While most residents consider animals in captivity as beneficial to research, there is no consensus on whether whale programs should be phased out. Vancouver, BC – Following weeks of deliberations related to the Vancouver Aquarium’s whale program, residents of British Columbia are deeply divided on the issue of keeping cetaceans in captivity, a new Insights… Read more »
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Only One-in-Four Canadians Support the Seal Harvest
Just 9% are in favour of “hunting animals for sport”—the issue of zoos and aquariums is the most divisive. Vancouver, BC – Most Canadians are opposed to the seal harvest that takes place in Atlantic Canada, Quebec and the Arctic each year, a new Canada-wide Insights West poll has found. In the online survey of… Read more »