Ontario pushes federal government to approve Marineland whale transfer to China and Nova Scotia.
Posted by Novel_Negotiation224@reddit | whales | View on Reddit | 7 comments
SandhogDig@reddit
Federal Government should take over at the expense of Marineland & Ontario Government. Who are the idiots that approved of Beluga’s breeding? resulted in 30 whales!!!!
Half_baked_prince@reddit
Marineland executives need to see the inside of a cell or worse
Novel_Negotiation224@reddit (OP)
The belugas that are intended to be sent to China, which were previously rejected by the federal government, are still being requested by China. The federal government must approve this transfer; they should do so in the name of humanity, animal rights, and the right to life of all living beings. This is a great opportunity; lessons from past disasters must be taken into account, and immediate action is required. China’s intention is not to euthanize these whales; in the past, belugas have also been sent to China. Setting political considerations aside, they must be completely protected from the risk of dying at Marineland; this is essential.
SuggestedContent@reddit
What should be done is a forced sale of Marineland’s property and land and the proceedings used to support the whales in place until a suitable facility/sanctuary is found. Allowing a transfer to China allows Marineland to abandon their responsibility to the whales and still profit from the sale of the land they purchased by exploiting these whales.
Suspicious-Waltz4746@reddit
This all the way! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I’ve been saying the exact same.
Tokihome_Breach6722@reddit
Three Marinelands are now defunct, in Ontario, Florida, and France, with 30 belugas, a dozen dolphins, and two orcas, respectively, left stranded with no solutions in sight for any of the unfortunate remaining cetaceans. Add to that the 30 dolphin parks with about 200 dolphins formerly owned by the bankrupt Dolphin Company, also needing somewhere to retire to. Clearly the public is simply not supporting or tolerating captive whale and dolphin displays any longer. In 1993, at the biennial conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy in Galveston, Ken (Balcomb) proposed to set up a working committee to study how to return or retire captive whales and dolphins to ocean settings, but he found no support. So at this time there is no established scientific literature or guidance to advise efforts to move captive whales and dolphins to marine habitats. So now we see a wide range of opinions to inform efforts to rescue the sudden disaster of surplus cetaceans. One of the best sources of good information is on our Orca Network captivity page (https://indigo-ukulele-jm29.squarespace.com/scientific-papers/captivity-studies), including Ken's List of Cetacean Releases (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f10c9d880c01a17a809161e/t/609da91d55413a3d159cb81e/1620945181717/Appendix+C+-+Releases.pdf) and Bibliography of Cetacean Releases (https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f10c9d880c01a17a809161e/t/5f418bb096cb8352b44579b6/1598131121380/Appendix+D+-+Bibliography.pdf).
I believe what’s needed is an evidence-based, structured conversation to examine pertinent issues, ideally led by a government or Society for Marine Mammalogy entity to assess the capabilities of whales and dolphins to adapt to natural seawater settings in various circumstances and types of caretaking. There is no consensus on how to retire them to ocean settings. The prevailing belief is that it would kill them, but the record shows most of the captives would adapt and even benefit in natural seawater in well designed conditions
Dave-is-here@reddit
Ontario Solicitor General Michael Kerzner is an idiot, one minute: "not in Ontario’s jurisdiction", the next "Well, we are responsible for the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act".