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#FreeKiska https://media.blogto.com/articles/20210720-marineland.jpg https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/marineland-orca-1.6120865 An animal law non-profit group is calling on the Ontario government to investigate Marineland's treatment of Kiska the orca. It alleges Marineland is breaking the law by subjecting the orca to conditions that don't meet her physical and mental needs. Animal Justice's complaint follows videos posted by Phil Demers, a whistleblower who is also a former trainer at the Niagara Falls aquarium. The videos appear to show Kiska floating listlessly and moving slowly. "She's probably the world's loneliest orca and that's very sad," said Camille Labchuk, executive director of Animal Justice. "It's difficult to not feel sympathy for what she's going through." The complaint comes after Animal Welfare Services inspectors issued two orders to the park in May to repair the water system in the pools that house beluga whales, dolphins, walruses, sea lions and one killer whale. The report said the animals were in distress because of the poor water quality. Animal Justice states Kiska was captured in Iceland in 1979 when she was three years old before Marineland purchased her. The group says Kiska gave birth to five calves, but they all died young. Over time, it says, her other companions died or moved to other facilities. Kiska has lived without other orca companions since 2011, Animal Justice says. While it's illegal to keep whales and dolphins in captivity, Marineland has an exemption because of the rule's grandfather clause. Scientist calls situation 'cruel' The complaint includes comment from Dr. Naomi Rose, a scientist with the Animal Welfare Institute. "At a minimum, she should have long since been transferred to a facility with other orcas or provided with individuals of another cetacean species as companions," Rose said in an Animal Justice media release. "Under no circumstances was allowing her completely solitary state to continue — especially given her practically inert response to it — the appropriate choice." Marine mammals 'in distress,' says agency ordering Marineland to fix its water system Animal Justice highlighted the Provincial Animal Welfare Services Act, which states an animal's owner cannot cause or permit distress. The Criminal Code also doesn't allow anyone to wilfully cause or permit suffering or neglect. "We think it's really important for enforcement agencies to take this issue seriously, and it's necessary and appropriate to do what they can to help Kiska," said Labchuk, who is also a lawyer. "The best option ... is to convert to an animal-free attraction." Labchuk said one potential solution could be to move Kiska to the Whale Sanctuary Project's future seaside sanctuary in Port Hilford, N.S., for whales and dolphins.

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https://news.yahoo.com/alanis-morissette-reportedly-makes-statutory-183942456.html Alanis Morissette reportedly makes statutory rape allegations in new documentary: 'They're all pedophiles' Brendan Morrow, Staff Writer Fri, September 10, 2021, 2:39 PM·2 min read Singer Alanis Morissette reportedly says in a new documentary that she was a victim of statutory rape and that her attempts to speak up about it "fell on deaf ears." In the documentary Jagged, which premieres Tuesday at the Toronto International Film Festival, 47-year-old Morissette alleges that multiple men had sex with her when she was 15 years old, The Washington Post reports. The alleged abuse occurred in Canada, where the age of consent was raised from 14 to 16 in 2008. "It took me years in therapy to even admit there had been any kind of victimization on my part," Morissette reportedly says. "I would always say I was consenting, and then I'd be reminded like 'Hey, you were 15, you're not consenting at 15.' Now I'm like, 'Oh yeah, they're all pedophiles. It's all statutory rape." According to the Post, Morissette doesn't name the alleged abusers in the film, but she faults the music industry for ignoring her when she tried to speak up. "I did tell a few people and it kind of fell on deaf ears," she said. "It would usually be a stand-up, walk-out-of-the-room moment." She also reportedly says that she frequently experienced unwanted sexual advances.

Norm MacDonald died of cancer today. RIP https://youtu.be/3mtfa0iyeM0

Norm Macdonald was cancelled not by culture, but by cancer, which is also called culture. See, I could be stand up comedian too if I ever got off my armchair! Don't worry about Norm having no one in the afterlife to come greet him after years of insults and outlandish jokes. I'm sure George Carlin will be standing there doing his bit to yet another soulless audience. Perhaps they can entertain each other for the rest of eternity. If not then I guess they'll have figured out what Hell's punishment for them was. Two cantankerous old-guys telling bad jokes and no women.

https://youtu.be/fAiXi0tcZcU Mayor gives ultimatum to school board for allowing CP in classroom - HUDSON, Ohio https://www.beaconjournal.com/story/news/2021/09/14/hudson-mayor-school-board-must-resign-after-students-write-sex-alcohol/8331974002/ The Hudson mayor is asking all five school board members to resign or face possible criminal charges over high school course material that he said a judge called "child pornography." Mayor Craig Shubert made the statement during Monday night's board of education meeting after multiple parents complained about the content of some writing prompts contained in a book called "642 Things to Write About" provided to high school students who are taking a college credit course called Writing in the Liberal Arts II. Parents said there was a prompt that asked students to "write a sex scene you wouldn't show your mom," and another which said "rewrite the sex scene from above into one that you'd let your mom read."