The last of the Killer Whale Shows at the Vancouver Aquarium

[@whaleflower1]

Such a tiny pool for 3 large whales and a dolphin. So glad they shut this down.

[@AndyMarsh]

Although I understand the spectacle of seeing such impressive animals at close quarters I feel that unless would could provide for them a large, naturalised environment similar to that which we provide for other large mammals in a safari park they are better off in the wild.

[@12voltvids]

That's the reason they are no longer here. Some were rescue animals and unable to be released or bred in captivity and unable to be released. It was a different time back then. My personal feelings are we should not be keeping whales in captivity. I have similar views on zoos except that many are breeding endangered species and those institutions I am ok with but not the entertainment type facilities as featured on 🐅 king.

[@catmall]

totally! i noticed almost every reference to the whales was basically how they live in nature, not how they live inside a little fish tank! :S dont get me wrong though, when i was little i enjoyed going to Marineland. it was a diff time for sure. Daves videos are great! i enjoyed watching this , memories and all that! There is something about those Whales. its hard to describe.

[@ForeverKeiko]

15:24 while unrelated, it’s sweet to see Hyak and Finna so close. they apparently would often swim in the mother and calf position like this. Thanks for capturing it!

[@BR-tm3tk]

Do you know why? Whats the story beyind it?

[@matgood6231]

I’m ashamed we turned a blind eye to this disgraceful atrocity for so long. These whales had an ocean at one point reduced to a bath tub. Fortunately we are slowly evolving to be a little more compassionate. It was just plain wrong. I can remember seeing belugas when I was 5 years old there and I was like 6 feet away from it. It was right there in like a small swimming pool barely able to turn around. It was cool to see since it’s so unusual and remarkable to a 5 year old child but cmon it’s flat out disgusting. I had a really cool poster with all the whales around canada and pictures and descriptions etc. that should be good enough

[@12voltvids]

That's the way it used to be at the aquarium and The children's zoo with all the other animals but I remember from what I was a kid. the tropical fish exhibit I don't mind I don't have a problem with that and before you go on a rant about how these fish are in captivity, remember this out in the wild they generally wouldn't live very long because a bigger fish would eat them. Probably maintaining an aquarium many of these species can outlive us. I have in my saltwater aquarium some clownfish that are 15 years old. Some of them can live 25 to 30 years in captivity in the wild they might not make it one year before another fish eats them.

[@michawsc]

I saw this Orca in 1995 when I was in Vancouver for a short vacation ... Than ks for loading this up!

[@idiotsandwich5059]

The Killer Whale exhibit and show was called the marine mammal deck

[@philorcinus13]

could I use some of this footage for a tribute?

[@hannahburke7328]

What Year Was The Last Killer Whale Show In?

[@chrisd5610]

Love ur vids 12v and I know I’m gonna get the hate for this but there’s a reason why theyre called ‘Killer Whales’ and not ‘Performing senseless tricks in an unnatural, tiny enclosed environment for a stupid doughnut-munching audience Whales’ 😖

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

Did the audio not work?

[@12voltvids]

Audio works fine. Tape is very old and the audio I guess was a bit erased. It played the same on another machine I was working on. Video tapes do not last forever despite what some think. Preserve your old tapes while you can.

[@TheDenizxo]

So happy this type of abuse is over . That huge thing belongs in an ocean not a human size closet. I don't understand how people can see something obviously suffer working non stop every day for food but humans don't want to be forced such actions to themselves. These people need to take long look in the mirror I sure did and grew inside .

[@ElizabethHolloway-p4k]

While they lasted, the killer whale shows at the Vancouver Aquarium were fun to watch. They were 'killer'.

[@12voltvids]

No that was sealant in Victoria where the killer whale was a killer. Killed the trainer. I think that happened in san Diego as well too. The sent the killer killer whale from Victoria to sea world and it had an encore performance with a trainer down there too if I remember.

[@No-nu8zx]

so can anyone explain why a random Pacific white sided dolphin was living with three large orcas?

[@12voltvids]

Ifaik it was a rescue that could not be released back into the wild.

[@glendoucette]

As a child my parents would take me and my sister every weekend to the aquarium for the orcas the dolphins and various others was not until I got to be a teenager did I realize that keeping aquatic creatures confined like that is wrong after seeing the movie Free Willy.

[@12voltvids]

I don't necessarily agree with keeping orcas in captivity but the tropical fish I have no problem having them in an aquarium. If you could ask the fish what they would prefer 100% would pick the aquarium. Why? I had a salt water aquarium for over 22 years. The last fish just died. It was over 22 years old. It lived it's natural life span in captivity and very happy. In the wild how long do you think it would have lived? Couple of weeks or months before a bigger fish ate it. Mine was just a hobby tank. The pro aquariums staffed my marine biologists every single fish will live to a ripe old age providing some animal activist doesn't manage to poison them. Some nut poisoned a beluga whale here. In an aquarium the species are kept swperate so no predictors. The fish live stress free and live decades. Some can live 35 years in captivity.

[@BRuserOsaka]

What year?

[@12voltvids]

87 or 88 i would think. I switched to Hi8 in 89.

[@Into.TheeAbyss]

What year is this video ?

[@12voltvids]

It was shit on my old gcs1 betamovie so i would say probably 87 or 88. They took the orcas out and sent to San Diego in 2001 but they stopped the shows in the late 80s and just had then swimming around.

[@rainbowslushiezz801]

the orca doesnt live here anymore they were replaced by sea lions

[@Su2D2]

Wow I remember this. Thank you for finding and archiving the footage

[@idiotsandwich5059]

I did not see the killer whales and the belugas at the Vancouver aquarium! Instead, I saw them at Marineland in Niagara Falls Ontario!

[@12voltvids]

they took them away after the park board caved to animal activists. The same reason that you can't set up a salt water aquarium at home anymore unless willing to drive to Burnaby or Langley to buy fish, food and supplies. Vancouver Richmond delta and Surrey have banned the sale of marine fish and supplies. So for example I have to drive 80km to buy fish food. Can't order online because it's frozen and needs to get right back in freezer. So it's 2 hours and 80km drive every 2 weeks to keep my fish alive. Just waiting for then to die of old age so I can sell the equipment to some other sucker.

[@perkyzombie]

Great memories from a much better time, my parents took us kids to Stanley Park the Aquarium often on Sunday afternoons. Thanks for the great video.

[@DaniSpiceBoy]

Hyak’s dorsal was massive! Thanks for sharing.

[@hannahburke7328]

Was That The Male Orca's Name? Hyak?

[@Inouk98]

​@@hannahburke7328yes

[@KatStudios]

just me or do i not see finna in this

[@ForeverKeiko]

5:23 you can see Finna being fed in the back pool.

[@KatStudios]

@@ForeverKeiko oh yes! thank you!

[@eddiespagetti8395]

Stanley.park zoo had monkeys and lions I remember in 1970s as a kid going there to killed whale shows and the zoo had lots animals. Thanks for sharing.

[@danielaconti9267]

I am very Happy that It has been closed no orcas should live in a pool so small its cruel

[@12voltvids]

Well look at it this way. These were orphaned orcas when they were brought in. Unlikely to survive in the wild. They were fed and studied. Out in the wild they might not have many preditors except for great white sharks but they get entangled in fishing lines and collide with freighters. The pool may seem small but they were cared for and had a constant healthy diet and probably lived longer in captivity then in the wild. Fish in an aquarium can live a really long time. I have a clown fish that is 22 years old and is probably reaching the end of its natural life, but in the wild that fish probably wouldn't have made it to 1 year before a bigger fish ate it, which would have been eaten by a bigger fish or sea lion which would have been orca food. I think if you could communicate with these creatures they would all say the same thing. Keep me comfortable, feed me, keep me disease free in my own safe home where I can just live my life in peace and not have to worry about other predators.

[@ThejasonJaw5442]

history I like It, A time to remember

[@canuckcityvan6043]

This didn’t age well

[@12voltvids]

It was an old tape shot on beta. The tape itself is falling apart. The binder is failing and allowing the oxide layer to fall off.

[@fadhlematrook1248]

i like it..

[@johnmarquez7413]

good

[@radman999]

Last time we went there it was just an hour long scolding about global warming and left wing political issues. All people want is to be entertained and escape reality for an afternoon. Maybe the new owners will get that.

[@1BYEBYE1]

I've noticed they've been less political since the change, thank fucking God.

[@timothyjholloway]

If the Vancouver Aquarium really becomes about entertainment, it might become far less acceptable to the same animal rights activists who may have made things difficult before. I just watched a bit about the BC Wildlife Park in Kamloops, my hometown, and how two grizzly bear cubs were rescued when they got under an electric fence around a camp, dogs attacked the cubs, and the mother ran through the fence and was shot. It sounded like a very good example of when bears that would have died on their own escaped euthanization and have a home that allows visitors to enjoy seeing them, a fate far better than death, and they don't seem to be kept someplace that's the equivalent of a swimming pool compared to the ocean, as in the case of whales and sea turtles. Thank you for posting this!

[@12voltvids]

Where I don't agree with orcas in captivity the fish in the aquarium is a completely different thing. In the wild a fish might live a few months perhaps a year if it isn't eaten by a bigger fish. In the aquarium on the other hand many can live 20 to 30 years or longer. I have a clown fish and a damsel left in my tank i set up in 2003. I am waiting patiently for the last 2 to expire of old age so I can dismantle and sell the equipment as after 20 years i am tired of it. Will just look at the video i made of it. Had anyone told me marine fish can live that long i wouldn't have bothered. Did it for the kids. They are all grown now and i still she the fish.