Marineland Welcomes Ontario’s Community Safety Minister’s Announcement Regarding Animal Welfare

From Yahoo! Canada Finance: Marineland welcomes the announcement by Ontario’s Community Safety Minister Madeleine Meilleur in regards to animal welfare and her decision to seek independent scientific advice in the establishment of appropriate standards of care for marine mammals. The wellbeing of our animals and mammals has, and always will be, our first priority. Our…

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Spend summer with the bears

From Niagara This Week: Contrary to popular belief, Yogi Bear doesn’t spend all of his days devising ways to steal picnic baskets. This summer, at Jellystone Park in Niagara Falls he’ll have a much more constructive way to spend his time: entertaining kids in the campground’s new summer camp.

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Marineland: Allegations of poor treatment of deer, bears

From the Toronto Star: After an extensive Toronto Star investigation into the treatment of sea life at Marineland, serious allegations are now being levelled about the diet and conditions of its land animals. Casual brutality when animals need to be put down is common and substandard enclosures are prevalent, according to Jim Hammond, the former…

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Marineland in June 2011

(as you can tell, I’m trying to get caught up on some posting before the busy summer season) For several years we had Marineland passes each year. Then we went a couple of years without passes. Last year we got them again, and went half a dozen times. If you’ve been to Marineland any time…

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Cirque becoming a tradition

This article was on the Review web site a few days ago and then was pulled. It’s live again today… From the Niagara Falls Review: For years, you could count on the Shrine Circus coming to the Niagara Falls Memorial Arena every summer. But with the arena closing this summer, there’s a new circus in…

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