Dolphin show at West Edmonton Mall

[Orcalover62510]

It is wrong to keep ANY animal in a Mall let alone in captivity. They don't even get any fresh air being cooped up in a damn mall. It's not right. The tank should have been much larger. There isnt enough room for all 4 dolphins in that tank. Maybe there is a reason why none of the calves lived. So that they wouldnt have to live through all that hell being cooped up np fresh air and being cramped.

[shonyrky]

you know how they get each dolphin to ignore the ppl and the stress and focus on the "tricks the perform for YOU"... they revoke their food prior to every show so that wen they give treats as reinforcement for the trick, they are more motivated to perform. no wild animal should be taken fromtheir home and put in a prison! no matter how big the tanks they will never ever ever compare to the ocean where theyre from.

[angel5469ca]

I remember when I was 6 years old I saw the dolphins. Then we went on the submarine ride and they did have a diffrent tank. Then also they had sharks in there too as well as fish. I hate the simple fact that they are allowed to have so many animals in that mall.

[ELithemanL]

According to the description, W.E.M. kills alot of animals

[knpcknpc222333]

i miss the dolphins but stupid people would like through pennies in and they would choke on them :(

[Cuti3PandaX]

i miss those dolphins. :( now they are only playing one sealion and its the same show over and over D:

[parnmkie]

i live in Edmonton and animals in captivity die all the time in zoos parks etc etc its sad but true and i miss are dolphins i was 10 when i first saw them on a school trip

[otaconguy]

so long and thanks for all the fish.

[V5alx]

Ya thats pretty sad... stupid human we are... now have seal... Sometime we can hear them crying very load... poor baby, kids may have fun, but they dont!

[Orcinus24x5]

I've lived in Edmonton all my life. As a matter of fact, FOUR babies died, not just one. Both adult females, Maria and Mavis, died of indeterminate causes, and Gary died 9 months after Maria of an unexplained, sudden illness. Suicide was never considered as a posibility in any of the deaths.

[Rezsha56]

@Orcinus24x5 i live in edmonton to. the dolphins were aksi ket into the water outside of there little pool the water with the boat in it. the died of all the copper fragments in the watter. Copper posioning from all the people that threw money into the water

[Orcinus24x5]

Actually, that's not correct at all. Three of the dolphins died because of poor living conditions. The females never had successful offspring, they were all still-born calves, and they moved the sole survivor, Howard, to Florida, not California.

[peepchick101]

I can't believe the animals lived as long as they did in this small tank in a loud, bright indoor mall.. Absolutely no place for a dolphin to be! :( Very sad..

That tank is so tiny. Wow, I am shocked that it was legal to keep them all in there!

[justschr]

This was the Show tank where they preformed... The tank where they lived when they were not preforming was located elsewhere in the mall.

[peepchick101]

I don't think they moved the dolphins to a different tank. It would be too costly and time-consuming to transfer four dolphins everyday, several times a day, to a different tank, located behind the scenes. The dolphins remained in that pool, however the sea lions had a small cage, behind the trainer station where they could reside.

[justschr]

Actually the two tanks are connected... I know this for a fact... The dolphins were not left in the show tank 24/7... There is a much bigger tank where the dolphins resided when they were not preforming which was located "behind the scenes". If you road the Submarines when they were still running you would have seen it. As you could also clearly see the show tank...

[GrahamLeggett]

I actually worked for WEM Marine Life with the dolphins. They were well treated and cared for. As for the sea lions, they are not dying and were in fact just given an excellent health review from CAZA (Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums). The flamingos were transferred to a breeding facility, they were not removed for health reasons.

[Orcinus24x5]

If the dolphins were so well cared for, how do you explain the repeated still-born calves, and the deaths of three of the adults? And how do you explain the death of one of the seal lions en-route to the mall before the new exhibit opened?

[hawaiianpony]

@Orcinus24x5 Circle of life :/

[angel5469ca]

@GrahamLeggett o w.e all the animals that have performed for you guys never look happy. DO THEY GET A PAY CHECK???? DO THEY GET A NORMAL LIFE??? NO!

[OonaCanute]

@GrahamLeggett The Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums has zero credibility; it is entirely staffed by directors and officials of the very same zoos and aquariums that it certifies. Quite a conflict of interest. Additionally, many of the facilities they've certified have horrible track records that are well-established--like Marineland, the Greater Vancouver Zoo, and the Calgary Zoo.

[supernovi2000]

@GrahamLeggett i dont doubt they are but i still dont thing they should be indoors it you going to have any cetacean in edmonton then get one that can take the cold its not fare to have them looked in a building. srry mate

[metzker7962]

They have sea lions now? Good God it's been a long time since I lived in Edmonton. I used to live across the street in Aldergrove.

[SilenceinaRevolution]

I personally think it's sad to see these animals stuffed into that little tank, then two died within a year of each other, so there were two left, which wasn't much better.

All animals in captivity will live shorter lives than ones in the wild, we have to acknowledge this.

Also, West Ed is a commercial place, these animals probably brought in millions. It's not right, but I'm pretty sure they weren't really thinking of the wellbeing of the animals.

[ninein33]

the dolphins r not there any more now we have see lions

[Orcinus24x5]

Yes, I know. I live in Edmonton. :P

[rk246]

i been there, im from england and i didnt find it very interesting.. the dolphins were boring, put them wer they belong.. in the wild

..shall we put u in the ocean?

[qeylyst]

Dolphins in mall = possible worst idea ever. Sure, it'll be a crowd-pleaser! Friggin' awesome! Then they inconveniently start dying because hey, guess what, a mall turns out not to be a very good environment for them.

[EliteManipulation]

You obviously haven't been there. They don't live right in the middle of the mall all day. They take very good care of them.:)

[L0LROBOTZ]

Actually, no. I spend the majority of my week at the mall and have for a long time and they take horrible care of their animals. The dolphins died for a reason. The sea lions are dying, the flamingoes had to be removed.

[VancouverBoii08]

lol exxxxacttly! i second that! really! and yeah i love Dolphins but its nice they're at the mall but they're there like forever the rest of their lives and sucks to be them i guess. ah well.

[damonster5000]

the dolphins were soooo much better than those fuckin sea lions.

[freeyourmind4evr]

This saddens me...that they put the lives of these beautiful creatures in such jeapardy. I'm really fed up with the cruelty and ignorance of humans.

[kanatapaw]

im confused i understand the tank is to small and the atmostphere is completely in the wrong place but whats with the rip

did they pass away?

[Orcinus24x5]

Three of the dolphins died in the mall, and gave many still-births. The remaining survivor, Howard, was moved to Florida a few years ago and some sea lions were brought in to replace them. One of the sea lions died en route to the mall. :(

[noreply460]

i live in edmonton but i hate how west edmonton mall has to be so cruel to these animals

:(

[kanatapaw]

they are crule to them

what do they do to them?

this is a crule place to put them i think :(

[hollylola55]

i miss the dolphins. :(

[ukraniandancer55]

cruel

[mannymanny50]

I loved watching the dolphin show. but no more dolphin in west edmonton mall.

[Rikku9314]

I was able to see the larger tank below tank myself on a special tour once. The lower tank was much larger thankfully. I was also able to see a memorial for the very first dolphin our of the four that passed away (Rosie was her name I believe). She died from swallowing some objects that were thrown into the performance pool by some of the people on the balconies. To echo Drphotonicman, may the deceased dolphins rest in peace.

[Drphotonicman]

RIP dolfins

[dmokri]

One or Two ewere enough but how can you fit three dolphine in such a small space? The accident happens every where even with Dolphines in Florida, I was in Florida before, I know the fact.

[LakeNipissing]

What many people do not know, unless they have seen the documentary video about the dolphins at WEM, is they had another large tank in the lower level of the mall, and they were free to swim from one tank to another through a tunnel. They weren't confined to the tank visible to the public in the mall.

[Orcinus24x5]

This I know. But overall, they still did not have as much room as they should have.

[Prisonbreaka]

I went there like once a month, also on a skool feildtrip,

[Prisonbreaka]

I loved watching the dolphin show, when i waz little

[neenalovesjordan]

Im glad that they aren't there anymore..they are finally free

[Orcinus24x5]

well, 3 out of 4 of the dolphins died at the mall. Howard was the only survivor when they finally decided to move him to another dolphinarium in Florida.

[Bamboo564]

i loved those dolphins, its such a shame that their tank wasn't bigger and that they had a more natural looking enclosere. other than that they were well treated.