Animal advocates outside Miami Seaquarium voice concerns about relocations after park closes

Animal advocates gathered outside the Miami Seaquarium to commemorate the marine park s closure and call for the safety of its surviving animals After years of being a landmark in the Magic City the seaquarium is coming to an end News on Saturday captured demonstrators outside the theme park We have been fighting for these animals for decades and it s about time explained a protester using a bullhorn But concerns remain about the relocation plan and the condition of the animals at the facility which has long since been a magnet for debate When the killer whale Lolita died in her home went into its own decline The seaquarium battled animal rights accusations as well as staffing issues and faced scrutiny over poor park conditions We still mourn for the animals that have died here explained Holly with the group SoFlo Animal Rights For years groups like SoFlo Animal Rights raised concerns over the medical and healing of the animals Holly narrated News that they decisively feel heard Relief but yet there is still immense sadness We don t know what s going to happen with the animals inside she revealed They ve been torturing animals for decades and they deceive the people by telling them lies and saying that they use these animals for educational purposes That s not true mentioned Lana Montalban with SoFlo Animal Rights So what will happen to the animals The company that owns the seaquarium mentioned the safety of their animals is their main concern as they sadly say goodbye to their home While no announcement has been made as to how they will transfer the animals out the company does own other marine parks The seaquarium s dolphins and sea lions could be relocated to those parks Developer Terra Group plans to take over the property and develop a marina retail spaces restaurants and an accredited aquarium without marine mammals We want to make sure that the redevelopment plans for this project do not include any kind of captivity of animals announced a demonstrator While concern still remains a multitude of parkgoers are sad to see it go The marine theme park opened in and hastily became famous with shows starring Flipper and killer whales Lolita and Hugo They were an attraction that various will never forget Yeah I would come when I was a kid Yeah like in the s mentioned a park visitor It s a beautiful park It looks like it s in great condition and very sad to see it go reported another park visitor The Miami Seaquarium will shut its doors on Sunday