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The Truth About The Vancouver Aquarium
posted on March 2, 2006
Published in the North Shore Outlook, Mar 02 2006
Editor,
Your recent story about the Vancouver Aquarium was full of untruthful, misleading statements.
First, the Vancouver Aquarium harpooned, not rescued, the first killer whale that ended up in captivity. They wanted to kill one to use as a model for a sculpture. The orca slowly starved to death.
Secondly, the first beluga born in captivity was because the mother was pregnant when captured - the baby died prematurely. Also, all three orca babies also died within a few months.
Thirdly, sea otters captured during the Valdez oil spill were to be released not kept for blood experiments etc. In addition, the "star Clamchops" drowned when trapped under a water gate. Two months later the media discovered the truth about Clamchop's inhumane death.
It has been animal protection organizations that have raised public awareness about the plight of marine wildlife. They have and will continue to save them from continued threats such as the zoo multi-million dollar industry.
I urge everyone to tell their politicians to stop the lucrative government funding of this cruel, exploitive entertainment business. If not, the aquarium will continue to imprison more animals.
Peter Hamilton
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