its horrible what happened, some ppl may get offended about what im about to say next, but its my own opinion: i dont think its right for zoos to keep animals in captivity like that and most of all to "trim" the rays just too keep ppl from getting hurt. if those rays had been in the wild, then nothing like this would have happened. maybe that hippo died as well from stress or something, but animals are not meant to be in captivity. if they are tank bred...thats another question. but if they are taken from the wild and imprisoned for our own enjoyment then thats not good. like this article i read about a massive ray that was captured, she soon gave birth to a pup after - probably because of stress, but now that pup is open to public attention, why cant they just leave her and her pup alone? this stuff isn't good.
20+ Stingrays Dead in One Night (Calgary)
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That Fish Place has hand sanitizer stations around it's ray pool (for after you pet the rays) But I could see someone petting, then cleaning, then standing there seeing another ray come close to the edge to be pet and going right back in with the sanitizer on their hands.
Neervana whats the difference between keeping fish in captivity in a Zoo and keeping them in your home aqaurium??? even if they were tank breed at some point they have been taken from the wild.
If it wasn't for places like these many people wouldn't ever get to see most of the fish or animals that are kept there.
If it wasn't for places like these many people wouldn't ever get to see most of the fish or animals that are kept there.
Ahem, to get back on topic:
Here's an update. It seems that the rays that survived are getting better.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080513/national/stingray_deaths_2
Here's an update. It seems that the rays that survived are getting better.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/080513/national/stingray_deaths_2
From another source:
"You can imagine there might be a myriad of potential toxins that could have been introduced into the tank. This was a 10,000-gallon (37,854-litre) tank, so in terms of lotion on hands, perfumes, those are really quite low on our list of concerns," she said. "In many similar exhibits, they have not shown to be a problem."
A zoo veterinarian has speculated that someone may have put a toxin, such as a herbicide or a pesticide, into the tank.
"You can imagine there might be a myriad of potential toxins that could have been introduced into the tank. This was a 10,000-gallon (37,854-litre) tank, so in terms of lotion on hands, perfumes, those are really quite low on our list of concerns," she said. "In many similar exhibits, they have not shown to be a problem."
A zoo veterinarian has speculated that someone may have put a toxin, such as a herbicide or a pesticide, into the tank.
They say the toxicology reports could take months to come back. It may be quite some time before we get an answer on this one folks.
It makes sense if you think about it. It takes time to perform toxicology testing, especially if you have no clue what your testing for exactly. It's like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.
It makes sense if you think about it. It takes time to perform toxicology testing, especially if you have no clue what your testing for exactly. It's like finding the proverbial needle in the haystack.
I'm with the earlier poster that someone introduced something to the tank. If I were to find out that some POS did this intentionally I would be really pissed....
TheFanatic;1787873; said:
Seems to be the most likely scenario, given the short time frame it took to kill all those rays.
Neervana;1787248; said:
The hypocrisy of you being on this board and making this post is profound.
What are you keeping in here?
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/46165/cat/500/ppuser/31827
Whatever it is I can bet that the Rays in that tank received better care than you can hope to provide the fish you keep.
This is the absolute last place anyone should be commenting negatively on animals being kept in captivity. The reason we are on this board is to learn how to do that very thing better.
