HUMANE SOCIETY INVESTIGATES ORE. AQUARIUM OVER DEATHS

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I know we make a better effort to keep our 125 gallon aquarium in better condition than this Portland facility.


http://www.pawnation.com/2013/08/20/hum ... ve-deaths/

In a log covering Feb. 18 to May 16, the aquarium reported animal deaths almost every day, accounting for about 200 deaths over the three months. The figure equals 2 percent of the facility's 10,000 animals dead in three months. Another facility, the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport has a mortality rate of "significantly less than 1 percent" annually, for comparison.

The aquarium says during that time, there were no regular veterinary services available. But a former vet for the facility says that even when he was under contract there, the aquarium gave its animals inadequate care.

Mike Corcoran, an exotic animals veterinarian who left the aquarium in February, visited the facility weekly. He said that on many of these occasions, he encountered animals who clearly had been suffering for several days. He said that when he asked staff why emergency care was not ordered, they told him the aquarium didn't want to pay for extra care.

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brianlux

That kind of thing would cause outrage at a place like our California Academy of Science's Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco.