Both Vancouver Aquarium belugas die; Marineland of Canada hit with cruelty charges VANCOUVER, B.C.; NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario––November 25, 2016 was a bad day for both of Canada’s perennially embattled marine mammal parks, the Vancouver Aquarium and Marineland of Canada in Niagara Falls, Ontario. On that day the Ontario SPCA filed five cruelty […]
SeaWorld ends Shamu’s sex life
But SeaWorld will still have orcas for years to come ORLANDO, Florida; SAN DIEGO, California; PENN COVE, Washington–– Acceding to the apparent inevitable, SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. president and chief executive officer Joel Manby on March 17, 2016 announced an end to 32 years of SeaWorld efforts to breed orca whales. “Times have changed, and we […]