Canada’s largest aquarium and Stanley Park's biggest draw, Vancouver Aquarium is home to more than 65,000 animals. It's also a center for marine research, ocean literacy and climate activism. The sea otters have unofficial celebrity status in the city, and the sea lions (one weighing in at 1900lb) are show-stoppers.
Animal-welfare groups say keeping cetaceans in enclosed tanks is harmful for these complex animals, and the Vancouver Park Board has made legal moves in recent years to ban the aquarium from keeping them.
