Bro its so much fun and not expensive... lots of other fun things to do in that mall as well! You could spend a whole day there almost like a theme park haha
Additional events in 2018 included SeaQuest storing approximately 80 parakeets in an underage teenager's garage after the company was ordered to shut down the interactive aviary, and a state fine for SeaQuest's unlawful procurement of a two-toed sloth and failure to obtain an appropriate license for the animal
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment. In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species. Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate. A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them. After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.” Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC. A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals: 1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths. 2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said. 3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water. 4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.” In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die. In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident. Please do not support, patronize, or promote SeaQuest aquariums!
SeaQuest was established in 2015 by the Idaho-based Covino brothers, Ammon and Vince. Prior to the launch of SeaQuest, the Covino brothers opened several standalone aquariums beginning with the Idaho Aquarium in 2011 (changed ownership 2014), Portland Aquarium in 2012 (closed 2016), the Austin Aquarium in 2013 and the San Antonio Aquarium in 2014. SeaQuest provides an interactive experience for visitors by allowing guests the option to touch fish through open tanks, as well as holding and feeding animals in close proximity.[11] Although similar to its sister aquariums, SeaQuest locations are usually housed within shopping malls. In 2013, Ammon Covino was found guilty of poaching animals off the shore of the Florida Keys, leaving Vince Covino to be the CEO of the business.
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment. In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species. Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate. A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them. After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.” Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC. A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals: 1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths. 2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said. 3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water. 4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.” In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die. In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident. Please do not support, patronize, or promote SeaQuest aquariums!
In 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture cited SeaQuest for failing to reduce the risk of injury to visitors during public encounters with an Asian small-claw otter.[27][28] In addition to violations, SeaQuest has been subject to considerable boycott and protests by many animal-rights advocates such as actor Alec Baldwin who blocked an aquarium from being constructed on Long Island
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment. In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species. Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate. A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them. After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.” Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC. A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals: 1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths. 2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said. 3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water. 4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.” In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die. In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident. Please do not support, patronize, or promote SeaQuest aquariums!
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment. In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species. Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate. A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them. After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.” Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC. A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals: 1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths. 2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said. 3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water. 4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.” In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die. In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident. Please do not support, patronize, or promote SeaQuest aquariums!
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment. In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species. Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate. A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them. After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.” Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC. A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals: 1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths. 2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said. 3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water. 4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.” In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die. In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident. Please do not support, patronize, or promote SeaQuest aquariums!
Awesome! Gotta take my nieces & nephews the next time they're in town!
Bro its so much fun and not expensive... lots of other fun things to do in that mall as well! You could spend a whole day there almost like a theme park haha
@@Avionyx lol awesomeness! Thanks again bro!!
Additional events in 2018 included SeaQuest storing approximately 80 parakeets in an underage teenager's garage after the company was ordered to shut down the interactive aviary, and a state fine for SeaQuest's unlawful procurement of a two-toed sloth and failure to obtain an appropriate license for the animal
Ummm, okayyyy...
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment.
In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species.
Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate.
A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them.
After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.”
Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC.
A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals:
1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths.
2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said.
3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water.
4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.”
In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die.
In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident.
Please do not support, patronize, or promote SeaQuest aquariums!
Beautiful family fun place!
A definite come-back place!
SeaQuest was established in 2015 by the Idaho-based Covino brothers, Ammon and Vince. Prior to the launch of SeaQuest, the Covino brothers opened several standalone aquariums beginning with the Idaho Aquarium in 2011 (changed ownership 2014), Portland Aquarium in 2012 (closed 2016), the Austin Aquarium in 2013 and the San Antonio Aquarium in 2014. SeaQuest provides an interactive experience for visitors by allowing guests the option to touch fish through open tanks, as well as holding and feeding animals in close proximity.[11] Although similar to its sister aquariums, SeaQuest locations are usually housed within shopping malls.
In 2013, Ammon Covino was found guilty of poaching animals off the shore of the Florida Keys, leaving Vince Covino to be the CEO of the business.
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment.
In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species.
Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate.
A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them.
After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.”
Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC.
A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals:
1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths.
2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said.
3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water.
4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.”
In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die.
In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident.
Please do not support, patronize, or promote SeaQuest aquariums!
Looks like an amazing and fun place!
We had such a learning experience and fun time!
In 2019, the United States Department of Agriculture cited SeaQuest for failing to reduce the risk of injury to visitors during public encounters with an Asian small-claw otter.[27][28]
In addition to violations, SeaQuest has been subject to considerable boycott and protests by many animal-rights advocates such as actor Alec Baldwin who blocked an aquarium from being constructed on Long Island
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment.
In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species.
Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate.
A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them.
After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.”
Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC.
A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals:
1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths.
2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said.
3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water.
4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.”
In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die.
In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident.
Please do not support, patronize, or promote SeaQuest aquariums!
I am going there tomorrow
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment.
In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species.
Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate.
A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them.
After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.”
Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC.
A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals:
1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths.
2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said.
3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water.
4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.”
In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die.
In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident.
Please do not support, patronize, or promote SeaQuest aquariums!
Did that capybara survive?
toucan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SeaQuest aquariums all over the country are plagued by animal welfare issues, animal deaths, legal violations, and injuries to employees and to the public from direct contact with the animals. SeaQuest continues to be hit with animal neglect allegations, often from former employees, and it is notorious for exploiting animals for entertainment.
In July 2020, a 1-year-old sloth named Flash died at SeaQuest’s facility in Las Vegas, Nevada. Flash was very thin when he died and had a history of weakness, twitching, and lack of appetite. PETA asked the USDA to investigate the circumstances that led to his death, including whether SeaQuest could adequately care for this species.
Just nine months later, in April 2021, another sloth named Flash died under similar circumstances at SeaQuest Las Vegas. The second Flash had only been at SeaQuest Las Vegas for five months before he died. The necropsy documented that he had been found “minimally responsive on the floor” and had “developed twitching behavior” and lack of appetite-similar symptoms to those displayed by the first Flash, who died just seven months after his arrival at SeaQuest. When one sloth died at SeaQuest, the company simply got another, gave him the same name, and let him suffer the same fate.
A former SeaQuest employee alleged that SeaQuest Las Vegas withheld food from animals to force them to interact with guests who pay to feed them.
After a female otter died in May 2018, the necropsy report stated that “[t]he stress of shipping to Vegas, introduction to a new environment and caging during construction may have caused fatal cardiac consequences.”
Another otter named Jelly drowned after getting her arm stuck in a filtration system. SeaQuest Las Vegas admitted that it had never reported the incident to CCAC.
A February 2019 three-part investigative report exposed several issues with the SeaQuest Las Vegas exhibit, as described by five former employees who alleged that the facility is dangerous for the public, staff, and animals:
1) One former employee reported that children stomped on birds in the interactive aviary, killing them, and that the dead animals were thrown into the garbage, reportedly to prevent SeaQuest from having to document their deaths.
2) Another former employee reported a similar pattern with small turtles, some of whom were crushed by children. “I think they started with 12. By the time I left they had three,” he said.
3) A former employee also reported that a large octopus was “literally cooked alive” after a change in the tank’s temperature overheated the water.
4) According to reports, the former employees also provided videos and photos of “a sump room wall covered in black mold, a dead turtle they say was left to rot for days in the koi tank, and a bug-infested drain in the aviary where they say birds drank and bathed before interacting with guests.”
In 2017, a former employee came forward with reports of apparent animal neglect at SeaQuest Las Vegas, saying that he saw hundreds of animals die.
In 2019, Clark County Animal Control (CCAC) cited SeaQuest Las Vegas, fined it $2,000, and revoked its exotic-wildlife permit for possessing unpermitted animals, including illegally bred otters. CCAC subsequently reissued the permit but with stricter conditions.
In October 2018, a capybara escaped while being transported in a dog carrier in the back of an open truck bed. The animal was found badly injured, bleeding from the face and limping, reportedly in a Target parking lot. SeaQuest was cited and fined for the incident.
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