MIAMI – Increased pressure from a local activist group demanding the county close the doors on the Miami Seaquarium now.
PETA is pushing for the move again, this time outside a Miami-Dade County event. It comes nearly two weeks after the latest U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection report highlighting more violations and animal care issues.
CBS News Miami observed activists marching toward the Caleb Auditorium in Miami, chanting, “Mayor Cava! Close the Seaquarium!”
They also held signs expressing outrage toward the Miami Seaquarium.
Miami-Dade Police quickly intervened.
We observed an officer putting a member of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, PETA, in handcuffs and walking him away from a Miami-Dade County event that Mayor Daniella Levine Cava attended.
Miami-Dade Police tells CBS News Miami he was detained, not arrested.
Watching their fellow activist leave in a police car left them with a strengthened resolve and urgency to push for the Miami Seaquarium’s closure.”