A Mother’s Love
Much like humans, mothers play an important role in killer whale culture. Killer whales are highly social, group-living animals whose social structure revolves around females. For some members of the animal kin...
Saving Southern Resident Killer Whales
By Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard
For some coastal First Nations in British Columbia, the killer whale is considered the guardian of the sea, but for killer whales on B.C.’s south coast, it’s time for humankind t...
A Win for Wild Places
Big news for Canada’s Arctic! Tallurutiup Imanga, or Lancaster Sound, is located in the rugged northeastern region of Nunavut and is recognized internationally as one of the most significant ecological areas in...
United We Stand
Over the past few weeks, we have witnessed an incredible outpouring of support from our community against a proposed ban on cetaceans – whales, dolphins, and porpoises – at the Vancouver Aquarium. On behalf of ...
Every Whale, Dolphin and Porpoise Counts
By John Nightingale, President and CEO of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre
As the Park Board is not allowing anyone to speak tonight, I wanted to share my personal thoughts on the topic of rescui...
Significant Concern Regarding the Park Board’s Proposed Ban
Thank you to all our supporters who have sent over 13,000 letters regarding the Vancouver Park Board proposed bylaw that would ban all cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) from Vancouver parks and, by ex...
Open letter to the Vancouver Park Board and citizens of Vancouver
On March 21, 2017 the European Association for Aquatic Mammals published this open letter to draw attention to the impact Vancouver Park Board's vote to ban the display of cetaceans at the Vancouver Aqu...
Important Letter From BC Teacher Re: Cetaceans in Human Care
Colin Young, a B.C. certified teacher working as the head of Curriculum Programs at Vancouver Aquarium, sent this letter to Canadian senators as they debate Bill S-203, new legislation that will negatively impa...