Help us support the Marineland Canada animals. Our Emergency Animal Shelter App (EASApp) is being used to document the care of animals that remain at Marineland Canada.
DARTCC, Cultivate Wellbeing, and several dedicated partner organizations are working together to support the vulnerable animals still at Marineland Canada. We are dedicatedly working to uncover the exact animal count and health status of each animal stranded in Marineland. We are also reaching out to the community to forensically explore the health of animals that have recently been transferred out of Marineland to other facilities.
DARTCC will publish a comprehensive Animal Tracking Report every two weeks.
These reports will maintain public awareness and ensure transparency in this critical work. This vital data is also available to other organizations and governmental groups working toward the rescue and rehabilitation of the Marineland animals.
To receive these updates directly, please email a request to:
We urgently need your financial support.
These animals cannot tell us about their experience, but we can carefully observe and track behavior and medical statuses to better understand how we can advocate for their wellbeing.
Every dollar helps us understand the immediate and pressing needs of the animals at Marineland Canada. Please give if you can. Your donation is a direct investment in the evidence needed to save a life.
A History of Explotation, No Changes Yet -12/22/25
A Marineland marketing flyer, printed in 1967, labels Marineland as “Canada’s most talked about attraction”.
For decades, Marineland presented itself as “Canada’s most talked about attraction” and the “ideal family outing,” building on slogans that promised endless joy. A stark and deadly contrast exists between Marineland's idealized promises of “education, conservation, and research” and its now documented history of animal exploitation and neglect.
- "Come to Marineland" (1980–1984)
- "Where the Fun Never Stops" (1985–1988)
- "Happiness is Marineland" (1987–1992)
- "Everyone Loves Marineland" (1993–2024)
- "A Magical Place Marineland" (1995)
Understanding the Crisis
The Marineland park was built on animal exploitation. And now as the park continues in its financial crisis, the urgent risk to the animals still stranded on the site increases.
Instead of taking responsibility for the crisis, the park ownership is attempting to offload costs and ethical obligations through desperate financial and legal maneuvers:
- Accreditation Withdrawal: Marineland voluntarily withdrew from Canada's Accredited Zoos and Aquariums (CAZA) in May 2017.
- Property Severance: In February 2025, the park successfully severed its property into four parcels to secure "operational credit financing," which requires the owner to remove the marine animals "expeditiously."
- Asset Liquidation: In June 2025, Marineland announced it was putting its entire collection of amusement rides up for sale, confirming a clear liquidation of its core theme park business.
- Regulatory Scrutiny: Since 2020, the sheer scale of the neglect has forced Ontario's Animal Welfare Services (AWS) to inspect the site at least 160 times.
- No Action Taken: The numbers and health status of the animals currently on the Marineland site is currently unknown. As funding continues to run out, the health of these animals is at critical risk.
The scale of the rescue challenge is reflected directly in the death toll. Welfare issues that were present decades ago are only continuing to escalate. Today, our research shows there may be over 500 animals remaining on the Marineland site, but we don’t know for sure.
See our animal tracking report. 
Count the Animals Now!
The situation at Marineland continues to draw significant international attention and scrutiny. The circumstances remain dire for the animals remaining on the premises, particularly as the park continues in a "critical financial state", is actively liquidating assets, and severe winter weather increases the threat to animal wellbeing.
We join other voices in calling for Ontario’s Animal Welfare Services to require transparency in animal tracking and health records and an immediate, current animal count.
Help us amplify the call for a full animal count for the animals remaining stranded at Marineland.
Reach out to XXXXXXX (Tami’s contact)
If you have any accurate, reliable, and legally obtained information about animals at the Marineland Canada facility to share - we want to hear from you:
If your governmental, animal advocacy, or veterinary group would like to receive this report directly, please let us know.
Why Accurate Data Saves Lives — Especially for Captive Animals - 12/8/25
The days of packed crowds are over, but their confinement continues.
The days of packed crowds at Marineland are long over, but the confinement—and the crisis—continues for the animals left behind.
This video shows the conditions of Marineland, Canada as of November 2025.
Amid extended political negotiations and the policy delays of any neglect and cruelty case, it’s too easy to forget the day-to-day needs of the animals involved. Strong, accurate data and medical tracking is often their best lifeline.
Without consistent patient health and care tracking, cross-organization communication breaks down. Medical records go missing or are non-existent. Provision allocation becomes haphazard.
Since 2020, Canada’s Animal Welfare Services (AWS) has issued 33 orders against Marineland Canada. Reference 1, Reference 2
Four remain unresolved:
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Poor water quality
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Maintenance and repair of the water system
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Proper record-keeping for whales and dolphins
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Inadequate enrichment levels for dolphins, seals, and sea lions.
We are working to uncover the exact animal count, current health status, and transport readiness of every animal remaining at Marineland.
These animals cannot speak of their experience, but we can - by carefully observing, tracking, and analyzing their behavior and medical statuses - begin to understand their needs. And, begin to prepare for their rescue.
Medical recordkeeping creates the essential data tracking that allows effective advocacy for these animals’ day-to-day safety, dignity, and humane care.
The Critical Question:
What are the exact counts and health statuses of the animals remaining at Marineland today?
Help us amplify the call for full transparency on the health and welfare of the animals remaining stranded at Marineland.
If you have any accurate, reliable, and legally obtained information about animals at the Marineland Canada facility to share - we want to hear from you:
See our first Animal Tracking Report. We will publish this tracking report every 2 weeks.
If your governmental, animal advocacy, or veterinary group would like to receive this report directly, please let us know. If you have information or a resource to share that helps identify and monitor the health status of the Marineland animals - please reach out.