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THE PERFECT PAIR DOLPHIN TRILOGY IS PLEASED TO PRESENT AUTHOR MOOKY COLT: Canada allows Orca to Suffer

30/7/2021

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​MookyColt @taxmadnessgov #Don'tbuyaTicket #CetaceanCruelty #OceanInfluences #OCEANTHUNDER #ORCALOVE #PreservationOfWildlife #SayNotoSeaWorld #SeaShepherdHeroes #StolenSeas #TalkinginRealTime #JustinTrudeau #Kiska #LastOrcainCaptivity #Marineland #ReleaseHertothewild or #Sanctuary

http://6ix.buzz/footage-of-marinelands-last-orca-crying-out-for-help-while-in-captivity-is-sparking-public-anger-video/

#FreeKiska the female Orca alone and exposed to the hot sun, without cover in a shallow tank waiting and calling.

All her 5 calves died in Niagara Falls through captivity.

The age of Kiska is reported to be approximately 39 years old.
  • Article
  • https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/07/video-marineland-orca-revives-calls-shut-park-down/
Animal lovers and activists have long been decrying the continued operations of Marineland, the Niagara Falls attraction criticized for many of its practices — namely, the decades-long captivity of intelligent wildlife in sub-standard conditions.

Ongoing protests, petitions and more have helped lead to new legislation such as the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, passed in 2019, but the 60-year-old park still remains open, to much controversy.

Newly-released footage of one of the most well-known animals in the zoo, a lonely killer whale named Kiska, has reignited the indignation of those who believe such creatures deserve a far better quality of life — ideally, one in the wild — than Marineland can provide.

Hopefully the renewed calls to action, as well as the findings of the welfare inspection, will mean that Kiska and other tenured Marineland residents can be relocated to a sanctuary or otherwise have their environment and quality of life improved in some major ways.
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Marineland did not say in the documents how many whales have died. Both the province and Marineland did not answer questions about the deaths.

How long has Kiska been alone? Emaciated, toothless, isolated for 7 years at Marineland in Canada, Kiska lost her five children, her companion and her friend. The brain gnawed by memories, she gradually immerses herself into madness. Nov. 29, 2018

Marineland owns the vast majority of living whales and dolphins in Canada, according to the whale-tracking site Cetabase. The park has an estimated 51 beluga whales, five bottlenose dolphins and a 40-year-old killer whale at its facility in Niagara Falls, according to Cetabase data and media reports. The park has not confirmed those exact numbers.

Marineland says it remains confident that it complies with all aspects of the new bill, which is awaiting royal assent. The park claims the exemption for its whales “acknowledged Marineland’s role as a custodian for the cetacean populations that call Marineland home, and specifically acknowledged that Marineland Canada’s actions are not inherently animal cruelty.”
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The bill passed by the Senate does not explicitly mention Marineland or animal cruelty.

Please feel free to make comment on this blog, which was originally published by manvsspecies.wordpress.com

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14 Comments
Gary Wellings link
1/8/2021 16:47:29

Marineland Canada has since banned Cetatean captivity of but existing Orca remain captive. Makes no sense in my mind.
Specific Details on the ban regulation listed
Love that post
#FreeKista 🇨🇦

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David C Holroyd link
3/8/2021 14:04:57

We love the post, too, Gary. We agree wholeheartedly that keeping Kiska captive does not make sense to the public. However, having worked in the captive cetacean industry, this comes as no surprise to me. Dolphins and orcas are worth huge amounts of money. A wild dolphin sells to the aqua circus for around £150,000, so the value of an orca must be immense. In other words, Marineland Canada will never release Kiska unless the Canadian government enforces its new law ... or Marineland gets financial compensation. Sad, but true.

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Leotien Parlevliet
2/8/2021 11:00:43

This blog post gives the captured Marine mammals and animals who have to endure suffer, abuse, pollution, through human actions, full attention and a voice. Great work.

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David and Tracy link
3/8/2021 14:13:40

Thank you for your comment and support, Leotien. Our website is happy to give all activists a platform; a chance to have their say and promote the work that they are doing for those who have no voice. So, as we have done with you, we invite all activists to take up our offer of a blog. Only together are we strong. As for poor Kiska, we pray that the Canadian government will do the right thing by her. Thanks again, Leotien - always good to hear from you!

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Craig Nico
12/8/2021 17:29:20

What is the one common denominator here?
Before I get into that, I would like to say that this post is truly spectacular and extremely on point about the cetas that have been stolen from the ocean, ripped from their families, and - in the end – driven insane.
Like I said, the one common denominator is the fact that the multimillion-dollar corporations that own them will look for any loophole, exploit any way, to keep these animals in their pool prisons.
The one thing I can definitely say is the more I learn about the plight of these whales and dolphins, the more passionately I feel that something should and must be done about their welfare. NO blowback. NO lame excuses. NO longwinded drawn-out time frames. NOTHING!!! Just unconditional progress. These whales deserve it. And we need to be their voice.

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David C Holroyd (aka David Capello) link
13/8/2021 10:10:38

A well-written post about a very informative blog. And, as usual, Nico, you have hit the nail on the head. As an ex-head trainer for a major UK conglom, I ask all who read this comment to please take note.

Money is paramount. Captive dolphins and whales are merely assets to raise the profit margins of the conglom that owns the venue.

The cost of a wild dolphin destined for the aqua circus now stands at an incredible £150,000 from Taiji. As for the price of an orca - goodness only knows!

Once these Atlanteans have been partly-trained, their price doubles at the very least. When fully-trained, it quadruples or more.

With these figures in mind, ask yourselves, what company in its right mind would give such expensive assets their freedom?

So, don't listen to the blatant propaganda that the owners of these money-grabbing venues spew out, because your own common sense tells you that they are lying.

Need I say more?

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Gary Wellings aka Mooky Colt link
20/11/2021 16:33:43

#Talkon,it's a getgo as in #gameon,
As #Kista floats isolated and deprived of companionship the loopholes in the statutes await her release to a sanctuary.Read carefully the aim of the written crimunal code as sourced in the link below. I'm not a lawyer but there seems a possible opening for her if the court favoured her sanction.

.S., c. C-46Criminal Code

2 The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 445.1:

Marginal note:Definition of cetacean

445.2 (1) In this section, cetacean includes any member of the cetacean order, including a whale, dolphin or porpoise.

Marginal note:Offence

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (3.1), every one commits an offence who

(a) owns, has the custody of or controls a cetacean that is kept in captivity;

(b) breeds or impregnates a cetacean; or

(c) possesses or seeks to obtain reproductive materials of cetaceans, including sperm or an embryo.

Marginal note:Exception

(3) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply to a person who

(a) owns, has the custody of or controls a cetacean that is kept in captivity at the coming into force of this section and remains continuously in captivity thereafter;

(b) has the custody of or controls a cetacean that is kept in captivity for the purpose of providing it with assistance or care or to rehabilitate it following an injury or another state of distress; or

(c) is authorized to keep a cetacean in captivity in the best interests of the cetacean’s welfare pursuant to a licence issued by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province or by such other person or authority in the province as may be specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

.S., c. C-46Criminal Code

2 The Criminal Code is amended by adding the following after section 445.1:

Marginal note:Definition of cetacean

445.2 (1) In this section, cetacean includes any member of the cetacean order, including a whale, dolphin or porpoise.

Marginal note:Offence

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (3.1), every one commits an offence who

(a) owns, has the custody of or controls a cetacean that is kept in captivity;

(b) breeds or impregnates a cetacean; or

(c) possesses or seeks to obtain reproductive materials of cetaceans, including sperm or an embryo.

Marginal note:Exception

(3) Paragraph (2)(a) does not apply to a person who

(a) owns, has the custody of or controls a cetacean that is kept in captivity at the coming into force of this section and remains continuously in captivity thereafter;

(b) has the custody of or controls a cetacean that is kept in captivity for the purpose of providing it with assistance or care or to rehabilitate it following an injury or another state of distress; or

(c) is authorized to keep a cetacean in captivity in the best interests of the cetacean’s welfare pursuant to a licence issued by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of a province or by such other person or authority in the province as may be specified by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

As noted above in section 445.2 para 3 c)
states "best interests of the cetatcean's welfare pursuant to a licence issued.

SOURCE https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/annualstatutes/2019_11/page-1.html

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David and Tracy link
21/11/2021 12:59:08

We aren't lawyers, but we wondered which orgs are attempting to have Kiska removed to a sanctuary. Is anyone taking legal action? As we would interpret it, this legislation does indeed apply to Kiska in that she is being kept prisoner against the best interests of her welfare. However, the clause 3a "... owns, has the custody of or controls a cetacean that is kept in captivity at the coming into force of this section and remains continuously in captivity thereafter ..." is listed as an exception. We interpret this as any owner already in possession of a captive cetacean is exempt. Do you agree? Basically, It sounds like a get-out clause, allowing owners to hold on to their big-money prisoners without redress - which basically undermines the whole issue. Who's working on this case? Do you know?

Kathy Harrison
27/9/2021 18:03:25

Thank you Mookie Colt for shining a light on this! When that bill was passed we all celebrated it as a victory for our beautiful cetaceans being held in captivity. I know I thought that this is a real coup for anti captivity activists. We thought... If Canada does it other countries would surely follow. Boy were we fooled! How can people be so heartless? That magnificent orca lost her 5 calves, and is now kept in a small pool to mourn her loss. It makes me cry thinking about what she goes through on a daily basis; much like Lolita in Miami' s Seaquarium. Thank you again for shining a light on this atrocity! Its always about GREED

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David and Tracy link
28/9/2021 09:02:55

Having worked in the captive industry, it comes as no surprise to me that this orca is still languishing in a concrete bowl. As I have always said, captive orcas and dolphins are worth too much money for these profit-fixated venues to grant them freedom. Thus, I repeat, this vile industry is not - and never has been - about education, conservation or cetacean welfare. It is about wringing every last buck out of the orca or dolphin imprisoned.

Thank you again, Kathy, for your excellent response to this Mooky Colt blog.

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Kerry
27/9/2021 22:04:43

I live close to this Marineland and used to visit all the time when I was a kid, before I knew how horrible lives in captivity was for sea creatures.
This beautiful girl is the reason I fell in love with orcas - I only went to see Kiska and didn’t care for much else.
It breaks my heart to see how much she’s suffering. I haven’t been to the park in years and I will never go back.

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David Capello link
28/9/2021 09:09:18

As an ex-head ceta trainer who turned whistle-blower, I am all too aware of the distress suffered by captive dolphins and whales. I am also very familiar with the lying propaganda that is constantly fed to the public by the marine parks and dolphinaria ... because I used to spout the same claptrap.

However, like you, Kerry, I learned the error of my ways. So, I implore anyone who feeds this vile industry with their hard-earned cash NOT to buy a ticket.

Thank you, Kerry, for reaching out and sharing your feelings.

(David Capello - ex-head ceta trainer)

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Clou Herd
29/9/2021 02:10:31

Disgusting that captivity of these complex SEA mammals continues.
Get these mammals out of swimming pools and into sea sanctuaries. It’s the only humane action we can take at this point.

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David Capello link
29/9/2021 11:01:44

As a former head trainer, I learned first-hand about the special characteristics and qualities of cetaceans, and to leave these super-intelligent beings trapped in a concrete bowl inflicts nothing short of torture. The reason why I spend much of my time pushing for Atlanteans to be re-classified as non-human persons. This is something I passionately believe, as I experienced their magical "connection" - the same connection that governments exploit to turn dolphins into super-soldiers.

Sadly, many activists do not believe in this Atlantean connection and ridicule it. By doing this, they are not only undermining the cause they claim to support, but they are also showing their ignorance of the theory behind telepathy, which many prominent quantum physicists ascribe to "entanglement".

Thank you for your insightful and informed comment, Clou - and for giving me the opportunity to sound off.

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