Petition updateEND CETACEAN CAPTIVITY AT VANCOUVER AQUARIUM!

Time to End Aquatic Circuses Too!

Peter HamiltonVancouver, Canada
Jan 16, 2017 — Re: Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus recently announced it was closing after 146 years, citing falling ticket sales, high operating costs and changing public tastes in entertainment. The first bans on wild and domestic animal acts in circuses were in Saanich and Victoria. As a result of Lifeforce investigations of circuses, Saanich and then Victoria were the first cities in the world to ban all animal acts - both domestic and wild animal acts in 1991. Based on Lifeforce investigations of a circus in Burnaby, these bylaws banned both domestic and wild animal acts in circuses and other types of shows. The Victoria SPCA with a veterinarian confirmed our findings. In addition to lions, tigers, monkeys, and elephants; the horses, dogs, and birds were injured and subjected to abuses. Now it is time to stop aquatic aquarium circuses! We hope that the Vancouver Park Board will strengthen the 1996 Cetacean Bylaw to phase out the captivity as was intended! They will discuss it on January 23rd. Their email is pbcomment@city.vancouver.bc.ca For further information: lifeforcesociety@hotmail.com
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