The Vancouver Aquarium will no longer be housing cetaceans at its Stanley Park facility, the organization announced Thursday.
The move comes on the heels of the Vancouver Park Boardsa国际传媒檚 .
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sa国际传媒淗aving significantly contributed to tens of millions of people caring about whales and dolphins over the past four decades, Vancouver Aquarium will now focus on raising awareness of ocean issues impacting other marine animals and will no longer display cetaceans at its facility, with the exception of doing what is best for Pacific white-sided dolphin Helen and any need to use the Aquarium for the temporary accommodation of a rescued cetacean,sa国际传媒� said Vancouver Aquarium CEO Dr. John Nightingale.
The aquarium has only one cetacean remaining; a Pacific white-sided dolphin named Helen.
Helen, who is in her early 30s, was rescued when she got tangled up in a fishing net in Japan.
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Two belugas, Qila and Aurora, in November 2016.
PETA executive vice president Tracy Reiman said that sa国际传媒渢he Vancouver Aquarium has finally yielded to the sea change of public opinion and agreed not to sentence any more cetaceans to a miserable life and a premature death in a cramped tank.sa国际传媒�
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