http://ftw.usatoday.com/2013/07/peta-tampa-bay-rays-to-remove-fish-tank/
PETA wants Rays to remove fish tank from ballpark
Letter to organization mentions a recent home run that was hit into tank.
By NATE SCOTT – July 10, 2013 at 5:45pm EDT
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(Photo by Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)
PETA has written a letter to the Tampa Bay Rays asking them to remove a “touch tank” from behind their center field wall in Tropicana Field. A “touch tank” is a fish tank filled with cownose rays where people are allowed to pet the rays inside.
The letter seems to be spurred by a recent Miguel Cabrera home run that landed in the tank.
From a statement from PETA:
“The rays held captive at Tropicana Field not only were traumatically taken from their vast home waters but also are subject to harassment, loud crowds, and even baseballs capable of seriously injuring them. When it comes to compassion, the Rays are batting .000.”
The letter mentions Cabrera’s home run directly, which did not hit any of the rays. (You can see video of the home run below.) In eight years with the tank at Tropicana Field, home runs have been hit into it two times.
The letter goes on to point out that other “touch tanks” in Calgary, California, and Washington, D.C. have led to the deaths of the rays living inside them at a very high rate.
The Rays have not yet responded to the most recent letter.
(Thanks to Business Insider for sharing.)
PETA wants Rays to remove fish tank from ballpark
Letter to organization mentions a recent home run that was hit into tank.
By NATE SCOTT – July 10, 2013 at 5:45pm EDT
54018
(Photo by Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)
PETA has written a letter to the Tampa Bay Rays asking them to remove a “touch tank” from behind their center field wall in Tropicana Field. A “touch tank” is a fish tank filled with cownose rays where people are allowed to pet the rays inside.
The letter seems to be spurred by a recent Miguel Cabrera home run that landed in the tank.
From a statement from PETA:
“The rays held captive at Tropicana Field not only were traumatically taken from their vast home waters but also are subject to harassment, loud crowds, and even baseballs capable of seriously injuring them. When it comes to compassion, the Rays are batting .000.”
The letter mentions Cabrera’s home run directly, which did not hit any of the rays. (You can see video of the home run below.) In eight years with the tank at Tropicana Field, home runs have been hit into it two times.
The letter goes on to point out that other “touch tanks” in Calgary, California, and Washington, D.C. have led to the deaths of the rays living inside them at a very high rate.
The Rays have not yet responded to the most recent letter.
(Thanks to Business Insider for sharing.)
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