Case Study: The Vancouver Aquarium

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I chose the Vancouver Aquarium because it is known to be the largest aquarium in all of Canada and gives us a clear representation of why the Pacific Maritime is famous for their sea animals.

One of Pacific Maritime’s most popular attraction is whale-watching but instead of making a game out of it and risk not seeing a whale, the Vancouver Aquarium represents the whales in a historic way. This particular Aquarium has a long past with whales like the killer whale, Moby Doll who was the second whale to ever be placed in an aquarium during 1964.

The Animal Encounter program allows citizens and tourists to experience behind the scenes of how animals act and see with their own eyes how animals live compared to humans.

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