{"id":755563,"date":"2018-12-14T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arkcenter.us\/?p=755563"},"modified":"2018-12-14T09:00:22","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T14:00:22","slug":"less-than-month-after-opening-stingray-dies-at-new-seaquest-aquarium-in-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=755563","title":{"rendered":"Less Than Month After Opening, Stingray Dies at New SeaQuest Aquarium in California"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>Kids are seen hovering around a pool full of sea creatures, including a dead stingray, lying lifeless at the bottom.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ANGELA GREENWOOD:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;Following a controversial opening, concerns are mounting again after a [stingray] was found dead inside a new SeaQuest aquarium&#8230; Pictures show the sad scene inside Seaquest Folsom\u2019s \u2018touch tank\u2019&#8230; Kids are seen hovering around a pool full of sea creatures, including a dead stingray, lying lifeless at the bottom&#8230; 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&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Two days before Thanksgiving, the aquarium\u2019s 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&#8230; City officials say the aquarium is in compliance with local zoning rules and appears to have passed state inspections&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramento.cbslocal.com\/2018\/12\/11\/stingray-death-seaquest-folsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED VIDEO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LVxOc23abuk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANGELA GREENWOOD: &#8216;Following a controversial opening, concerns are mounting again after a [stingray] was found dead inside a new SeaQuest aquarium&#8230; Pictures show the sad scene inside Seaquest Folsom\u2019s \u2018touch tank\u2019&#8230; Kids are seen hovering around a pool full of sea creatures, including a dead stingray, lying lifeless at the bottom&#8230; In a Facebook post [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":755564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16,25],"tags":[27,28],"class_list":["post-755563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-welfare","tag-cruelty","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=755563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":755565,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755563\/revisions\/755565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/755564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=755563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=755563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=755563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}