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I find it unsettling to be sitting on the veranda of a
dive resort, overlooking the house reef, and be handed
a menu highlighting "fresh local" grouper or snapper
or octopus. I find it just as annoying to have the same
options at a publicly funded aquarium. PETA seems to
agree. Fish at a Queensland, Australia, aquarium are
not only swimming in the water, but in buttery sauces
at its cafe, says PETA, prompting the animal rights
group, on World Ocean Day, to ask for seafood to be
taken off the menu. "After allowing people to look at
these glorious, fascinating animals in awe, it's rather
odd that you then invite visitors to stick a fork in them
. . . Serving fish at an aquarium is like serving monkey
nuggets at a zoo."...
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