Last month the BC Supreme Court ruled the board's ban didn't apply to the aquarium because of a binding contract with the facility.

The Vancouver Aquarium has started legal proceedings in B.C. Supreme Court to overturn the Vancouver Park Board bylaw amendment banning cetaceans from the aquarium's marine science centre in Stanley Park.

The Vancouver Aquarium is hosting a rally Monday night in a last-ditch attempt to coax the Vancouver Park Board away from enacting a ban on whales, dolphins and porpoises.