Conservation

The new Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada will educate, inspire and entertain thousands of Canadians and visitors to Canada when it opens in the summer of 2013.  The main attraction will be thousands of marine animals who will soon be calling Toronto home. It is our job is to ensure these creatures are welcomed and cared for in a way that meets the highest animal-welfare standards in the world. Both existing Ripley aquariums (Ripley’s Aquarium of Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg, Tenn.) are accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), the organization responsible for setting and maintaining the world’s most rigorous animal-welfare standards. Once completed and in full operation, Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada...