Kids are seen hovering around a pool full of sea creatures, including a dead stingray, lying lifeless at the bottom.
ANGELA GREENWOOD: ‘Following a controversial opening, concerns are mounting again after a [stingray] was found dead inside a new SeaQuest aquarium… Pictures show the sad scene inside Seaquest Folsom’s ‘touch tank’… Kids are seen hovering around a pool full of sea creatures, including a dead stingray, lying lifeless at the bottom… In a Facebook post from November 30th, a woman claims she saw a starfish with its leg ripped off and in the water, as well as unmonitored children touching animals…
Two days before Thanksgiving, the aquarium’s opening day, was met with protests by PETA and other animal rights advocates. SeaQuest also operates aquariums in five other states and has a history of complaints, with past employees alleging animal neglect and abuse… City officials say the aquarium is in compliance with local zoning rules and appears to have passed state inspections’. SOURCE…
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