Guest guest Posted August 1, 2001 Report Share Posted August 1, 2001 461-1755 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC CANADA V6G 3B7 Tel: (604) 736-9514 Fax: (604) 264-0653 E-mail: annelise Web: www.whaleprotection.org/cfnwic JULY 31, 2001 Aquarium supports Japanese dolphin slaughter and imports a new dolphin Today the Vancouver Aquarium informed the Vancouver Park Board by fax of the arrival of a new dolphin imported this morning into Stanley Park. The new dolphin was bought from a dolphinarium in Osaka, Japan - an aquarium which regularly purchases dolphins from bloody dolphin drives where hundreds of animals are slaughtered on the beach and a selected few are sold to dolphinariums around the world. It is dolphinariums like this one in Vancouver that finance and support the cruelty of killing and capturing dolphins. For more information and video footage of a Japanese dolphin drive, please visit the website: http://stream.realimpact.net/?file=realimpact/peta/dolphin.rm A Park Board bylaw restricts the aquarium from importing dolphins captured after September 1996. The Coalition For No Whales In Captivity warned the board in April that the aquarium was planning to bring dolphins from Japan. At the April presentation, the board was shown the video of a dolphin drive in Ikki Island, Japan. Chairwoman Laura McDiarmid gave her personal guarantee to Annelise Sorg, director of the Coalition For No Whales In Captivity, that the aquarium would inform the board of any new dolphins it planned to import into Stanley Park well before the arrival of any new animals. This was necessary in order to review documentation and confirm that new dolphins met the bylaw's restrictions. Park Board Commissioner Roslyn Cassells is outraged at the aquarium's disregard for process: " Bringing a new dolphin into Stanley Park without first advising the commissioners is a flagrant disregard for the wishes of the public and the authority of the Vancouver Park Board. " Send your protest letters to: Vancouver Park Board Commissioners Commissioner Roslyn Cassells <rcassells Commissioner Laura McDiarmid <laura_mcdiarmid Commissioner Duncan Wilson <duncan_wilson Commissioner Dianne Ledingham <dianne_ledingham Commissioner Clarence Hansen <chhansen Commissioner Christopher Richardson <chrisgiv Commissioner Alan deGenova <adegenova Vancouver Aquarium President and CEO John Nightingale <nightij The Coalition is unable to hold a demonstration outside the Vancouver Aquarium at this time, but will support any other groups and individuals who wish to stage a protest. Thanks. Annelise Sorg, Director Coalition For No Whales In Captivity annelise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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