The Austin Aquarium is under fire once again from regulators after a scathing investigation report from PETA earlier this year.
for code violations related to potentially unsafe temperature conditions. Over the past few months, PETA has submitted requests for investigations to several regulators, including alertingin July to more than 20 lemur, kinkajou, capybara, and otter bites that aquarium leadership allegedly failed to report, and a letter to TPWD alleging that Asian vine snakes"go missing all the time."
In the OSHA letter, PETA alleges that employees are"regularly" attacked and that there are"intentional efforts to avoid reporting or documenting these attacks, which means employees may not be receiving appropriate diagnosis and treatment." In 2019, a local family sued the aquarium when a potentially unvaccinated lemur bit a child during an educational tour, after USDA vet inspectors documented improper barriers between the public and the animals.
"If any of the agencies ever found an animal was neglected or did not receive adequate care, the animal would be removed or the facility would be shut down," says Smith."Instead, these facilities continuously pass their inspections and have never had any animals removed.
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