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Residents press Woodbridge officials over SeaQuest sale and animal welfare; administration proposes tighter farm-animal permit rules
Summary
Public commenters raised animal-welfare and licensing concerns about the sale of SeaQuest Woodbridge, now operating as Woodbridge Aquarium and Wildlife Encounters, and township staff said a change to farm-animal licensing would restrict permits to residential uses.
Speakers during the public-comment portion urged the township to block a sale and licensing transfer for the attraction formerly known as SeaQuest Woodbridge, which residents said is being rebranded as Woodbridge Aquarium and Wildlife Encounters.
Jeffrey Wisniewski of Patterson, New Jersey, told the council that, in his view, the sale was permitted by local officials and that serious problems at the attraction — including his claim of about 100 animal deaths and thousands of complaints — have not been addressed by the township. Wisniewski asked whether any licenses granted to the previous operator would transfer to the new…
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