New Dolphinarium in Canada?

Dear All,

On September 23, Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario acquired 6 wild bottlenose dolphins from Russia. They were captured individually and are being held in a separate tank. It seems that Marineland is pondering what to do with them now.

The Edmonton Mall has already agreed to stop replacing dolphins dying in that awful indoor abusement park, so chances are the new dolphins aren't going there.

Because they were captured from the wild, they can't come to the Vancouver Aquarium either - unless Marineland puts the new dolphins on display and sells the "old" ones to the Vancouver Aquarium.

But now there's another proposed dolphinarium in Canada. The Granby Zoo in Quebec is considering expanding their marine mammal displays in order to keep captive dolphins. Just like the Vancouver Aquarium, the Granby Zoo is another Canadian so-called non-profit society profiting from displaying captive animals. The proposed dolphinarium for the Granby Zoo is still under review and I urge you to help stop it before it's too late.

We've done it before and we can do it again! In the early 1990s, the Montreal Biodome tried for years to set up a beluga whale display until public pressure forced them to give up their plans and agree not to buy any belugas at all.

Please e-mail the Granby Zoo and urge them to abandon any plans to build another dolphinarium in Canada and to not buy any Russian dolphins from Marineland.

Mr. Bernard Ricard <bernard.ricard@zoogranby.qc.ca> 
Executive Director Granby Zoo Granby, Quebec, Canada

For more info on Marineland and to protest the latest acquisition of wild dolphins from Russia, please visit Zoocheck Canada's website http://www.zoocheck.com

DON'T FORGET !!!! R A L L Y Sunday, October 8, 2000 from Noon to 2 pm outside the Vancouver Aquarium

Thanks!

Annelise Sorg, Director 
COALITION FOR NO WHALES IN CAPTIVITY 
Vancouver, B.C. Canada 
E-mail: cfnwic@whalesprotection.org