For immediate release:
Jul 16, 2021
Contact:
David Pearl 202-483-7382
Littleton, Colorado. – According to a USDA inspection report recently obtained by PETA, SeaQuest Littleton was awarded federal exile after a wallaby named Ben drowned in an aquarium. Wallaby was unable to get out of the tank because there were no stairs from it, so the agency referred to the fact that this structure did not have enclosures suitable for its types.
The June 3 quote is the latest in a long list of concerns at the Littleton facility. Among the animals that have previously died or been injured in the area, there is a kookaburra (a species of bird) that reportedly drowned in a bowl of water, and a sloth named Flash who received burns to his face. twice illuminated by a lamp in his enclosure, and five birds that died after being stepped on by a guest in the interactive enclosure.
“SeaQuest was on the sidelines and allowed the animals to be drowned, burned and butchered to death,” says Michelle Sinnott, Esq., Associate director of the PETA Captive Law Enforcement Foundation. “PETA is asking the public to help close the dilapidated SeaQuest facilities by refusing to buy a ticket.”
In April 2019, after SeaQuest Littleton received numerous reviews, Colorado Parks and Wildlife suspended the zoological park license for two years.
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