>>> ONLY ON LOCAL 10 A SCATHING REPORT ON THE MIAMI SEAQUARIUM DETAILING A PATTEDDER THAN OF
ALLEGED ANIMAL ABUSE.
>> -- PATTERN OF ALLEGED ANIMAL
ABUSE.
>>> THEY SAY DOLPHINS WERE
DEPRIVED OF FOOD WHICH LED TO
DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR.
>> CALVIN, EDEN THE REPORT WAS
DATED JULY 6th BUT JUST MADE
PUBLIC TODAY BY THE USDA
DETAILING HOW INSPECTORS SAY
DIETS WERE DRASTICALLY CUT TO
GET THE DOLPHINS TO PERFORM
BETTER RESULTING IN ANGRY,
FRUSTRATED DOLPHINS BECOMING
AGGRESSIVE.
>> WELL, THIS INSPECTION REPORT
CONFIRMS PETA HAS BEEN STRONG
CONDEMNATION FROM ANIMAL RIGHTS
ACTIVIST AFTER JUST RELEASED
ALARMING USDA INSPECTION REPORT
OF THE MIAMI SEAQUARIUM THAT
SINCE MARCH HAS BEEN OPERATED BY
NEW OWNERS THE DOLPHIN COMPANY.
>> THIS IS A CLEAR INDICATION
THAT SEAQUARIUM IS UNABLE TO
APPROPRIATELY CARE FOR THESE
ANIMALS OR UNWILLING TO DO SO.
THE REPORT DETAILS DIETS BEING
DRASTICALLY SO THE DOLPHINS
WOULD PERFORM THERE FOR GUEST
INTERACTIONS SOME DIETS CUT FROM
13 POUNDS OF FISH TO ONLY THREE
POUNDS DAILY.
IN ALL, A 60% CUT TO THE
DOLPHINS DAILY FOOD RATIONS
RESULTING IN SKINNY EMACIATED
DOLPHINS AS SHOWN IN THESE
IMAGES PUBLISHED BY PETA LAST
MONTH.
ONE DOLPHIN COBALT LOST
104 POUNDS IN JUST FOUR MONTHS.
>> IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO SEE
THAT THEY HAVE LOST 63 POUNDS
THAT CO-BOLT LOST 104 POUNDS AND
THAT TO BE FEEDING A DOLPHIN
THREE POUNDS PER DAY THAT
HAPPENS BUT ONLY WHEN THEY ARE
SICK.
>> Reporter: DR. JENNA WALLACE
IS A VET AND WAS THERE WHEN USDA
ISSUED ANOTHER SCATHING REPORT
IN JUNE OF 2021.
THAT SAID MSQ’S PREVIOUS OWNERS
ALSO DRASTICALLY CUT DIETS FOR
ANIMALS AT THE PARK AND EVEN FED
ROTTEN FISH TO THE 56-YEAR-OLD
ORCA THAT HAS SINCE BEEN RETIRED
FROM PERFORMING.
THE NEW ATTENDING VET TELLING
INSPECTORS SHE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE
OF DIETS BEING CUT BUT
DR. WALLACE DOESN’T BUY IT.
>> I FIND IT VERY, VERY
DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT THE
VETERINARIAN WAS NOT INFORMED
THAT THE ANIMALS WERE EATING
THREE, FOUR POUNDS OF FISH A
DAY.
>> Reporter: EVEN MORE
ALARMING THE REPORT DETAILS
INCIDENTS OF AGGRESSION BY
DOLPHINS ON TRAINERS AND MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC.
IN APRIL LOCAL 10 EXCLUSIVELY
BROUGHT YOU THIS VIDEO OF A
TRAINER BEING REPEATEDLY HIT BY
A DOLPHIN WHEN HIT BROKEN FROM
ITS ROUTINE DURING A SHOW. THE
REPORT SAYS IT HAPPENED AGAIN ON
JULY 7th A DOLPHIN NAMED
CAYMAN RAMMED A TRAINER IN DEEP
WATER RESULTING IN THREE
TRAINERS JUMPING IN THE WATER TO
DISTRACT CAYMAN SO THE INJURED
TRAINER COULD GET OUT OF THE
WATER.
GUESTS WERE TARGETED AND DETAILS
MULTIPLE AGGRESSIVE INCIDENTS
WHEN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC
DURING AN INWATER INTERACTION.
>> YOU HAVE A GUEST HAND AND THE
ANIMAL GOES AND PUTS THEIR MOUTH
ON THEM LIKE THAT THEY WOULD
REFER TO THAT AS MOUTHING TO ME
THAT’S BITING.
>> Reporter: THE REPORT SAYS
THE AGGRESSION IS THE RESULT OF
THE DOLPHINS DIETS BEING CUT BUT
THE SEAQUARIUM PUSHING BACK ON
ALL OF IT.
WE SPOKE TO GENERAL MANAGER
PATRICK PEARSON.
>> AGGRESSION OCCURS FOR A LOT
OF REASONS FROM WHAT I
UNDERSTAND.
IT CAN BE SEASONAL, IT COULD BE
A TIME OF YEAR WHEN THEY, THEY
BEHAVE DIFFERENTLY AS DO A LOT
OF ANIMALS IN THE WILD.
>> Reporter: PEARSON DOES
ADMIT THAT THE DOLPHINS DIETS
WERE CUT WITHIN WEEKS OF THE NEW
OWNERS TAKING OVER THE
SEAQUARIUM.
>> AND OUR TEAM CAME IN AND THEY
DID DETERMINE THAT SOME OF THEM
WERE OVERWEIGHT AND ADJUSTED
DIETS BASED ON THEIR THIS HAD
ANYTHING TO DO WITH GETTING THEM
PERFORM BETTER?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
ABSOLUTELY NOT.
AND TONIGHT WE JUST GOT NEW
REACTION FROM MIAMI-DADE MAYOR I
AM DEEPLY DISTURBED BY THE
FINDINGS UNDER THE TERMS IS
OBLIGATED TO COMPLY WITH FEDERAL
REGULATIONS INCLUDING THE
PROTECTION ACT AND ANIMAL
WELFARE EXPECT WE WILL BE
SWIFTLY REVIEWING THE REPORT TO
DETERMINE WHETHER THE DOLPHIN
COMPANY IS IN VIOLATION OF THE
LEASE.
SO NOT MENTIONED IN THE REPORT
THE 56-YEAR-OLD ORCA WHO HAS
BEEN.
>> Reporter:ED BETWEEN THE
USDA AND THE DOLPHIN COMPANY
WHEN THE NEW OWNERS TOOK OVER
THE PARK AGREEING THAT TOKE
WOULD NO LONGER PERFORM BUT IT
ALSO MEANS THAT THE USDA NO
LONGER HAS OVERSIGHT OF THE
ORCA.
THE SEAQUARIUM WILL SOON MAKE A
JOINT ANNOUNCEMENT WITH THE
GROUP FRIENDS OF LOLITA.