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times in a foreign park and were essentially “living on borrowed time,” said Bossart, who had been car- ing for the Beluga whales for over nine years. Beluga whales have a life span of up to 35 years. Gaspar was suffering from a bone disease and was euthanized. Nico died at Sea World in San Antonio, where he and two other beluga whales had been moved temporarily while the Georgia Aquarium is undergoing renovation. Nico was scheduled to return home to Atlanta next month with compan- ions Maris and Natasha. The exact cause of Nico’s sudden death on Saturday is inconclusive from the initial necropsy or animal autopsy. The Georgia Aquarium hopes to find out more information in the months ahead from a more detailed nec-
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“As we work with and care for the many animals at the Georgia Aquarium, we become attached emo- tionally,” said Dr. Gregory D. Bossart, chief veterinary officer at the aquarium.
A pair of whale sharks have also died at the eight-mil- lion-gallon facility, “Norton” in January, 2007, Ralph, another whale shark, died. Ralph had stomach problems that led to an inflammation of a membrane in his abdo- men, according to aquarium officials. The aquarium has theorized that his death involved a chemical used in the tank to treat parasites.
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zoos and the entertainment industry, has labeled the Georgia Aquarium’s display as “dangerous.” He has called for a shutdown of the aquarium industry. “CAPS believes that Georgia Aquarium’s capture and display of species like whale sharks is increasing the pressure on other aquariums across the U.S., and the world, to capture thousands of animals from the wild and put them on display,” Redmond said. “Many of these animals will not live long in captivity and will be replaced by yet more wild-caught animals.” W
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Zoos and Aquariums are Unsafe for Humans Too!
On Christmas Day 2007, a 4-year-old Siberian tiger called Tatiana escaped her enclosure at the San Francisco Zoo, fatally mauling 17-year-old Carlos Sousa, Jr. and injuring two other men, brothers Paul and Kulbir Dhaliwal. The story instantly made international head- lines and commentators from all backgrounds took to the airwaves to offer hypotheses of how such a dreadful tragedy could have occurred.
A year prior to the deadly December incident, Tatiana injured a zookeeper at the zoo during a regular publicly viewed feeding.
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“Do wild animals belong in captivity in America? In a word, no. Caging wild animals in perpetuity — iso- lated from their natural habitat, deprived of freedom, and without psychological, environmental, and social enrichment — is inhumane. There is no conclusive edu- cational benefit to keeping wild animals in captivity, and our collective focus must be the conservation of species in the wild.” w
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“Another trainer at SeaWorld in Orlando was killed after being pulled into the tank by an orca named Tilikum (or Telly, for short). According to a witness, the whale, who has been involved in two previous fatal incidents involving human beings and who our captive wildlife director, Debbie Leahy, describes as “12,300 pounds of sheer rage,” leapt out of the tank and grabbed the trainer by the waist, pulled her into the water, threw her around like a rag doll, and then held her underwa- ter until she drowned. SeaWorld officials canceled the dolphin and whale shows for the rest of the day, but SeaWorld remains open (have they no shame?!) and will continue to exploit and abuse these captive animals despite the many horrific injuries and deaths of trainers and animals that have occurred throughout the theme park’s history.
PETA has long been asking SeaWorld to stop taking wild, ocean-going mammals from their families and ocean homes and confining them with no semblance of a life to an area that, to them, is the size of a bath-
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