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Search results for "aquariums" ...
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Trouble In Paradise
This story outlines the need for better regulation of coral reef fish collecting. This story provides the basic facts on the aquarium trade in Hawaii at a time when people in the state were having to decide where they stood on the issue.
Tags: Coral Reef; Fish; Hawaii; Aquariums
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Marine Attractions: Below the Surface
This investigation examined more than 3,850 deaths of marine animals since 1972. The authors found that animals are often mistreated during captivity, and that thousands have died under human care from clorine posioning, heat exposure, capture shock and stress. This in-depth look at the $1 billion - a - year marine mammal industry reveals that not only is it riddled with problems, but also that the government is doing very little to correct them.
Tags: zoo; National Marine Fisheries Service; computer-assisted reporting; Department of Agriculture; dolphins; whales; Sea World; aquariums
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Cruel and Usual. How some of America's best zoos get rid of their old, infirm, and unwanted animals.
Zoos accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) must abide by a code of ethics restricting animal transfers to other AZA members or to uncredited zoos with the "expertise, records management capabilities, financial stability, and facilities required to properly care" for the animals. But a U.S. News investigation found that even some of the nation's most highly regarded zoos violate those mandates through transfers, sales, and loans of exotic animals to substandard zoos and to private animal breeders and dealers.
Tags: zoos; animal abuse; AZA
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Zoo Animals to Go
The San Jose Mercury News reports that "America's zoos have a little secret: They breed animals with no intention of keeping them. Every year, animals once admired at dozens of the country's major zoos are sold or given away to dealers, contributing to a multibillion-dollar-a-year exotic species marketplace where they can be resold, auctioned off to the highest bidder or advertised to the public in specialty magazines. Some of these surplus zoo animals include threatened or endangered species that end up as backyard pets, at a growing number of unaccredited roadside zoos or in the private collections of celebrities."
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The series reports on a new spirit of civic renewal--new citizenship, civic democracy or community building--in communities across the nation. This movement offers everyday poeple the opportunity to do what government and the free-market economy haven't always done,which is solving most of the country's most consuming problems. In Chattanooga, Tenn., one may visit the $45 million aquarium, built without a penny of tax money, check out the new houses that low-income reseidents have qualified to buy or ride a bus that hits every downtown stop every five minutes. (March 5 - 12, 1995)