The $15 million facility features a gallery from which members of the public can watch...
will be able to watch as veterinarians and marine biologists rescue sea turtles, dolphins, manatees and other animals that live in Corpus Christi Bay.
Another purpose of the center is to raise awareness among the public about the species that live in Corpus Christi Bay and the challenges they face, said Jesse Gilbert, the aquarium’s CEO. After decades of fundraising, construction of the aquarium began in the late 1980s, and it opened to the public in 1990. Since then, it has undergone several expansions, including the construction of Dolphin Bay, a habitat for bottlenose dolphins, in 2003. The rescue center’s opening on March 2 coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act.
And then it’s the infrastructure around seawater — how we bring salt water in from Corpus Christi Bay. We use that water to make this large rescue center work.It is. It’s about 10 yards from Corpus Christi Bay. The reason we can move so many animals through the program is because we have access to a healthy Corpus Christi Bay. We’ll be able to use that water to move and save endangered species in big numbers.The best way to describe it is it’s like a trauma center in human medicine.
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