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Group fights to stop aquarium's dolphin plans

VANCOUVER (CKNW/AM980) -- The Coalition for No Whales in Captivity has retained legal counsel to fight aquarium plans to bring in more dolphins.

Coalition founder Annelise Sorg says the board banned the importation of dolphins in 1996, unless they were already in captivity and had been captured prior to that date. Sorg says it's a loophole that must be closed.

Sorg and former park board commissioners Donna Morgan and Tim Louis, who is now a city councilor, will be one of several delegations appearing before next Monday's Park Board meeting to make that argument.