Vancouver Aquarium photos - ethical practices

Not a bad fundraiser!
A great souvenir for Gramma.

It was a fun visit with the kids. The bride and groom led us about the day before the rehearsal, since they live in Vancouver and visit often. (More photos later! Here are the wedding videos.) I'm not used to being such a huge party. It was much fun.

There have been protests. I was reluctant to visit, until Caitlin did some research:

Empty the whale tanks – just not these ones

The Vancouver Aquarium is the first and only in the world to commit to not capturing cetaceans from the wild for display. It made that commitment 18 years ago. Today, the facility cares for whales, dolphins and porpoises that were either born at the aquarium or rescued and deemed non-releasable by independent government authorities.

The Graham Amazon Gallery houses the tropical critters. I created a video of a few of them: the sloth in the tree, the monkeys grooming, as well as a goose atop a tree in the park.

There were some day care groups there, all descended on poor Isabelle and Caitlin, while Izzy was trying to sing her ABC song whilst washing her hands. (It's the rule!) It was somewhat overwhelming! Izzy adored the parrot.

Vancouver Aquarium - Graham Amazon Gallery

We had much fun visiting this spot with the kids! Here is more information about it.
The gallery is very warm and has lots of critters hiding. The slow moving sloth was amazing. Thankfully, Stacie has visited often, as well as Jesse (the bride and groom) and they were our tour guides.
Stanley Park Critters from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
The otters, monkeys, tortoise, seagull, goose atop a tree. These are from the Graham Amazon Exhibit. We must be so thankful for those who have invested in this amazing spot.