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Georgia Aquarium Battles Federal Government Over Belugas

Posted by samzenpus on from the a-whale-of-a-tale dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Georgia Aquarium has argued in court that the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's denial of its permit to import beluga whales from Russia was arbitrary and capricious. The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service says the aquarium failed to meet the requirements of a law meant to protect marine mammals. Both sides accuse the other of twisting the facts, a NOAA lawyer accuses the aquarium trying "to confuse the court," and a lawyer for the aquarium says the government had "cooked the books" on whale population numbers.

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  1. it's wrong by cats-paw · · Score: 4, Interesting

    keeping Belugas in captivity is wrong, wrong, wrong.

    The Georgia Acquarium was wrong from the moment they started this effort.

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    1. Re:it's wrong by amiga3D · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I'm generally anti-PETA but I really think keeping whales in a small tank is pretty fucked. Whales are not fish, they are Mammals and fairly intelligent ones at that.

  2. Re:approval by fustakrakich · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I don't understand why it should be approved. It's cruel to the animal. That's a pretty straightforward reason to deny it.

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  3. Re:approval by MightyMartian · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Indeed. They should shut all the facilities down, euthanize the animals that have no hope of being reintroduced to the wild and outlaw the importation or breeding of whales and dolphins.

    Oh, and fuck Sea World's investors.

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