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Tag: The Captive Animal Care Standards

  • Zoos Are Consumers Of Elephants Not Conservers

    Zoos Are Consumers Of Elephants Not Conservers

    In Defense of Animals has released its respected annual list of the Ten Worst Zoos For Elephants for 2016, exposing the shocking hidden suffering of elephants in zoos in North America. The list reveals captivity-related deaths, abuse with weapons, grossly inadequate conditions, families ripped apart, elephants torn from Africa and shipped to US zoos, elephants…

  • Niagara Falls Ontario Marineland Shamed As Worst Aquarium In Canada

    Niagara Falls Ontario Marineland Shamed As Worst Aquarium In Canada

    International animal protection organization, In Defense of Animals, today released its list of the Ten Worst Tanks for Dolphins and Whales in North America, with Ontario’s Marineland shamed as the worst aquarium in Canada, and second overall. The facility is listed as having the ‘starkest contrast’ between a ‘solitary orca and beluga whale hoarding’ while Canada’s…