text: Vancouver has been a world leader in being a Green City. Vancouver was one of the first to stop wild animal acts in circuses. Vancouver closed the Stanley Park Zoo. Vancouver tried to ban cetaceans in 1996. Orca captivity ended. 
  The polar bears paced back and forth and back and forth. Their paws bled. The cetaceans swam around and around and around. This is a major win for cetaceans. The ban on cetacean captivity will help end their physical and psychological abuses in Vancouver and worldwide!