June 17th, 2013

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June 11th, 2013

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SOCIAL MEDIA TUESDAY: For our finah push we have a new image to honour Baker. Please Share and Invite people to attend the Memorial Demo for the Animals of Marineland on June 23rd!

June 11th, 2013

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(PHOTO SOURCE: Toronto Star)


BREAKING: Baker the Sea Lion Dies at Marineland

We have just learned of a press release from Marineland Canada reporting the death of Baker on June 10th, 2013. It can be read in full here. Marineland is boasting this as a celebration of Baker’s long life in captivity at the Park. Baker’s experience at Marineland was detailed in the Toronto Star last summer when former staff came forward to detail the alleged suffering at Marineland.  

“Baker is a big guy, the only male sea lion swimming mindless laps during our two recent visits to the Aquarium. He used to be the clown, the funny fellow with the clear eyes, still featured in “Attractions Niagara.”

Now his body is scarred and itchy with patches of missing fur. Every time he passes rubs his head hard against the side, trying to scratch himself over and over. His eyes are squeezed so tightly shut it looks like he doesn’t have any. For all intents and purposes, he doesn’t.” (Source: Toronto Star). 

That article can be read in full here


Is
this the beginning of a new era of transparency whereby Marineland will announce all animal deaths, or only the ones that are beneficial to their marketing goals?  Considering the recent deaths of young belugas, Charlotte and Luna , which were kept hidden for months, we can assume that Marineland is will continue to monopolize on the lives of the animals that they exploit at Marineland. Neither,  Baker, nor Charlotte or Luna, will be forgotten. 
Join us at the Memorial Demo for the Animals at Marineland on Sunday June 23rd, 2013 at 12pm. 

June 11th, 2013

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SOCIAL MEDIA TUESDAY!

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June 8th, 2013
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The Niagara ADL holds public open meetings every Tuesday night at our office at 281 St. Paul St in St. Catharines (Suite 201). For those who are coming out for the first time please come for 6:30 PM for an intro before the meeting. Anyone can add an agenda item to speak to and everyone goes away with an action item.

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June 2nd, 2013

BREAKING: John Holer Threatens to Stab and Bury Demonstrator at Marineland

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The 2013 Marineland season has begun and as it is illegal to leaflet to people at the drive in entrance as the City of Niagara Falls has leased that land to Marineland - we have encouraged advocates to leaflet the exit to the park where it is still lawful to do so.

Today while leafleting advocates were met with intimidation by park staff under the direction of park owner John Holer - which escalated to John Holer telling demonstrator Mike Garrett on film that he’s, “lucky he doesn’t have a knife” and “I’d bury you right here.”

Marineland Exit Leaflet Threat (June 1, 2013) - http://youtu.be/V61RPlakTxY

This is far from the first time that park owner John Holer has resorted to intimidation and threats - and already the second time since our campaign has started in 2011 that John Holer has uttered death threats while (noticeably) being filmed.

The first incident occurred in September 2011 where John Holer was irate over a demonstrator, Dylan Powell, standing on Municipal property making it impossible for his staff to errect a “Protestors Ahead - Keep Moving” sign which in itself was against Niagara Falls City By Law. In that incident, Holer threatened to cut off his head and also repeated the threat that he would “run him over” if he did not move. The Niagara Regional Police have knowledge of that video, however, never acted upon it.

Holer Threat Video (2011) - https://vimeo.com/29582044

Fast forward a year and a half later and John Holer still continues to flaunt his impunity in the Niagara region by uttering death threats that would receive criminal charges if the roles were reversed.

At this point we are demanding that the Niagara Regional Police investigate and lay criminal charges on John Holer, aka Ivan Holerjem, for uttering death threats and we will be following this release with media releases as well as a release to the NRP.

Is there one law for the rich and another law for the poor? We will find out.

ARREST, ARREST, ARREST JOHN HOLER!



VIDEO TRANSCRIPT

MarineLand June 1 2013 Exit Leaflet “Checkmate”

[Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V61RPlakTxY]

MARINELAND SECURITY blocks MIKE GARRETT through

physical contact as MIKE holds his hands out with leaflets.

MIKE GARRETT (to camera): Look at this we’re hugging! This is the

closest I’ve ever been to evil in my life. Like literally.

CAMERA-PERSON: Come on he’s just doing his job,

JOHN HOLER: You are lucky I don’t have a knife.

MIKE GARRETT (to JOHN HOLER): You’re lucky you don’t have;

I’m lucky you don’t have a knife? So you would stab me if you had a

JOHN HOLER (to MIKE GARRETT): Yes I would bury you right

MIKE GARRETT: Wow, you’d kill me right here?

JOHN HOLER: I’d bury you right here.

MIKE GARRETT: You’d bury me right here, you wouldn’t even bother

to put me in the mass graves. [holds out leaflets to approaching van,

exiting the park] Come on up folks it’s just information. That’s all it

is,  just information. John doesn’t wanna stab me and bury me here,

just take the leaflet.

MIKE and MARINELAND SECURITY reposition themselves as a

second vehicle approaches to exit.

MIKE GARRETT: All it is is information, that’s all. All it is is

information sir, you want a leaflet? Alright, have a nice day. [turning

to JOHN HOLER] See John all we’re doing is asking, people don’t

have to take it.

JOHN HOLER flails both arms around and approaches MIKE

JOHN HOLER: [unintelligible] take it! You have nothing better? I, I, I,

I… Idiot! An idiot.

MIKE GARRETT: A whale. You called me a whale earlier let’s stick

with the program.

JOHN HOLER: You’re idiot.

MIKE GARRETT (to camera): I can see John getting a little furious

here. Thankfully…

JOHN HOLER: [unintelligible]

MIKE GARRETT (to camera): Thank god John doesn’t have a knife

or he’d bury me right here as he said.

JOHN HOLER (to ML SECURITY): [unintelligible]

CAMERA-PERSON (to MIKE): Well, he’d have to do us both.

ML SECURITY (to JOHN): [unintelligible] bump into me.

MIKE GARRETT (to ML SECURITY): Yeah, we wouldn’t want that.

JOHN HOLER (To MIKE GARRETT): You bumping into us.

MIKE GARRETT: Well don’t stand in my way John, you’re standing

in my way.

ML SECURITY (to MIKE): It is public property.

MIKE GARRETT (to ML SECURITY): That’s right, this is public

property. I can stand here as well. If you choose to get in my way,

that’s not my problem.

CAMERA-PERSON: Well, it’s just kind of battling banjos really.

MIKE GARRETT: Yeah really.

CAMERA-PERSON: Actually maybe a little bit like chess.

MIKE GARRETT: Hmmm. It’s a chess game. [points at ML

SECURITY] Except this guy doesn’t know how to play chess.


May 31st, 2013

BREAKING: Marineland Canada Confirms the Death of Belugas Charlotte and Luna

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Photo Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur

In a rare move Marineland Canada spokesperson John Beattie has just confirmed that young belugas Charlotte and Luna are deceased.

With no standards to publish records, Marineland has routinely refused to confirm or deny animal deaths over the years. Beattie spun this death as unfortunate and claimed that their record is still better than belugas born in the wild - a statement that certainly can and will be contested.

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