information & resources

Keep Whales and Polar Bears out of the Calgary Zoo!. General leaflet.

Reports About Captive Cetaceans and Polar Bears

An Investigation Into The Welfare Of Polar Bears In Japan (2007) A report by the Animal Concerns, Research and Education Society. (pdf file).

The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity (2006). A report by the Humane Society of the United States & World Society for the Protection of Animals. (Large pdf file).

What's A Polar Bear Doing In The Tropics? (2006) A report about the Singapore Zoo polar bears by the Animal Concerns, Research and Education Society. (pdf file).

A Case Against Keeping Polar Bears In Captivity (2005). A Zoocheck brief (pdf file).

Stopping the use, sale and trade of whales and dolphins in Canada: How protection is consistent with WTO obligations (2003) A legal opinion in response to Canada's claim that a cetacean import ban would contravene WTO rules.

A Review of the Scientific Justification for Maintaining Cetaceans in Captivity (1998) A Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society report by Sue Mayer. (pdf file).

Canada's Forgotten Polar Bears: An Examination of Manitoba's Polar Bear Export Program (1997). A Zoocheck investigation into the Province of Manitoba's polar bear export program. (pdf file).