
“Animals do not belong in a mall,” fumed Whitney Malin, of South Orange, N.J., who started an online petition to shutter the Woodbridge SeaQuest that has garnered nearly 14,000 signatures. Last week 35 protesters showed up outside the mall to call attention to conditions unfit for fowl, fish or feline. A staffer instructs the adults and kids to stay seated on a bench and slide their feet so as to not squash the scurrying Australian birds.Ī 12-foot python seemed far too big for its enclosure.Ī group of hybrid “Bengal cats,” confessed one staffer, “can bite and they do scratch.” Kids, who don’t always remain seated, were within paws-length of the housecat-sized animals. Most exhibits had concrete floors and lacked any instructional “dos and don’ts” signage.Īt “Parakeet Paradise,” patrons young and old are given mill and seed to hold, which attract a swarm of 120 hungry - activists say “starved” - lovebirds. The Peking ducks paddled through murky water that looked like it hadn’t been cleaned since the Year of the Pig. It bills itself as a “petting zoo aquarium feeding experience!” Last week, an undercover Post team visited SeaQuest at Woodbridge Center, which operates under permits from the state Division of Fish and Wildlife.

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