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Remembering Captive Orca Junior: Kept in concrete warehouse at Marineland Canada for last five years of life

29/8/2012

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Following news of the recent allegations of sub-standard animal care against Marineland (Canada), the Orca Aware team felt that it is important to share the story of ORCA JUNIOR: 

Junior was captured off the Icelandic coast in 1984 and died in 1994 at Marineland, where he was contained in an indoor warehouse, mostly alone, for the last 5 years of his life.

This article takes a look at what became of Junior's life, with a video interview from Cara Sands who uncovered this tragedy and footage of the conditions Junior was kept in. It also investigates the laws and regulations governing the keeping of marine mammals in Canada, as well as the history of marine mammal care at Marineland. 

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1247062--marineland-readers-activists-demand-change-regarding-care-of-sea-mammals
 
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Photo: Cara Sands / Friends of the Dolphins
7 Comments
Wanda Gaspich link
26/5/2015 10:33:09 am

when u see injustice, no matter what obstacles there r-u do something about it! There r enuff people who wood do anythng to save the lives of these Orcas/Do it...whatever it takes.

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Ben
8/5/2018 06:41:27 pm

Exactly

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Chase Ellis
30/1/2017 02:51:34 pm

This shows how captivity is wrong for beautiful and intelligent animals like orcas. They need to go to a sanctuary.

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Ssg998 link
7/3/2017 07:26:13 pm

This is cruel to these intelligent animals, kept in captivity for their lives.

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Industrial Racking Systems link
19/7/2018 02:03:22 am

Your blog provided us with valuable information to work with. Each & every tips of your post are awesome. Thanks a lot for sharing. Keep blogging..

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Sandra Utsinger
11/3/2019 12:34:10 am

Captivity is cruel.

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josiah
2/3/2020 02:58:14 pm

this is cruel and unfair to the animal to be tooken away and held against it's will

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