Marineland

In 2013, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals issued an order to Marineland to build separate habitats to protect bear cubs from being mauled and devoured by adult males.

In 2017, the Ontario Society for the Prevention of Animals (OSPCA) laid 11 charges of animal cruelty against Marineland, all of which were eventually withdrawn.

Marineland did not immediately return a request for comment, but told the Niagara Falls Review that Sonar, a 26-year-old dolphin, and Kodiak, a 28-year-old beluga, died last week.

Marineland says the last captive orca in Canada died Thursday at the Niagara Falls-based tourist attraction.

Marineland tried to coax her to go along with what would have been a PR coup, getting her into a swimsuit to snorkel in the water, but she sensibly refused.

The province told the park in May 2021 to fix its water, an order Marineland appealed, saying its animals were not in distress.

Phil Demers, a former Marineland trainer turned outspoken critic of the park demanded accountability and transparency.

Shortly before school ended that year, my mother chaperoned a class trip to Marineland, the aquatic theme park near Niagara Falls.

A new law banned whale, dolphin and porpoise captivity, but grandfathered in the two facilities in the country, which includes Marineland, where they are already being kept.

Deer sit around the perimeter of Marineland’s deer park.

From Gamble State Park to Marineland, except for holidays, residents enjoy the beauty without congestion and stepping over each other.

John Holer, the founder of the Marineland theme park in Niagara Falls, Ont., has died at the age of 83. His lawyer Andrew Burns says Holer died in his home Saturday morning surrounded by family.

The county had its own share of washouts and minor flooding issues at the north end of the county and had to dump sand to form a new berm on Flagler Drive to protect Marineland Acres from flooding.