CNN.com - Katrina kills most fish in New Orleans aquarium - Sep 7, 2005
Published by Bob and Ray under on 10:23 PM
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"The animals were killed when the facility lost power and the staff had to evacuate."
It has taken us nearly a month to blog coherently on this subject; our sadness and anger were palpable, and writing about it tonight has us in hot bitter tears again. We initially blogged on September 6th that 1200 sea creatures had died. The news was far worse: most of the fish, including the sharks, were killed because there was no power to run the support systems. And there was no power because the staff had to evacuate for one reason only: the looting violence in the area.
An article from Mongabay.com explains:
"Animals suffered when the facility lost power and the staff had to evacuate due to violence in the area surrounding the aquarium. The area around the aquarium has now been secured but the lack of electricity meant filters and air pumps failed to deliver oxygen to tanks and maintain liveable conditions for many fish."
Needless and senseless. And disgusting. It would serve any who contributed to the death of those creatures by their violent activities (or their inaction in allowing or not preventing such) right if their dreams were filled with images of helpless fish, slowly suffocating, wondering what on earth had happened.
"The animals were killed when the facility lost power and the staff had to evacuate."
It has taken us nearly a month to blog coherently on this subject; our sadness and anger were palpable, and writing about it tonight has us in hot bitter tears again. We initially blogged on September 6th that 1200 sea creatures had died. The news was far worse: most of the fish, including the sharks, were killed because there was no power to run the support systems. And there was no power because the staff had to evacuate for one reason only: the looting violence in the area.
An article from Mongabay.com explains:
"Animals suffered when the facility lost power and the staff had to evacuate due to violence in the area surrounding the aquarium. The area around the aquarium has now been secured but the lack of electricity meant filters and air pumps failed to deliver oxygen to tanks and maintain liveable conditions for many fish."
Needless and senseless. And disgusting. It would serve any who contributed to the death of those creatures by their violent activities (or their inaction in allowing or not preventing such) right if their dreams were filled with images of helpless fish, slowly suffocating, wondering what on earth had happened.
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