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Originally Posted by Acura604
this would be real bad... but i doubt the Govt will allow this to happen?
https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/04...d-permanently/
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — The Vancouver Aquarium could close for good in two months if it’s unable to secure at least $1 million a month in immediate financial support.
Lasse Gustavsson, CEO of Ocean Wise, which operates the aquarium, said it projects to lose $3.3 million a month after shutting down due to COVID-19.
“For the aquarium and Ocean Wise, the conservation organization, this is a disaster,” he added.
Ocean Wise applied for $9.5 million in emergency funding from the federal government three weeks ago, Gustavsson said, but hasn’t heard back yet. |
The CEO sounded optimistic about getting the funding necessary to help keep Vancouver Aquarium in business. The fact that they've had consistent dialogue between all branches of government, both Federally and Provincially, bodes well for them.
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Originally Posted by MG1
IMHO, there are a lot more important things to fund than keeping an aquarium "afloat" (pun intended). Keeping animals captive in a man made prison........
And before anyone says it's not all about money. I think the captive animals inside would much rather die in the wild than be spectacles behind glass.......... to die, anyway.
Trying to find a good quote about let me die without chains than live two more years without dignity........... something like that.
EDIT: I take back some of the things I’ve said. I keep mixing up the aquarium and the zoo. Ocean wise does do a good job of taking care of injured animals. Having said that, I don’t agree with the captivity of cetaceans.
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Vancouver Aquarium isn't another Seaworld or zoo/aquarium in some shit third world country. Everyone wants to lump them in with the whole "YOU'RE TERRIBLE FOR HAVING CAPTIVE ANIMALS!!!" narrative, but they do a lot of excellent work.
- They're the 4th largest aquarium in North America
- Canada's only marine mammal search and rescue facility
- I believe they're the only marine mammal search and rescue facility on the West Coast
- One of the first in the world (first in Canada) to ever receive an American Humane certification for their treatment of animals
- Animals that are rescued and rehabilitated to health are almost always released back into their natural habitat. Only animals unfit to be released will be kept in the aquarium so they have a safe place to live
- Integral marine research work
- Huge educational resource for children