Took a trip to the Aquarium yesterday to photograph the whales and dolphins for the front of the Globe’s BC section.  I am kind of stuck on the issue, I don’t think those tanks are any place for these amazing animals but I guess a lot of them have been born in captivity and couldn’t survive in the wild.  Still, it’s kind of heartbreaking to see them in there. Coincidentally, I was just reading this article: http://outside.away.com/outside/culture/201007/killer-whale-behavior-trainer-death-seaworld.html in Outside magazine (I usually read it every month.)  It’s worth a read, and outlines a lot of what has happened with killer whales in aquariums.  Sad stuff.

July 19, 2010 -  Vancouver, BC – Visitors watch as a Pacific white-sided dolphin swims at the Vancouver Aquarium on Monday.  Vancouver’s park commissioners voted Monday night to reject a motion urging a non-binding plebiscite concerning the whale and dolphin exhibits at the city’s aquarium for next year’s civic election.