All animal prisons should be shut down. Ignore zookeeper welfarists. Imagine someone saying the best way to protect indigenous people was to trap them in small reservations and remove all their autonomy... oh.... wait
I was worried it was going to go down that route when it mentioned how much better the Tokyo aquarium took care of its dolphins but thankfully it didn't and mentioned they're deeply integrated into the dolphin fishing industry.
Fantastic documentary. Thanks for sharing. Maybe also post in leftist/liberal Canadian subreddits like r/onguardforthee r/CanadaLeft?
Some updates - So the website has a slightly longer version of the documentary. It includes clips the Vancouver Aquarium had tried to remove from the documentary.
On to the laws:
Jan 2018 - VA no longer keeping whales, dolphins in captivity
Jan 2018 - Court drama b/w VA & VPB
Feb 2018 - CAN bans capture, import of cetaceans Green MP Elizabeth May also wanted investigation into Marineland and VA as failing to register as lobbyists wrt. their outreach to Con. senators.
Feb 2018 - BC SC strikes down VPB ban
Mar 2018 - VPB challenges BC SC
Mar 2018 - VA drops lawsuit against VAU documentary
May 2018 - VA CEO Nightingale announces retirement
Oct 2018 - S-203 passes Senate; bans cetacean captivity, breeding
Feb 2019 - BC CoA upholds VPD ban
Apr 2019 - S-203 passes committee
May 2019 - VA owned belugas in Marineland to be moved to VA operated aquarium in Spain
Jun 2019 - VA agrees to cetacean ban, gets 35 year lease
Sep 2019 - 2 Marineland belugas approved to move to Spain
Monterey Bay Aquarium was mentioned near the end in contrast to Vancouver Aquarium and others as a great model for combining animal welfare and research. Here's their channel and the channel of their research institute. In addition, here is a cool video about the aquarium. And a couple (1 , 2) of SciShow videos they helped make. Finally, a video about Mola mola.
