Six Flags Of Ohio Wants To Bring Back Killer Whales
Animal Rights Advocates Protest
POSTED: 1:34 pm CST January 28, 2002
UPDATED: 4:25 pm CST January 28, 2002
AURORA, Ohio -- There's a "whale of a fight" brewing in Aurora.Affiliate Web site NewsNet5.com reported that Six Flags Worlds Of Adventure wants to bring back two killer whales to its water park.Animal rights advocates said that the whales belong in their natural environment. Six Flags moved Shamu and another whale to San Diego last year when it bought Sea World of Ohio. Performing dolphins replaced the popular whales.Six Flags officials said that it was obvious by attendance that park-goers missed the killer whales.The park has already applied for permits to import two whales.
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