A CRUMBLING CASE FOR CETACEAN CAPTIVITY?

APPENDIX 2
SHOW TRANSCRIPTS
Vancouver Aquarium
Transcript 1
Tuesday October 11, 2016
Show length: 15 min, 24 seconds (approx.)
How is everyone doing this afternoon?
I think we can do a little bit better I know where a small audience but I think you have it in you to give it all you
got.
Are you having fun this afternoon?
Much better.
We’ll keep that excitement going because it is a really cool opportunity to get to know some of the animals that
we have here at Vancouver aquarium.
How many of you, by show of hands, are seeing a beluga whale for the very first time today?
Ahh, fantastic quite a few hands going up.
It’s no surprise it’s very difficult to be able to see these animals out in their natural environment.
Can you shout out where in the world Beluga’s live?
Yes, nicely done, all the way up in the Arctic you can find populations of beluga’s and if anyone’s visiting from
Québec you could also see belugas in the St. Lawrence River estuary.
If you have a look at this habitat you might be wondering who is who, on the far right we’ve got Aurora who’s
joined today by trainer Indy and making her way towards the front of the habitat we’ve got beluga Keela joined
today by trainer Troy.
And they are a fantastic duo because Aurora is in fact the mother of Keela and Keela was born right here at the
Vancouver aquarium in fact she turned 21 just this past summer so it’s pretty amazing to have both of them
here together.
But of course they’re not the only animals or humans in this habitat.
If you look towards far left side on the back you may notice our other trainer her name is Rachel, and she is
joined by a smaller marine mammal in here.
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