Controversial Animal Attraction Booted From Florida Mall; PETA Vows To Fight Its Other Locations
Members of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals were celebrating Tuesday after a planned animal attraction agreed to ditch plans for opening in Fort Lauderdale's Galleria Mall. Animal activists had sued the city and SeaQuest, which at one point called for pygmy goats and Chinese pigs, plus fish and marine animals, to live inside the mall.
In an announcement, PETA called SeaQuest's retreat a major victory for animals and vowed to continue fighting the company, which has nine other locations in Utah, Texas, Nevada, Minnesota, Virginia, New Jersey, Colorado and California.
"At SeaQuest locations across the country, numerous animals have suffered and died, including a sloth named Flash and an otter named Jelly," PETA announced in a news release.
SeaQuest, which is variously described as a petting zoo, an aquarium and an animal rescue service in its marketing materials, planned a Fort Lauderdale location since at least 2018. A resident, Ana Campos, was alarmed at plans for 1,200 animals to fit into a 22K SF space that Lord…
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