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The Van Aqua Circus
posted on March 20, 2009
During a recent Lifeforce investigation of the Vancouver Aquarium we found several large, painful wounds on a Steller Sea Lion being used in experiments by University of British Columbia. The wounds may be caused by harnesses strapped to them. Inquiries to the Vancouver Aquarium and UBC were not answered.
The City of Vancouver banned exotic animal acts in circuses but this aquatic circus continues. In the wild sea lions don’t stand on their flippers and they don’t wave at people. They certainly don’t kiss people – a dangerous public message. In the wild belugas don’t spit and wave at people. They certainly don’t let people put their arms down their throats. And in the wild Pacific white-sided dolphins do not jump into the air, tail walk and shake their heads on cue for dead food because they are hungry. They certainly do not jump onto stages.
Read “Circus? Or Conservation?” and “Aqua Circus”. View “Sea Lion – Freedom NOT Captivity” and “Dolpins – Freedom NOT Captivity”
Please Email the Vancouver Parks Commissioners (pbcomment@vancouver.ca) and the Mayor and Councillors (mayorandcouncil@vancouver.ca) to tell them:
The Show Must Not Go On! Stop the $120 million Aquarium Expansion that Means More Animals and More Destruction of Stanley Park Green Space.
UPDATES: Lifeforce continues to urge the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (Shea.G@parl.gc.ca ) to rehabilitate for release a Harbour porpoise named Daisy who is at the Vancouver Aquarium. We are waiting for their response.
In addition, the Vancouver Aquarium has not applied for a building permit for the $120 million expansion. It would take months to get a permit reviewed and they could miss their opening by the 2010 Winter Olympics. We are waiting to hear if this type of government spending will no longer be tolerated in these tough economic times. Monies must be spent to protect wildlife in the wild – not in captivity.
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