Cancel Shark Tank & End Wild Octopus Capture At Seattle Aquarium!

How Seattle Aquarium Perpetuates Harm On Humans and Animals

Call To Action

Help end the senseless confinement and captivity of wild animals. Petition Seattle Aquarium to stop wild-capture and increase its animal welfare standards here! 

Demand Seattle Aquarium Stop Wild-Capture of Octopus & Increase Welfare of Confined Animals

Animal Cruelty

Harms of Live Capture
OCTOPUS IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT

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Captivity Complications
OCTOPUSES IN CAPTIVITY

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DID YOU KNOW?

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Octopuses are complex and intelligent beings who will suffer in a tiny tank.

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DID YOU KNOW?
Cyanide is a common but environmentally devastating method of catching fish in the wild.

“There have been efforts to reduce some of the most destructive practices, such as cyanide fishing. But the [aquarium] trade is extraordinarily difficult to regulate and track as it stretches from small-scale fishermen in tropical seaside villages through local middlemen, export warehouses, international trade hubs and finally to pet stores in the U.S., China, Europe and elsewhere.”

– Fortune.com

Climate Change

Green House Gas Emissions
PNW WARMING

At 325,000 gallons of water, this shark tank will use huge amounts of energy in its filtration process. The shark tank is a tropical shark tank, not one that could resemble anything like what you would find here in the Puget Sound. This tropical tank will require lots of energy to heat up to an appropriate level. Water must continuously be pumped in from Elliot Bay to be heated and filtered, used, and then be re-cooled and filtered and pumped back out into the Sound. The process of heating and cooling water on a constant basis will contribute towards higher emissions.

Policy Rollbacks
BROKEN PROMISES

Seattleites consider climate change a top priority; we should be spending money on projects countering its negative effects, especially for our black and brown community members. In light of this Council vote, taxpayers are left with the impression that our City Council thinks it’s okay to fund projects that significantly harm the climate, as long as its business partners and board member associates benefit from it. City Council has flagrantly tossed aside Seattle’s Climate Action plan and Green New Deal for the benefit of a few.

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