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Residents urge Woodbridge to close SeaQuest exhibit amid animal-welfare and health concerns; officials say complaints forwarded to state agencies
Summary
Public commenters presented signatures and alleged Animal Welfare and sanitation problems at SeaQuest at Woodbridge Center Mall; health and police officials said complaints are investigated and referred to state authorities and that permits would be issued only if local ordinances are met.
Residents urged the Woodbridge Township Council to close SeaQuest, an interactive animal exhibit at the Woodbridge Center Mall, citing alleged animal-welfare violations and public-health risks and presenting more than 400 petition signatures urging a local ordinance to ban live-animal exhibits.
"Our goal is to close SeaQuest in Woodbridge and to assure that we do not see another establishment like Blue Zoo or Aqua Zoo move into that space," Nicole Paternoster, an Avenel resident, told the council, saying the petition includes "more than 400 signatures, 184 from residents of New Jersey and New York." She asked the council to support a proposed local ordinance prohibiting live-animal exhibits…
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