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Residents urge Woodbridge to act on SeaQuest animal-welfare complaints; council says enforcement rests with state
Summary
Residents urged the Woodbridge Township Council to take action after alleging animal deaths, bite incidents and regulatory violations at SeaQuest in the Woodbridge Center Mall; township counsel said municipal authority is limited and complaints must be handled by state or federal agencies.
Jessica Mayer Vivenetto, an Avenel resident, told the Woodbridge Township Council that SeaQuest at the Woodbridge Center Mall should not be treated as merely a food-permits issue and that the township had signed off on permits for the attraction. She said the facility in Fort Worth, Texas, abruptly closed after reports of possible animal cruelty and that multiple SeaQuest locations have closed in recent years.
Other residents at the Nov. 12 meeting gave detailed allegations about animal deaths and unsafe handling at SeaQuest. Carrie Spuga said activists have…
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