 2014
 Dear Friends:
Stop the Vancouver Aquarium Captivity Expansion!
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 Aquarium Facebook.
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!
Marine Life Programs
The season is quickly approaching for whale and wildlife watching on the West Coast. Commercial companies and pleasure boaters continue to violate laws to protect orcas and other marine wildlife.
Recently a March 2014 DFO Press Release stated that a Campbell River Whale Watch Operator was convicted twice. The last conviction led to a $6,000 and a 10 year ban.
There is still a lack of enforcement and strong, consistent laws. While this has greatly improved on the US side, Canada has still not released new Marine Mammal protection regulations.
While other government funded organizations are getting approximately $100,000 annually, Lifeforce gets the job done on only $10,000. Lifeforce photos have led to fines against those harassing orcas. We hope you will consider making a donation by check or through Paypal to our Marine Life Programs it is greatly needed and appreciated. See Support Lifeforce at Please Donate to Help.
Peace For All Life,
Peter Hamilton
Lifeforce Founding Director
(604)649-5258
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